Arnell
Last seen for girls in 1998 at #12,426 · Last seen for boys in 2022 at #9,823
Given to boys 61.6% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1961 · 28 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,282since 1914
Arnell over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | #9,823 | 7 | |
| 2021 | — | #10,799 | 6 | |
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | #7,643 | 10 | |
| 2018 | — | #7,617 | 10 | |
| 2017 | — | #10,775 | 6 | |
| 2016 | — | #10,744 | 6 | |
| 2015 | — | #5,058 | 18 | |
| 2014 | — | #12,108 | 5 | |
| 2013 | — | #8,118 | 9 | |
| 2012 | — | #10,770 | 6 | |
| 2011 | — | #6,578 | 12 | |
| 2010 | — | #10,766 | 6 | |
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | — | #7,698 | 10 | |
| 2007 | — | #4,243 | 23 | |
| 2006 | — | #8,732 | 8 | |
| 2005 | — | #7,640 | 9 | |
| 2004 | — | #6,976 | 10 | |
| 2003 | — | #10,894 | 5 | |
| 2002 | — | #4,502 | 17 | |
| 2001 | — | #8,339 | 7 | |
| 2000 | — | #5,588 | 12 | |
| 1999 | — | #5,656 | 11 | |
| 1998 | #12,426 | 6 | #4,197 | 16 |
| 1997 | #10,836 | 7 | #9,265 | 5 |
| 1996 | #6,723 | 13 | #7,136 | 7 |
| 1995 | #4,677 | 21 | #4,508 | 13 |
| 1994 | #13,430 | 5 | #3,596 | 18 |
| 1993 | — | #4,227 | 14 | |
| 1992 | — | #3,604 | 17 | |
| 1991 | — | #2,989 | 21 | |
| 1990 | — | #4,407 | 12 | |
| 1989 | — | #3,205 | 18 | |
| 1988 | — | #3,705 | 13 | |
| 1987 | — | #3,072 | 16 | |
| 1986 | — | #3,268 | 14 | |
| 1985 | — | #3,070 | 15 | |
| 1984 | — | #3,459 | 12 | |
| 1983 | — | #3,411 | 12 | |
| 1982 | — | #2,341 | 21 | |
| 1981 | #8,128 | 7 | #2,038 | 26 |
| 1980 | #8,178 | 7 | #2,617 | 18 |
| 1979 | — | #2,568 | 18 | |
| 1978 | — | #2,068 | 23 | |
| 1977 | #8,444 | 6 | #2,361 | 19 |
| 1976 | — | #2,329 | 19 | |
| 1975 | — | #2,361 | 18 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,983 | 22 | |
| 1973 | #6,666 | 7 | #3,013 | 11 |
| 1972 | #7,292 | 6 | #2,243 | 17 |
| 1971 | #6,619 | 7 | #2,558 | 14 |
| 1970 | #6,362 | 7 | #1,989 | 20 |
| 1969 | #4,418 | 11 | #1,914 | 19 |
| 1968 | — | #1,962 | 17 | |
| 1967 | #3,484 | 14 | #2,139 | 14 |
| 1966 | #3,959 | 11 | #2,043 | 15 |
| 1965 | #3,733 | 12 | #2,780 | 9 |
| 1964 | #3,108 | 17 | #2,205 | 14 |
| 1963 | #3,635 | 13 | #1,957 | 17 |
| 1962 | #2,605 | 22 | #1,588 | 25 |
| 1961 | #6,567 | 5 | #1,521 | 28 |
| 1960 | #3,512 | 13 | #1,581 | 26 |
| 1959 | #4,031 | 10 | #1,974 | 17 |
| 1958 | #6,103 | 5 | #2,642 | 10 |
| 1957 | #3,696 | 11 | #1,887 | 18 |
| 1956 | #3,048 | 15 | #2,263 | 13 |
| 1955 | #5,828 | 5 | #3,886 | 5 |
| 1954 | #2,889 | 15 | #2,044 | 15 |
| 1953 | #2,595 | 17 | #2,038 | 15 |
| 1952 | #3,552 | 10 | #2,073 | 14 |
| 1951 | #2,810 | 14 | #2,055 | 14 |
| 1950 | #2,909 | 13 | #2,019 | 14 |
| 1949 | #2,410 | 17 | #2,123 | 13 |
| 1948 | #3,883 | 8 | #3,010 | 7 |
| 1947 | #2,448 | 17 | #1,786 | 18 |
| 1946 | #2,597 | 14 | #2,919 | 7 |
| 1945 | #2,060 | 17 | #2,009 | 12 |
| 1944 | #2,762 | 11 | #2,467 | 9 |
| 1943 | #2,861 | 11 | #3,538 | 5 |
| 1942 | #2,214 | 16 | — | |
| 1941 | #2,532 | 12 | #2,872 | 7 |
| 1940 | #2,737 | 10 | #2,478 | 9 |
| 1939 | #2,417 | 12 | #1,958 | 13 |
| 1938 | #2,225 | 14 | #2,185 | 11 |
| 1937 | #2,570 | 11 | #2,197 | 11 |
| 1936 | #2,032 | 15 | #2,062 | 12 |
| 1935 | #1,845 | 18 | #2,719 | 8 |
| 1934 | #1,697 | 20 | #2,022 | 13 |
| 1933 | #2,688 | 10 | #2,214 | 11 |
| 1932 | #1,877 | 18 | #3,092 | 7 |
| 1931 | #2,427 | 12 | #2,651 | 9 |
| 1930 | #2,202 | 15 | #3,289 | 7 |
| 1929 | #2,191 | 15 | — | |
| 1928 | #2,381 | 14 | #2,843 | 9 |
| 1927 | #2,552 | 13 | #2,703 | 10 |
| 1926 | #2,872 | 11 | #2,436 | 12 |
| 1925 | #2,939 | 11 | — | |
| 1924 | #2,137 | 18 | — | |
| 1923 | #2,465 | 14 | #3,467 | 7 |
| 1922 | #2,109 | 18 | #2,486 | 12 |
| 1921 | #2,378 | 15 | #3,869 | 6 |
| 1920 | #2,357 | 15 | — | |
| 1919 | #3,219 | 9 | #3,115 | 8 |
| 1918 | #4,291 | 6 | #2,882 | 9 |
| 1917 | #3,092 | 9 | — | |
| 1916 | — | #3,177 | 7 | |
| 1915 | #2,900 | 9 | #3,082 | 7 |
| 1914 | #3,618 | 5 | #3,264 | 5 |
| 1913 | — | — | ||
| 1912 | — | — | ||
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | #2,140 | 6 | — | |
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| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Arnell! It came in at #3,264, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1917, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Arnell
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2022
- Debuted 1914
- Peaked 1961 at #1,521 (28 births)
- Births halved by 1964, 3 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 68,891 boys born in 1981 were named Arnell (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 249,430 boys born in 2022 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,521 in 1961, was only 1 in 75,864 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 14.4% of all boys named Arnell (184) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1997, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 36 | #2,882 (1918) | #3,104 |
| 1920s | 56 | #2,436 (1926) | #2,967 |
| 1930s | 102 | #1,958 (1939) | #2,439 |
| 1940s | 87 | #1,786 (1947) | #2,578 |
| 1950s | 135 | #1,887 (1957) | #2,288 |
| 1960s | 184 | #1,521 (1961) | #1,969 |
| 1970s | 181 | #1,983 (1974) | #2,347 |
| 1980s | 165 | #2,038 (1981) | #3,019 |
| 1990s | 134 | #2,989 (1991) | #4,959 |
| 2000s | 101 | #4,243 (2007) | #7,179 |
| 2010s | 88 | #5,058 (2015) | #9,018 |
| 2020s | 13 | #9,823 (2022) | #10,311 |
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.
Arnell in 1959
Top girls' names in 1959
Top boys' names in 1959
More about 1959
girls
2,023,462 girls got a published name in 1959; 1 in 202,346 of them was named Arnell, which outranked 44.0% of the 7,202 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,827Xiomara11
- #3,827Young11
- #3,827Zora11
- #4,031Arnell10
- #4,031Al10
- #4,031Aleatha10
- #4,031Anastacia10
- #4,300Adair9
- #4,300Adrien9
- #4,300Aide9
Tied with 268 names at #4,031; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,134,518 boys got a published name in 1959; 1 in 125,560 of them was named Arnell, which outranked 56.8% of the 4,572 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,916Vicki18
- #1,916Virginia18
- #1,916Watson18
- #1,974Arnell17
- #1,974Ace17
- #1,974Anita17
- #1,974Archibald17
- #2,033Aden16
- #2,033Ahmad16
- #2,033Algernon16
Tied with 58 names at #1,974; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.