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
- Peak · boys
- 1897 · 11 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,298since 1893
Arnett 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 | ||
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| 2006 | — | #9,585 | 7 | |
| 2005 | — | — | ||
| 2004 | — | #8,927 | 7 | |
| 2003 | — | — | ||
| 2002 | — | — | ||
| 2001 | — | #10,556 | 5 | |
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| 1995 | — | #6,992 | 7 | |
| 1994 | — | — | ||
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| 1992 | — | #7,422 | 6 | |
| 1991 | — | — | ||
| 1990 | — | #7,178 | 6 | |
| 1989 | — | #6,941 | 6 | |
| 1988 | — | #4,450 | 10 | |
| 1987 | — | #4,968 | 8 | |
| 1986 | — | — | ||
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| 1984 | — | — | ||
| 1983 | — | #4,907 | 7 | |
| 1982 | — | — | ||
| 1981 | — | #4,961 | 7 | |
| 1980 | — | #3,098 | 14 | |
| 1979 | — | #3,569 | 11 | |
| 1978 | — | #3,857 | 9 | |
| 1977 | — | #3,203 | 12 | |
| 1976 | — | #3,724 | 9 | |
| 1975 | — | #2,902 | 13 | |
| 1974 | — | #4,190 | 7 | |
| 1973 | — | #3,223 | 10 | |
| 1972 | — | #3,344 | 9 | |
| 1971 | — | #3,370 | 9 | |
| 1970 | — | #3,282 | 9 | |
| 1969 | — | #3,314 | 8 | |
| 1968 | #7,016 | 5 | #2,200 | 14 |
| 1967 | — | #3,966 | 5 | |
| 1966 | — | #2,043 | 15 | |
| 1965 | #5,817 | 6 | #2,617 | 10 |
| 1964 | — | #2,040 | 16 | |
| 1963 | #6,592 | 5 | #2,200 | 14 |
| 1962 | #6,578 | 5 | #2,186 | 14 |
| 1961 | — | #2,538 | 11 | |
| 1960 | — | #2,315 | 13 | |
| 1959 | #4,031 | 10 | #1,665 | 23 |
| 1958 | #6,103 | 5 | #1,838 | 19 |
| 1957 | #4,918 | 7 | #2,093 | 15 |
| 1956 | — | #1,480 | 28 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,483 | 27 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,762 | 19 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,958 | 16 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,547 | 24 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,242 | 35 | |
| 1950 | #5,301 | 5 | #1,815 | 17 |
| 1949 | — | #1,583 | 22 | |
| 1948 | #4,651 | 6 | #1,758 | 18 |
| 1947 | — | #1,646 | 21 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,759 | 17 | |
| 1945 | — | #2,242 | 10 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,525 | 20 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,577 | 20 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,867 | 15 | |
| 1941 | #4,420 | 5 | #1,446 | 22 |
| 1940 | — | #1,627 | 18 | |
| 1939 | #4,250 | 5 | #1,636 | 17 |
| 1938 | — | #1,901 | 14 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,627 | 18 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,505 | 20 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,708 | 17 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,498 | 21 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,405 | 23 | |
| 1932 | — | #2,191 | 12 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,843 | 16 | |
| 1930 | — | #2,178 | 13 | |
| 1929 | #4,570 | 5 | #1,672 | 20 |
| 1928 | — | #2,387 | 12 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,647 | 22 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,565 | 23 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,534 | 24 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,675 | 22 | |
| 1923 | — | #2,123 | 15 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,952 | 17 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,448 | 27 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,694 | 21 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,408 | 26 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,446 | 25 | |
| 1917 | #4,083 | 6 | #1,322 | 27 |
| 1916 | — | #1,949 | 15 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,454 | 22 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,388 | 19 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,311 | 16 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,174 | 16 | |
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | — | #1,589 | 5 | |
| 1909 | — | #1,440 | 5 | |
| 1908 | — | #1,113 | 7 | |
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| 1900 | — | #1,310 | 5 | |
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | #652 | 11 | |
| 1896 | — | #1,101 | 5 | |
| 1895 | — | — | ||
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| 1893 | — | #907 | 6 | |
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| 1880 | — | — | ||
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.
See more about Arnett
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2006
- Biggest jump: 449 spots in 1897 (#1,101 → #652)
- Debuted 1893
- Peaked 1897 at #652 (11 births)
- Births halved by 1898, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 2 yrs · 1893–1897
- 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%)
- 17.2% of all boys named Arnett (223) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 22 | #652 (1897) | #887 |
| 1900s | 17 | #1,113 (1908) | #1,288 |
| 1910s | 171 | #1,174 (1912) | #1,449 |
| 1920s | 203 | #1,448 (1921) | #1,770 |
| 1930s | 171 | #1,405 (1933) | #1,749 |
| 1940s | 183 | #1,446 (1941) | #1,703 |
| 1950s | 223 | #1,242 (1951) | #1,688 |
| 1960s | 120 | #2,040 (1964) | #2,542 |
| 1970s | 98 | #2,902 (1975) | #3,466 |
| 1980s | 52 | #3,098 (1980) | #4,888 |
| 1990s | 19 | #6,992 (1995) | #7,197 |
| 2000s | 19 | #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 1952
Top boys' names in 1952
More about 1952
boys
1,943,633 boys got a published name in 1952; 1 in 80,985 of them was named Arnett, which outranked 63.7% of the 4,257 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,517Sanders25
- #1,517Simeon25
- #1,517Tad25
- #1,547Arnett24
- #1,547Alonso24
- #1,547Anastacio24
- #1,547Bernice24
- #1,582Aloysius23
- #1,582Anthoney23
- #1,582Ashton23
Tied with 34 names at #1,547; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.