Arbie
Last seen for girls in 1955 at #5,828 · Last seen for boys in 1974 at #5,227
Given to boys 78.9% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1904 · 8 births
- Debut · boys
- 8 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 513since 1904
Arbie over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1974 | — | #5,227 | 5 | |
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| 1968 | — | #3,673 | 6 | |
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| 1964 | — | #3,282 | 7 | |
| 1963 | — | — | ||
| 1962 | — | #3,640 | 6 | |
| 1961 | — | #4,065 | 5 | |
| 1960 | — | #3,665 | 6 | |
| 1959 | — | #3,988 | 5 | |
| 1958 | — | #3,033 | 8 | |
| 1957 | — | — | ||
| 1956 | — | #2,969 | 8 | |
| 1955 | #5,828 | 5 | #3,201 | 7 |
| 1954 | — | #2,207 | 13 | |
| 1953 | — | #2,905 | 8 | |
| 1952 | — | — | ||
| 1951 | #5,414 | 5 | #2,495 | 10 |
| 1950 | — | #2,770 | 8 | |
| 1949 | — | #3,298 | 6 | |
| 1948 | — | — | ||
| 1947 | — | #2,862 | 8 | |
| 1946 | — | #2,271 | 11 | |
| 1945 | — | #2,743 | 7 | |
| 1944 | — | #3,430 | 5 | |
| 1943 | — | #2,732 | 8 | |
| 1942 | — | #3,560 | 5 | |
| 1941 | — | #3,133 | 6 | |
| 1940 | — | #2,081 | 12 | |
| 1939 | — | #2,449 | 9 | |
| 1938 | — | #2,084 | 12 | |
| 1937 | #3,146 | 8 | #2,197 | 11 |
| 1936 | — | #2,452 | 9 | |
| 1935 | #3,156 | 8 | #2,529 | 9 |
| 1934 | #4,286 | 5 | #2,393 | 10 |
| 1933 | — | #1,905 | 14 | |
| 1932 | #4,411 | 5 | #2,313 | 11 |
| 1931 | — | #3,763 | 5 | |
| 1930 | — | #2,178 | 13 | |
| 1929 | — | #2,096 | 14 | |
| 1928 | #4,725 | 5 | #2,659 | 10 |
| 1927 | — | #2,523 | 11 | |
| 1926 | — | #2,904 | 9 | |
| 1925 | #4,426 | 6 | #2,435 | 12 |
| 1924 | — | #2,641 | 11 | |
| 1923 | #3,350 | 9 | #1,644 | 22 |
| 1922 | #4,445 | 6 | #1,765 | 20 |
| 1921 | #4,464 | 6 | #2,376 | 13 |
| 1920 | #3,097 | 10 | #1,820 | 19 |
| 1919 | #4,814 | 5 | #2,665 | 10 |
| 1918 | #3,244 | 9 | #2,260 | 13 |
| 1917 | #3,713 | 7 | #2,562 | 10 |
| 1916 | — | #2,043 | 14 | |
| 1915 | #2,526 | 11 | #2,310 | 11 |
| 1914 | — | #1,868 | 12 | |
| 1913 | #2,540 | 7 | #2,273 | 7 |
| 1912 | — | #1,746 | 9 | |
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| 1909 | #1,763 | 7 | #1,440 | 5 |
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| 1904 | — | #874 | 8 | |
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| 1899 | #1,596 | 5 | — | |
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| 1890 | #1,006 | 8 | — | |
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First appearance
1904
The first year at least five boys were named Arbie! It came in at #874, and was given to 8 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1905–1911, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Arbie
Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1974
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1904
- Peaked 1904 at #874 (8 births)
- Births halved by 1905, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1904
Share of babies · boys
1 in 16,015
- Highest: 1 in 16,015 boys born in 1904 were named Arbie (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 314,467 boys born in 1974 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
- 27.5% of all boys named Arbie (141) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1916
- Mostly girls until 1915, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 13 | #874 (1904) | #1,157 |
| 1910s | 86 | #1,746 (1912) | #2,216 |
| 1920s | 141 | #1,644 (1923) | #2,286 |
| 1930s | 103 | #1,905 (1933) | #2,426 |
| 1940s | 68 | #2,081 (1940) | #2,901 |
| 1950s | 67 | #2,207 (1954) | #2,946 |
| 1960s | 30 | #3,282 (1964) | #3,665 |
| 1970s | 5 | #5,227 (1974) | #5,227 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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