Arnett

Last seen for girls in 1968 at #7,016 · Last seen for boys in 2006 at #9,585
Given to boys 94.5% of the time

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Peak · boys
1897 · 11 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,298
since 1893

Arnett over time

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201929peak #4,031, 1959peak #652, 1897girlsboys
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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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2006—#9,5857
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2004—#8,9277
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2001—#10,5565
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1995—#6,9927
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1992—#7,4226
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1990—#7,1786
1989—#6,9416
1988—#4,45010
1987—#4,9688
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1983—#4,9077
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1981—#4,9617
1980—#3,09814
1979—#3,56911
1978—#3,8579
1977—#3,20312
1976—#3,7249
1975—#2,90213
1974—#4,1907
1973—#3,22310
1972—#3,3449
1971—#3,3709
1970—#3,2829
1969—#3,3148
1968#7,0165#2,20014
1967—#3,9665
1966—#2,04315
1965#5,8176#2,61710
1964—#2,04016
1963#6,5925#2,20014
1962#6,5785#2,18614
1961—#2,53811
1960—#2,31513
1959#4,03110#1,66523
1958#6,1035#1,83819
1957#4,9187#2,09315
1956—#1,48028
1955—#1,48327
1954—#1,76219
1953—#1,95816
1952—#1,54724
1951—#1,24235
1950#5,3015#1,81517
1949—#1,58322
1948#4,6516#1,75818
1947—#1,64621
1946—#1,75917
1945—#2,24210
1944—#1,52520
1943—#1,57720
1942—#1,86715
1941#4,4205#1,44622
1940—#1,62718
1939#4,2505#1,63617
1938—#1,90114
1937—#1,62718
1936—#1,50520
1935—#1,70817
1934—#1,49821
1933—#1,40523
1932—#2,19112
1931—#1,84316
1930—#2,17813
1929#4,5705#1,67220
1928—#2,38712
1927—#1,64722
1926—#1,56523
1925—#1,53424
1924—#1,67522
1923—#2,12315
1922—#1,95217
1921—#1,44827
1920—#1,69421
1919—#1,40826
1918—#1,44625
1917#4,0836#1,32227
1916—#1,94915
1915—#1,45422
1914—#1,38819
1913—#1,31116
1912—#1,17416
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1910—#1,5895
1909—#1,4405
1908—#1,1137
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1900—#1,3105
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1897—#65211
1896—#1,1015
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1893—#9076
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First appearance
1893

The first year at least five boys were named Arnett! It came in at #907, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1894–1896, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Arnett is popular in 1929

No state had 5 or more boys named Arnett in 1929, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Arnett
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2006
  • Biggest jump: 449 spots in 1897 (#1,101 → #652)
Rise & fade · boys
4 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1893
  • Peaked 1897 at #652 (11 births)
  • Births halved by 1898, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 2 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 2 yrs · 1893–1897
Share of babies · boys
1 in 10,251
  • Highest: 1 in 10,251 boys born in 1897 were named Arnett (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 293,610 boys born in 2006 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1950s
  • 17.2% of all boys named Arnett (223) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
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  • The majority has never changed
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DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s22#652 (1897)#887
1900s17#1,113 (1908)#1,288
1910s171#1,174 (1912)#1,449
1920s203#1,448 (1921)#1,770
1930s171#1,405 (1933)#1,749
1940s183#1,446 (1941)#1,703
1950s223#1,242 (1951)#1,688
1960s120#2,040 (1964)#2,542
1970s98#2,902 (1975)#3,466
1980s52#3,098 (1980)#4,888
1990s19#6,992 (1995)#7,197
2000s19#8,927 (2004)#9,689

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.

Arnett in 1929

girls
#4,570
5 births · 1 in 223,312 girls
boys
#1,672
20 births · 1 in 53,781 boys

Top girls' names in 1929

  1. #1Mary63,512
  2. #2Betty36,675
  3. #3Dorothy31,476
  4. #4Helen20,983
  5. #5Margaret19,212
  6. #6Doris16,498
  7. #7Barbara16,038
  8. #8Ruth16,021
  9. #9Shirley14,576
  10. #10Patricia13,624
  11. #4,570Arnett5

Top boys' names in 1929

  1. #1Robert59,807
  2. #2James52,135
  3. #3John52,112
  4. #4William47,815
  5. #5Charles29,930
  6. #6Richard29,572
  7. #7Donald27,181
  8. #8George23,020
  9. #9Joseph21,165
  10. #10Edward17,220
  11. #1,672Arnett20
More about 1929

girls

1,116,561 girls got a published name in 1929; 1 in 223,312 of them was named Arnett, which outranked 13.4% of the 5,277 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Arnett
  1. #4,053Zillah6
  2. #4,053Zollie6
  3. #4,053Zorka6
  4. #4,570Arnett5
  5. #4,570Adabelle5
  6. #4,570Adelyne5
  7. #4,570Adonna5

Tied with 707 names at #4,570; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1928
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,951Dorla#2,623 → #672
  2. ↑ 797Ingrid#1,738 → #941
  3. ↑ 534Sydell#1,502 → #968
  4. ↑ 521Elenor#1,502 → #981
  5. ↑ 406Jeanine#888 → #482
Fallers
  1. ↓ 937Joline#888 → #1,825
  2. ↓ 259Mafalda#936 → #1,195
  3. ↓ 250Lorelei#994 → #1,244
  4. ↓ 249Ardelle#888 → #1,137
  5. ↓ 234Charmaine#420 → #654

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

boys

1,075,615 boys got a published name in 1929; 1 in 53,781 of them was named Arnett, which outranked 63.2% of the 4,545 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Arnett
  1. #1,611Umberto21
  2. #1,611Vidal21
  3. #1,611Xavier21
  4. #1,672Arnett20
  5. #1,672Aime20
  6. #1,672Anselmo20
  7. #1,672Aram20
  8. #1,731Alfonza19
  9. #1,731Alphonzo19
  10. #1,731Ancil19

Tied with 58 names at #1,672; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1928
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,188Davey#2,843 → #655
  2. ↑ 554Davie#1,413 → #859
  3. ↑ 374Derald#1,095 → #721
  4. ↑ 358Vernal#1,353 → #995
  5. ↑ 350Ken#1,228 → #878
Fallers
  1. ↓ 530Adolf#950 → #1,480
  2. ↓ 426Quinton#913 → #1,339
  3. ↓ 349Thornton#963 → #1,312
  4. ↓ 346Verlyn#891 → #1,237
  5. ↓ 346Isidore#891 → #1,237

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

See the top 100 for 1929 →