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

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Peak · boys
1910 · 13 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
2,088
since 1887

Arnie over time

girlsboys

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201953peak #1,279, 1889peak #859, 1910girlsboys
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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#6,14314
2024#8,3129
2023#6,89712
2022#9,8237
2021#12,1465
2020#7,50210
2019#8,2159
2018#10,7606
2017#12,2465
2016#9,6647
2015
2014
2013#10,7286
2012
2011
2010#10,7666
2009
2008#11,0376
2007
2006#9,5857
2005
2004
2003#8,6437
2002#9,3926
2001#7,5368
2000#6,31610
1999#7,1398
1998#6,8438
1997#6,1009
1996#9,0155
1995
1994#5,8689
1993#6,2288
1992
1991#5,09610
1990#4,40712
1989#6,2297
1988#4,16211
1987
1986#3,44013
1985#4,3339
1984#4,5528
1983#3,41112
1982#2,70917
1981#2,77916
1980#5,5256
1979#4,4038
1978#3,21512
1977#3,03713
1976#3,47110
1975#2,20520
1974#3,12011
1973#3,01311
1972#2,08019
1971#1,70527
1970#1,84723
1969#1,64225
1968#1,65023
1967#1,65222
1966#1,19439
1965#1,40530
1964#1,23639
1963#1,22840
1962#1,02855
1961#1,17945
1960#98160
1959#6,2455#1,08151
1958#1,06052
1957#1,11747
1956#1,23238
1955#1,72520
1954#1,52525
1953#5,6735#1,59223
1952#4,9086#1,61522
1951#1,55323
1950#1,31330
1949#1,40927
1948#1,40027
1947#1,31631
1946#1,23632
1945#1,49420
1944#3,6877#1,32825
1943#1,57720
1942#4,6225#1,53721
1941#1,37224
1940#1,36824
1939#2,9229#1,19430
1938#1,36424
1937#4,2555#1,23329
1936#4,1815#1,46321
1935#4,2045#1,24729
1934#3,4497#1,55120
1933#1,82915
1932#4,4115#1,99514
1931#2,9729#2,10113
1930#4,5505#1,64420
1929#4,5705#2,31712
1928#1,76019
1927#4,8055#1,74820
1926#4,3066#2,18614
1925#3,6648#1,62822
1924#3,6658#1,57724
1923#3,6418#1,69621
1922#2,78012#1,64422
1921#4,0237#1,50925
1920#3,09710#2,23114
1919#3,00510#1,62421
1918#2,51913#1,37327
1917#3,3448#1,64320
1916#2,49812#1,02839
1915#1,26527
1914#1,22123
1913#3,1875#99525
1912#2,3607#1,61910
1911#1,45011#1,3877
1910#85913
1909#2,2085#1,0209
1908#2,1015#1,2176
1907
1906
1905
1904#9667
1903
1902#1,0136
1901#1,3397#9436
1900
1899
1898#8857
1897
1896
1895
1894
1893
1892
1891
1890
1889#1,2795
1888
1887#9215
1886
1885
1884
1883
1882
1881
1880
First appearance
1887

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
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
23 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1887
  • Peaked 1910 at #859 (13 births)
  • Births halved by 1980, 70 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 7 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 7 yrs · 1887–1960
Share of babies · boys
1 in 14,939
  • 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%)
Era · boys
The 1960s
  • 18.1% of all boys named Arnie (378) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1912
  • Mostly girls until 1911, mostly boys since
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s5#921 (1887)#921
1890s7#885 (1898)#885
1900s34#943 (1901)#1,032
1910s212#859 (1910)#1,301
1920s193#1,509 (1921)#1,830
1930s215#1,194 (1939)#1,562
1940s251#1,236 (1946)#1,404
1950s331#1,060 (1958)#1,381
1960s378#981 (1960)#1,320
1970s154#1,705 (1971)#2,810
1980s99#2,709 (1982)#4,127
1990s69#4,407 (1990)#6,337
2000s44#6,316 (2000)#8,752
2010s39#8,215 (2019)#10,397
2020s57#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 1953

girls
#5,673
5 births · 1 in 376,260 girls
boys
#1,592
23 births · 1 in 85,752 boys

Top girls' names in 1953

  1. #1Mary64,389
  2. #2Linda61,281
  3. #3Deborah52,199
  4. #4Patricia51,019
  5. #5Susan44,297
  6. #6Barbara38,473
  7. #7Debra36,856
  8. #8Nancy30,620
  9. #9Karen29,858
  10. #10Pamela25,760
  11. #5,673Arnie5

Top boys' names in 1953

  1. #1Robert86,243
  2. #2James86,066
  3. #3Michael84,198
  4. #4John80,165
  5. #5David76,119
  6. #6William61,829
  7. #7Richard58,389
  8. #8Thomas47,008
  9. #9Charles38,421
  10. #10Gary36,967
  11. #1,592Arnie23
More about 1953

girls

1,881,301 girls got a published name in 1953; 1 in 376,260 of them was named Arnie, which outranked 12.7% of the 6,497 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Arnie
  1. #5,040Zenia6
  2. #5,040Zenith6
  3. #5,040Zoanne6
  4. #5,673Arnie5
  5. #5,673Abagail5
  6. #5,673Adelene5
  7. #5,673Adelmira5

Tied with 824 names at #5,673; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1952
Risers
  1. 2,253Enola#3,201#948
  2. 885Lu#1,368#483
  3. 749Joni#1,046#297
  4. 553Brooke#1,351#798
  5. 531Lorri#1,430#899
Fallers
  1. 274Roseanna#808#1,082
  2. 253Georgie#946#1,199
  3. 218Pandora#783#1,001
  4. 204Fonda#822#1,026
  5. 195Brinda#935#1,130

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

boys

1,972,299 boys got a published name in 1953; 1 in 85,752 of them was named Arnie, which outranked 63.3% of the 4,341 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Arnie
  1. #1,551Tyronne24
  2. #1,551Vann24
  3. #1,551Waverly24
  4. #1,592Arnie23
  5. #1,592Arlon23
  6. #1,592Berton23
  7. #1,592Beryl23
  8. #1,630Ace22
  9. #1,630Alain22
  10. #1,630Avon22

Tied with 37 names at #1,592; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1952
Risers
  1. 1,276Faron#2,251#975
  2. 694Shane#1,213#519
  3. 528Enrico#1,517#989
  4. 441Blaise#1,430#989
  5. 429Robbin#1,268#839
Fallers
  1. 427Durwood#981#1,408
  2. 392Jonnie#939#1,331
  3. 312Elvis#968#1,280
  4. 293Edsel#968#1,261
  5. 292Beverly#766#1,058

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

See the top 100 for 1953