Arnell
Arnell is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 196128 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1914
- 2,080people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,282 boys have been named Arnell in the United States since 1914, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1961, with 28 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 28 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1972, and the 1960s alone account for 14%.
Arnell is used for both sexes: 38% of its bearers are girls (798), most of them born around 1962.
By decade
| Decade | boys named Arnell | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 36 | |
| 1920s | 56 | |
| 1930s | 102 | |
| 1940s | 87 | |
| 1950s | 135 | |
| 1960s | 184 | |
| 1970s | 181 | |
| 1980s | 165 | |
| 1990s | 134 | |
| 2000s | 101 | |
| 2010s | 88 | |
| 2020s | 13 |
In 1961, its biggest year
Arnell was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1961 were Michael, David, John, James and Robert. See all of 1961.
Names that rose and fell with Arnell
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Ladellpeak 1969
- Fredericopeak 1959
- Sergepeak 1972
- Carnellpeak 1958
- Eloypeak 1993
- Herminiopeak 1968
- Benignopeak 1990
- Edmundopeak 1958
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.