Arnie
Last seen for girls in 1959 at #6,245 · #6,143 for boys in 2025, 14 births
Given to boys 89.9% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1910 · 13 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,088since 1887
Arnie 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 | — | #6,143 | 14 | |
| 2024 | — | #8,312 | 9 | |
| 2023 | — | #6,897 | 12 | |
| 2022 | — | #9,823 | 7 | |
| 2021 | — | #12,146 | 5 | |
| 2020 | — | #7,502 | 10 | |
| 2019 | — | #8,215 | 9 | |
| 2018 | — | #10,760 | 6 | |
| 2017 | — | #12,246 | 5 | |
| 2016 | — | #9,664 | 7 | |
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | #10,728 | 6 | |
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | #10,766 | 6 | |
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | — | #11,037 | 6 | |
| 2007 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | — | #9,585 | 7 | |
| 2005 | — | — | ||
| 2004 | — | — | ||
| 2003 | — | #8,643 | 7 | |
| 2002 | — | #9,392 | 6 | |
| 2001 | — | #7,536 | 8 | |
| 2000 | — | #6,316 | 10 | |
| 1999 | — | #7,139 | 8 | |
| 1998 | — | #6,843 | 8 | |
| 1997 | — | #6,100 | 9 | |
| 1996 | — | #9,015 | 5 | |
| 1995 | — | — | ||
| 1994 | — | #5,868 | 9 | |
| 1993 | — | #6,228 | 8 | |
| 1992 | — | — | ||
| 1991 | — | #5,096 | 10 | |
| 1990 | — | #4,407 | 12 | |
| 1989 | — | #6,229 | 7 | |
| 1988 | — | #4,162 | 11 | |
| 1987 | — | — | ||
| 1986 | — | #3,440 | 13 | |
| 1985 | — | #4,333 | 9 | |
| 1984 | — | #4,552 | 8 | |
| 1983 | — | #3,411 | 12 | |
| 1982 | — | #2,709 | 17 | |
| 1981 | — | #2,779 | 16 | |
| 1980 | — | #5,525 | 6 | |
| 1979 | — | #4,403 | 8 | |
| 1978 | — | #3,215 | 12 | |
| 1977 | — | #3,037 | 13 | |
| 1976 | — | #3,471 | 10 | |
| 1975 | — | #2,205 | 20 | |
| 1974 | — | #3,120 | 11 | |
| 1973 | — | #3,013 | 11 | |
| 1972 | — | #2,080 | 19 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,705 | 27 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,847 | 23 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,642 | 25 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,650 | 23 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,652 | 22 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,194 | 39 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,405 | 30 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,236 | 39 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,228 | 40 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,028 | 55 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,179 | 45 | |
| 1960 | — | #981 | 60 | |
| 1959 | #6,245 | 5 | #1,081 | 51 |
| 1958 | — | #1,060 | 52 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,117 | 47 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,232 | 38 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,725 | 20 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,525 | 25 | |
| 1953 | #5,673 | 5 | #1,592 | 23 |
| 1952 | #4,908 | 6 | #1,615 | 22 |
| 1951 | — | #1,553 | 23 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,313 | 30 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,409 | 27 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,400 | 27 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,316 | 31 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,236 | 32 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,494 | 20 | |
| 1944 | #3,687 | 7 | #1,328 | 25 |
| 1943 | — | #1,577 | 20 | |
| 1942 | #4,622 | 5 | #1,537 | 21 |
| 1941 | — | #1,372 | 24 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,368 | 24 | |
| 1939 | #2,922 | 9 | #1,194 | 30 |
| 1938 | — | #1,364 | 24 | |
| 1937 | #4,255 | 5 | #1,233 | 29 |
| 1936 | #4,181 | 5 | #1,463 | 21 |
| 1935 | #4,204 | 5 | #1,247 | 29 |
| 1934 | #3,449 | 7 | #1,551 | 20 |
| 1933 | — | #1,829 | 15 | |
| 1932 | #4,411 | 5 | #1,995 | 14 |
| 1931 | #2,972 | 9 | #2,101 | 13 |
| 1930 | #4,550 | 5 | #1,644 | 20 |
| 1929 | #4,570 | 5 | #2,317 | 12 |
| 1928 | — | #1,760 | 19 | |
| 1927 | #4,805 | 5 | #1,748 | 20 |
| 1926 | #4,306 | 6 | #2,186 | 14 |
| 1925 | #3,664 | 8 | #1,628 | 22 |
| 1924 | #3,665 | 8 | #1,577 | 24 |
| 1923 | #3,641 | 8 | #1,696 | 21 |
| 1922 | #2,780 | 12 | #1,644 | 22 |
| 1921 | #4,023 | 7 | #1,509 | 25 |
| 1920 | #3,097 | 10 | #2,231 | 14 |
| 1919 | #3,005 | 10 | #1,624 | 21 |
| 1918 | #2,519 | 13 | #1,373 | 27 |
| 1917 | #3,344 | 8 | #1,643 | 20 |
| 1916 | #2,498 | 12 | #1,028 | 39 |
| 1915 | — | #1,265 | 27 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,221 | 23 | |
| 1913 | #3,187 | 5 | #995 | 25 |
| 1912 | #2,360 | 7 | #1,619 | 10 |
| 1911 | #1,450 | 11 | #1,387 | 7 |
| 1910 | — | #859 | 13 | |
| 1909 | #2,208 | 5 | #1,020 | 9 |
| 1908 | #2,101 | 5 | #1,217 | 6 |
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | #966 | 7 | |
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | #1,013 | 6 | |
| 1901 | #1,339 | 7 | #943 | 6 |
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | #885 | 7 | |
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | #1,279 | 5 | — | |
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | #921 | 5 | |
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Arnie! It came in at #921, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1887–1897, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Arnie
- 2,169 spots since 2024 (#8,312 → #6,143)
- 1,359 spots since 2020 (#7,502 → #6,143)
- Biggest jump: 624 spots in 1913 (#1,619 → #995)
- Biggest drop: 528 spots in 1911 (#859 → #1,387)
- Debuted 1887
- Peaked 1910 at #859 (13 births)
- Births halved by 1980, 70 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 7 yrs · 1887–1960
- Highest: 1 in 14,939 boys born in 1910 were named Arnie (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 122,005 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 18.1% of all boys named Arnie (378) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1911, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #921 (1887) | #921 |
| 1890s | 7 | #885 (1898) | #885 |
| 1900s | 34 | #943 (1901) | #1,032 |
| 1910s | 212 | #859 (1910) | #1,301 |
| 1920s | 193 | #1,509 (1921) | #1,830 |
| 1930s | 215 | #1,194 (1939) | #1,562 |
| 1940s | 251 | #1,236 (1946) | #1,404 |
| 1950s | 331 | #1,060 (1958) | #1,381 |
| 1960s | 378 | #981 (1960) | #1,320 |
| 1970s | 154 | #1,705 (1971) | #2,810 |
| 1980s | 99 | #2,709 (1982) | #4,127 |
| 1990s | 69 | #4,407 (1990) | #6,337 |
| 2000s | 44 | #6,316 (2000) | #8,752 |
| 2010s | 39 | #8,215 (2019) | #10,397 |
| 2020s | 57 | #6,143 (2025) | #8,471 |
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.
Arnie in 1920
Top girls' names in 1920
Top boys' names in 1920
More about 1920
girls
1,198,289 girls got a published name in 1920; 1 in 119,829 of them was named Arnie, which outranked 46.3% of the 5,767 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,899Zennie11
- #2,899Zillah11
- #2,899Zoa11
- #3,097Arnie10
- #3,097Adina10
- #3,097Agusta10
- #3,097Alison10
- #3,340Adine9
- #3,340Adria9
- #3,340Adrianna9
Tied with 242 names at #3,097; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,064,356 boys got a published name in 1920; 1 in 76,025 of them was named Arnie, which outranked 55.3% of the 4,989 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,131Wilborn15
- #2,131Wilmon15
- #2,131Wladyslaw15
- #2,231Arnie14
- #2,231Avis14
- #2,231Bertis14
- #2,231Bessie14
- #2,336Agnes13
- #2,336Almond13
- #2,336Alvaro13
Tied with 104 names at #2,231; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.