Arbadella

Last seen for girls in 1940 at #3,208

Peak · girls
1937 · 33 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
66
since 1936

Arbadella over time

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Rank among girls' names. Arbadella has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201937peak #1,255, 1937girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1937#1,25533
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First appearance
1936

The first year at least five girls were named Arbadella! It came in at #3,701, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1941–2025, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Arbadella is popular in 1937

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Arbadella, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Arbadella, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Arbadella, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Arbadella, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Arbadella, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Arbadella, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Arbadella, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Arbadella, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Arbadella, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Arbadella, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Arbadella, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Arbadella, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Arbadella, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Arbadella, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Arbadella, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Arbadella, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Arbadella, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Arbadella, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Arbadella, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Arbadella, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Arbadella, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Arbadella, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Arbadella, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Arbadella, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Arbadella, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Arbadella, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Arbadella, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Arbadella, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Arbadella, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Arbadella, so not publishedMOKentucky: #458 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,228 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Arbadella, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Arbadella, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Arbadella, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Arbadella, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Arbadella, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Arbadella, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Arbadella, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Arbadella, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Arbadella, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Arbadella, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Arbadella, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Arbadella, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Arbadella, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Arbadella, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Arbadella, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Arbadella, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Arbadella, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Arbadella, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Arbadella, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Arbadella, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Kentucky#458 · 1 in 5,228

Best ever in a state: #458 in Kentucky, 1937.

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Kentucky#45851 in 5,228
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Arbadella
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1940
Rise & fade · girls
1 yr to peak
  • Debuted 1936
  • Peaked 1937 at #1,255 (33 births)
  • Births halved by 1938, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 32,243
  • Highest: 1 in 32,243 girls born in 1937 were named Arbadella (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 142,941 girls born in 1940 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1930s
  • 87.9% of all girls named Arbadella (58) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1930s58#1,255 (1937)#2,708
1940s8#3,208 (1940)#3,208

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Arbadella in 1937

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#1,255
33 births · 1 in 32,243 girls

Top girls' names in 1937

  1. #1Mary55,641
  2. #2Barbara34,917
  3. #3Patricia26,838
  4. #4Shirley26,823
  5. #5Betty25,337
  6. #6Carol17,336
  7. #7Nancy17,074
  8. #8Dorothy16,572
  9. #9Joan15,301
  10. #10Margaret15,144
  11. #1,255Arbadella33
More about 1937

girls

1,064,033 girls got a published name in 1937; 1 in 32,243 of them was named Arbadella, which outranked 74.5% of the 4,930 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Arbadella
  1. #1,234Voncile34
  2. #1,234Willetta34
  3. #1,234Wynell34
  4. #1,255Arbadella33
  5. #1,255Archie33
  6. #1,255Charity33
  7. #1,255Charolette33
  8. #1,282Adelia32
  9. #1,282Adelle32
  10. #1,282Bernetta32

Tied with 26 names at #1,255; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1936
Risers
  1. 3,217Noreta#4,181#964
  2. 2,845Noretta#3,701#856
  3. 2,351Leilani#3,103#752
  4. 1,407Deann#2,263#856
  5. 1,209Norita#1,741#532
Fallers
  1. 438Dorla#951#1,389
  2. 331Vilma#951#1,282
  3. 303Imelda#979#1,282
  4. 297Lulu#695#992
  5. 292Lyda#840#1,132

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1937