Arnel

Last seen for girls in 1963 at #5,891 · Last seen for boys in 2021 at #8,825
Given to boys 97.3% of the time

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Peak · boys
1934 · 14 births
Debut · boys
9 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
808
since 1913

Arnel over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Arnel has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201913peak #1,932, 1934boys
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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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021#8,8258
2020
2019
2018
2017#9,6967
2016#9,6647
2015#9,5687
2014#12,1085
2013#9,6557
2012#10,7706
2011#8,0799
2010#8,8038
2009#5,33417
2008#5,76715
2007#6,62212
2006#5,52515
2005#9,1157
2004#6,13812
2003#5,03515
2002#5,13114
2001#4,47617
2000#6,8399
1999#4,34116
1998#6,8438
1997#4,45114
1996#4,18515
1995#4,79112
1994#5,45210
1993#3,81916
1992
1991#5,09610
1990#3,60716
1989#4,81110
1988#3,35015
1987#3,33914
1986#3,88211
1985#5,1477
1984#2,82416
1983#3,41112
1982#3,96610
1981#3,60111
1980#4,1349
1979#3,35712
1978#4,5547
1977#4,1648
1976#4,9356
1975#2,75114
1974#2,79913
1973#3,01311
1972#2,65913
1971#2,81312
1970#1,98920
1969#3,3148
1968#2,73510
1967#2,13914
1966
1965
1964#3,0508
1963#5,8916#3,0448
1962#3,16116#3,3057
1961#3,6526
1960#4,0385
1959#2,8219
1958
1957
1956
1955
1954
1953#3,4256
1952
1951
1950
1949
1948
1947
1946
1945#2,9966
1944
1943#2,7328
1942
1941
1940#2,8717
1939#3,1136
1938
1937#3,5185
1936
1935#3,2526
1934#1,93214
1933#3,6425
1932#2,8498
1931#2,10113
1930#3,0228
1929#2,7669
1928#3,6976
1927
1926#3,7086
1925
1924
1923#2,9509
1922#3,2528
1921#2,80410
1920#2,13115
1919#3,7366
1918#3,7286
1917
1916#3,8975
1915#3,0827
1914
1913#1,9459
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First appearance
1913

The first year at least five boys were named Arnel! It came in at #1,945, and was given to 9 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1914, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Arnel
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2021
Rise & fade · boys
21 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1913
  • Peaked 1934 at #1,932 (14 births)
  • Births halved by 1935, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 56,952
  • Highest: 1 in 56,952 boys born in 1913 were named Arnel (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 218,685 boys born in 2021 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #1,932 in 1934, was only 1 in 73,757 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 16.5% of all boys named Arnel (133) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s33#1,945 (1913)#3,278
1920s63#2,131 (1920)#3,044
1930s65#1,932 (1934)#2,929
1940s21#2,732 (1943)#2,866
1950s15#2,821 (1959)#3,123
1960s66#2,139 (1967)#3,160
1970s116#1,989 (1970)#3,303
1980s115#2,824 (1984)#3,847
1990s117#3,607 (1990)#4,732
2000s133#4,476 (2001)#5,998
2010s56#8,079 (2011)#9,793
2020s8#8,825 (2021)#8,825

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.

Arnel in 1913

boys
#1,945
9 births · 1 in 56,952 boys

Top boys' names in 1913

  1. #1John29,329
  2. #2William23,538
  3. #3James20,832
  4. #4Robert15,684
  5. #5Joseph14,471
  6. #6George13,874
  7. #7Charles13,191
  8. #8Edward9,474
  9. #9Frank9,237
  10. #10Thomas7,096
  11. #1,945Arnel9
More about 1913

boys

512,566 boys got a published name in 1913; 1 in 56,952 of them was named Arnel, which outranked 40.4% of the 3,261 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Arnel
  1. #1,803Whit10
  2. #1,803Wyman10
  3. #1,803Zoltan10
  4. #1,945Arnel9
  5. #1,945Achille9
  6. #1,945Afton9
  7. #1,945Agustus9
  8. #2,092Ace8
  9. #2,092Adron8
  10. #2,092Akira8

Tied with 146 names at #1,945; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1912
Risers
  1. 1,050Mathias#1,885#835
  2. 935Hymen#1,885#950
  3. 796Waldemar#1,746#950
  4. 751Rolf#1,746#995
  5. 689Domenico#1,619#930
Fallers
  1. 975Holland#970#1,945
  2. 885Cameron#918#1,803
  3. 868Larue#935#1,803
  4. 726Irene#854#1,580
  5. 688Hughie#892#1,580

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

See the top 100 for 1913