Arbutus
Last seen for girls in 1961 at #6,567
- Peak · girls
- 1927 · 50 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,075since 1906
Arbutus over time
Rank among girls' names. Arbutus has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
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| 1961 | #6,567 | 5 |
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| 1955 | #5,828 | 5 |
| 1954 | #4,278 | 8 |
| 1953 | #4,595 | 7 |
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| 1951 | #4,833 | 6 |
| 1950 | #5,301 | 5 |
| 1949 | #3,176 | 11 |
| 1948 | #3,350 | 10 |
| 1947 | #2,354 | 18 |
| 1946 | #3,217 | 10 |
| 1945 | #2,598 | 12 |
| 1944 | #2,762 | 11 |
| 1943 | #2,447 | 14 |
| 1942 | #1,860 | 21 |
| 1941 | #2,190 | 15 |
| 1940 | #1,845 | 19 |
| 1939 | #1,638 | 22 |
| 1938 | #1,650 | 22 |
| 1937 | #1,679 | 21 |
| 1936 | #1,950 | 16 |
| 1935 | #1,606 | 22 |
| 1934 | #1,440 | 26 |
| 1933 | #1,158 | 37 |
| 1932 | #1,520 | 25 |
| 1931 | #1,148 | 39 |
| 1930 | #1,232 | 37 |
| 1929 | #1,704 | 22 |
| 1928 | #1,425 | 30 |
| 1927 | #1,079 | 50 |
| 1926 | #1,198 | 41 |
| 1925 | #1,409 | 33 |
| 1924 | #1,258 | 40 |
| 1923 | #1,174 | 43 |
| 1922 | #1,144 | 45 |
| 1921 | #1,341 | 35 |
| 1920 | #1,103 | 46 |
| 1919 | #1,325 | 34 |
| 1918 | #1,184 | 40 |
| 1917 | #1,402 | 28 |
| 1916 | #1,114 | 40 |
| 1915 | #1,475 | 24 |
| 1914 | #1,740 | 15 |
| 1913 | #1,883 | 11 |
| 1912 | #1,620 | 12 |
| 1911 | #1,545 | 10 |
| 1910 | #1,207 | 14 |
| 1909 | #1,957 | 6 |
| 1908 | #2,101 | 5 |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,553 | 7 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Arbutus! It came in at #1,553, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1907–1908, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Arbutus is popular in 1926
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- West Virginia#291 · 1 in 2,218
- Virginia#301 · 1 in 2,893
Best ever in a state: #220 in West Virginia, 1933.
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| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| West Virginia | #291 | 9 | 1 in 2,218 |
| Virginia | #301 | 9 | 1 in 2,893 |
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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 Arbutus
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1961
- Debuted 1906
- Peaked 1927 at #1,079 (50 births)
- Births halved by 1929, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 23,849 girls born in 1927 were named Arbutus (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 403,699 girls born in 1961 (0.00%)
- 35.8% of all girls named Arbutus (385) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1900s | 18 | #1,553 (1906) | #1,870 |
| 1910s | 228 | #1,114 (1916) | #1,450 |
| 1920s | 385 | #1,079 (1927) | #1,284 |
| 1930s | 267 | #1,148 (1931) | #1,502 |
| 1940s | 141 | #1,845 (1940) | #2,580 |
| 1950s | 31 | #4,278 (1954) | #4,967 |
| 1960s | 5 | #6,567 (1961) | #6,567 |
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.
Arbutus in 1926
Top girls' names in 1926
More about 1926
girls
1,185,401 girls got a published name in 1926; 1 in 28,912 of them was named Arbutus, which outranked 78.7% of the 5,622 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,181Roseanna42
- #1,181Vickie42
- #1,181Willadean42
- #1,198Arbutus41
- #1,198Alvena41
- #1,198Dee41
- #1,198Elvina41
- #1,220Alexandra40
- #1,220Ardys40
- #1,220Armella40
Tied with 21 names at #1,198; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 1,047Janell#1,795 → #748
- ↑ 389Madalyn#1,225 → #836
- ↑ 382Evangelina#1,324 → #942
- ↑ 379Carla#1,252 → #873
- ↑ 351Vilma#1,020 → #669
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.