Arsenio

#5,608 for boys in 2025, 16 births

Peak · boys
1989 · 397 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
2,207
since 1913

Arsenio over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Arsenio has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201987peak #479, 1989boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#5,60816
2024#5,65916
2023#4,61022
2022#4,70121
2021#4,36223
2020#5,23517
2019#5,55516
2018#4,61021
2017#5,78815
2016#6,05314
2015#5,05818
2014#4,01425
2013#4,31322
2012#4,86219
2011#5,20017
2010#5,74115
2009#4,58221
2008#4,14524
2007#6,26213
2006#5,52515
2005#6,63411
2004#8,9277
2003#5,03515
2002#6,08811
2001#6,44510
2000#5,58812
1999#6,5309
1998#3,84918
1997#5,64210
1996#3,29321
1995#3,69317
1994#4,09415
1993#3,04222
1992#1,77847
1991#1,74446
1990#744188
1989#479397
1988#854124
1987#1,04783
1986#2,51021
1985#2,07127
1984#1,26553
1983#1,59437
1982#3,48212
1981#3,03014
1980#3,25613
1979#3,16813
1978#3,07013
1977#3,38611
1976#2,70915
1975#3,6599
1974#2,45916
1973#3,22310
1972#2,53414
1971#2,97311
1970#3,5218
1969#3,0629
1968#2,44512
1967#2,9858
1966#2,46511
1965#2,9828
1964#2,8549
1963#3,0448
1962#2,11715
1961#2,53811
1960#2,12115
1959#2,29513
1958#2,50611
1957#2,19014
1956#2,36112
1955#2,55810
1954
1953#3,1437
1952#3,7345
1951#2,8448
1950#3,6815
1949
1948#2,6089
1947
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1943#3,5385
1942
1941#3,5055
1940#2,4789
1939#3,1136
1938#3,1756
1937#1,68817
1936#2,30110
1935#2,12712
1934#1,93214
1933#1,99713
1932#2,31311
1931#2,00314
1930#2,29312
1929#2,7669
1928#2,38712
1927#1,87118
1926#1,84618
1925#2,75510
1924#2,64111
1923#3,8226
1922#2,80110
1921#3,5177
1920#2,9679
1919
1918#3,3687
1917#3,5456
1916#2,9268
1915#3,3926
1914
1913#2,4966
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First appearance
1913

The first year at least five boys were named Arsenio! It came in at #2,496, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1914, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Arsenio
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 51 spots since 2024 (#5,659#5,608)
  • 373 spots since 2020 (#5,235#5,608)
  • 550 spots since 2015 (#5,058#5,608)
  • Biggest jump: 375 spots in 1989 (#854#479)
  • Biggest drop: 1,000 spots in 1991 (#744#1,744)
Rise & fade · boys
76 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1913
  • Peaked 1989 at #479 (397 births)
  • Births halved by 1990, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 3 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 3 yrs · run 1988–1990
Share of babies · boys
1 in 5,040
  • Highest: 1 in 5,040 boys born in 1989 were named Arsenio (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 106,755 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1980s
  • 35.4% of all boys named Arsenio (781) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s33#2,496 (1913)#3,145
1920s110#1,846 (1926)#2,737
1930s115#1,688 (1937)#2,294
1940s28#2,478 (1940)#3,032
1950s85#2,190 (1957)#2,812
1960s106#2,117 (1962)#2,661
1970s120#2,459 (1974)#3,070
1980s781#479 (1989)#1,959
1990s393#744 (1990)#3,441
2000s139#4,145 (2008)#5,923
2010s182#4,014 (2014)#5,119
2020s115#4,362 (2021)#5,029

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.

Arsenio in 1987

boys
#1,047
83 births · 1 in 22,494 boys

Top boys' names in 1987

  1. #1Michael63,664
  2. #2Christopher54,493
  3. #3Matthew46,511
  4. #4Joshua40,002
  5. #5David36,795
  6. #6Andrew36,206
  7. #7Daniel35,876
  8. #8James32,659
  9. #9Justin31,491
  10. #10Robert30,237
  11. #1,047Arsenio83
More about 1987

boys

1,866,984 boys got a published name in 1987; 1 in 22,494 of them was named Arsenio, which outranked 87.2% of the 8,152 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Arsenio
  1. #1,040Lynn84
  2. #1,040Romeo84
  3. #1,040Vito84
  4. #1,047Arsenio83
  5. #1,047Horace83
  6. #1,047Jabari83
  7. #1,047Lowell83
  8. #1,054Darian82
  9. #1,054Eloy82
  10. #1,054Franco82

Tied with 6 names at #1,047; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1986
Risers
  1. 994Trevin#1,962#968
  2. 819Conner#1,617#798
  3. 593Mychal#1,363#770
  4. 503Jaren#1,457#954
  5. 457Corbin#1,049#592
Fallers
  1. 623Durell#816#1,439
  2. 336Jayce#694#1,030
  3. 267Rasheed#921#1,188
  4. 263Deshaun#971#1,234
  5. 260Britt#880#1,140

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

See the top 100 for 1987