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

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Peak · boys
1961 · 28 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,282
since 1914

Arnell over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201962peak #1,697, 1934peak #1,521, 1961girlsboys
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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#9,8237
2021#10,7996
2020
2019#7,64310
2018#7,61710
2017#10,7756
2016#10,7446
2015#5,05818
2014#12,1085
2013#8,1189
2012#10,7706
2011#6,57812
2010#10,7666
2009
2008#7,69810
2007#4,24323
2006#8,7328
2005#7,6409
2004#6,97610
2003#10,8945
2002#4,50217
2001#8,3397
2000#5,58812
1999#5,65611
1998#12,4266#4,19716
1997#10,8367#9,2655
1996#6,72313#7,1367
1995#4,67721#4,50813
1994#13,4305#3,59618
1993#4,22714
1992#3,60417
1991#2,98921
1990#4,40712
1989#3,20518
1988#3,70513
1987#3,07216
1986#3,26814
1985#3,07015
1984#3,45912
1983#3,41112
1982#2,34121
1981#8,1287#2,03826
1980#8,1787#2,61718
1979#2,56818
1978#2,06823
1977#8,4446#2,36119
1976#2,32919
1975#2,36118
1974#1,98322
1973#6,6667#3,01311
1972#7,2926#2,24317
1971#6,6197#2,55814
1970#6,3627#1,98920
1969#4,41811#1,91419
1968#1,96217
1967#3,48414#2,13914
1966#3,95911#2,04315
1965#3,73312#2,7809
1964#3,10817#2,20514
1963#3,63513#1,95717
1962#2,60522#1,58825
1961#6,5675#1,52128
1960#3,51213#1,58126
1959#4,03110#1,97417
1958#6,1035#2,64210
1957#3,69611#1,88718
1956#3,04815#2,26313
1955#5,8285#3,8865
1954#2,88915#2,04415
1953#2,59517#2,03815
1952#3,55210#2,07314
1951#2,81014#2,05514
1950#2,90913#2,01914
1949#2,41017#2,12313
1948#3,8838#3,0107
1947#2,44817#1,78618
1946#2,59714#2,9197
1945#2,06017#2,00912
1944#2,76211#2,4679
1943#2,86111#3,5385
1942#2,21416
1941#2,53212#2,8727
1940#2,73710#2,4789
1939#2,41712#1,95813
1938#2,22514#2,18511
1937#2,57011#2,19711
1936#2,03215#2,06212
1935#1,84518#2,7198
1934#1,69720#2,02213
1933#2,68810#2,21411
1932#1,87718#3,0927
1931#2,42712#2,6519
1930#2,20215#3,2897
1929#2,19115
1928#2,38114#2,8439
1927#2,55213#2,70310
1926#2,87211#2,43612
1925#2,93911
1924#2,13718
1923#2,46514#3,4677
1922#2,10918#2,48612
1921#2,37815#3,8696
1920#2,35715
1919#3,2199#3,1158
1918#4,2916#2,8829
1917#3,0929
1916#3,1777
1915#2,9009#3,0827
1914#3,6185#3,2645
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1910#2,1406
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First appearance
1914

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
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2022
Rise & fade · boys
47 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1914
  • Peaked 1961 at #1,521 (28 births)
  • Births halved by 1964, 3 yrs 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 68,891
  • 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
Era · boys
The 1960s
  • 14.4% of all boys named Arnell (184) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1998
  • Mostly girls until 1997, mostly boys since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s36#2,882 (1918)#3,104
1920s56#2,436 (1926)#2,967
1930s102#1,958 (1939)#2,439
1940s87#1,786 (1947)#2,578
1950s135#1,887 (1957)#2,288
1960s184#1,521 (1961)#1,969
1970s181#1,983 (1974)#2,347
1980s165#2,038 (1981)#3,019
1990s134#2,989 (1991)#4,959
2000s101#4,243 (2007)#7,179
2010s88#5,058 (2015)#9,018
2020s13#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 1962

girls
#2,605
22 births · 1 in 89,391 girls
boys
#1,588
25 births · 1 in 82,751 boys

Top girls' names in 1962

  1. #1Lisa46,069
  2. #2Mary43,502
  3. #3Susan35,752
  4. #4Karen35,184
  5. #5Linda31,461
  6. #6Patricia26,532
  7. #7Donna25,719
  8. #8Cynthia24,025
  9. #9Deborah22,889
  10. #10Sandra22,420
  11. #2,605Arnell22

Top boys' names in 1962

  1. #1Michael85,059
  2. #2David81,337
  3. #3John78,427
  4. #4James72,555
  5. #5Robert70,199
  6. #6Mark53,520
  7. #7William44,853
  8. #8Richard39,422
  9. #9Thomas36,529
  10. #10Jeffrey33,537
  11. #1,588Arnell25
More about 1962

girls

1,966,603 girls got a published name in 1962; 1 in 89,391 of them was named Arnell, which outranked 65.7% of the 7,584 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Arnell
  1. #2,539Vernette23
  2. #2,539Zita23
  3. #2,539Zulema23
  4. #2,605Arnell22
  5. #2,605Alaine22
  6. #2,605Alisia22
  7. #2,605Alvina22
  8. #2,668Albertha21
  9. #2,668Balinda21
  10. #2,668Bettyann21

Tied with 62 names at #2,605; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1961
Risers
  1. 1,281Tiffany#2,070#789
  2. 879Whitney#1,627#748
  3. 541Zina#1,533#992
  4. 414Glynis#1,406#992
  5. 408Lolita#978#570
Fallers
  1. 300Fern#821#1,121
  2. 259Jacklyn#815#1,074
  3. 255Dorthy#929#1,184
  4. 224Laurene#943#1,167
  5. 215Jimmie#911#1,126

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

boys

2,068,772 boys got a published name in 1962; 1 in 82,751 of them was named Arnell, which outranked 65.7% of the 4,631 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Arnell
  1. #1,546Stefon26
  2. #1,546Theo26
  3. #1,546Wendel26
  4. #1,588Arnell25
  5. #1,588Addison25
  6. #1,588Aloysius25
  7. #1,588Angus25
  8. #1,625Arlyn24
  9. #1,625Augustin24
  10. #1,625Bernhard24

Tied with 36 names at #1,588; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1961
Risers
  1. 490Ritchie#1,262#772
  2. 353King#1,349#996
  3. 338Arlie#1,322#984
  4. 250Robb#1,052#802
  5. 243Pernell#928#685
Fallers
  1. 351Mariano#928#1,279
  2. 349Michal#910#1,259
  3. 337Loran#958#1,295
  4. 292Sid#967#1,259
  5. 275Lorenza#940#1,215

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

See the top 100 for 1962