Arbutus

Last seen for girls in 1961 at #6,567

Peak · girls
1927 · 50 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,075
since 1906

Arbutus over time

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201940peak #1,079, 1927girls
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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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1961#6,5675
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1955#5,8285
1954#4,2788
1953#4,5957
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1951#4,8336
1950#5,3015
1949#3,17611
1948#3,35010
1947#2,35418
1946#3,21710
1945#2,59812
1944#2,76211
1943#2,44714
1942#1,86021
1941#2,19015
1940#1,84519
1939#1,63822
1938#1,65022
1937#1,67921
1936#1,95016
1935#1,60622
1934#1,44026
1933#1,15837
1932#1,52025
1931#1,14839
1930#1,23237
1929#1,70422
1928#1,42530
1927#1,07950
1926#1,19841
1925#1,40933
1924#1,25840
1923#1,17443
1922#1,14445
1921#1,34135
1920#1,10346
1919#1,32534
1918#1,18440
1917#1,40228
1916#1,11440
1915#1,47524
1914#1,74015
1913#1,88311
1912#1,62012
1911#1,54510
1910#1,20714
1909#1,9576
1908#2,1015
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1906#1,5537
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First appearance
1906

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.

See more about Arbutus
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1961
Rise & fade · girls
21 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1906
  • Peaked 1927 at #1,079 (50 births)
  • Births halved by 1929, 2 yrs 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 23,849
  • 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%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 35.8% of all girls named Arbutus (385) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1900s18#1,553 (1906)#1,870
1910s228#1,114 (1916)#1,450
1920s385#1,079 (1927)#1,284
1930s267#1,148 (1931)#1,502
1940s141#1,845 (1940)#2,580
1950s31#4,278 (1954)#4,967
1960s5#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 1940

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#1,845
19 births · 1 in 60,186 girls

Top girls' names in 1940

  1. #1Mary56,216
  2. #2Barbara36,736
  3. #3Patricia32,665
  4. #4Judith22,385
  5. #5Betty22,077
  6. #6Carol21,759
  7. #7Nancy19,737
  8. #8Linda18,370
  9. #9Shirley17,881
  10. #10Sandra16,153
  11. #1,845Arbutus19
More about 1940

girls

1,143,528 girls got a published name in 1940; 1 in 60,186 of them was named Arbutus, which outranked 63.3% of the 5,028 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Arbutus
  1. #1,792Vincenza20
  2. #1,792Wayne20
  3. #1,792Zetta20
  4. #1,845Arbutus19
  5. #1,845America19
  6. #1,845Angel19
  7. #1,845Anthony19
  8. #1,900Alfredia18
  9. #1,900Bebe18
  10. #1,900Binnie18

Tied with 54 names at #1,845; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1939
Risers
  1. 2,494Scarlett#3,429#935
  2. 1,465Lonna#2,206#741
  3. 834Pam#1,797#963
  4. 659Jody#1,638#979
  5. 633Laraine#1,474#841
Fallers
  1. 481Fredia#996#1,477
  2. 430Eleanora#974#1,404
  3. 375Danielle#811#1,186
  4. 342Eloisa#930#1,272
  5. 298Coral#996#1,294

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

See the top 100 for 1940