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Arnold: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 120 in 2025. Its best rank was #89 in 1916.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #89 in 1916; #1,477 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Arnold in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,477 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1916, at #89.
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Arnold: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 120 boys in 2025. Peak: #89 in 1916 · most boys in one year: 2,014 (1924).
In 2025, 120 US boys were named Arnold, making it the 1,477th most common boys’ name of the year, up 210 places from #1,687 in 2024. That is 21 more than the 99 boys named Arnold in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #89, reached in 1916. The most boys given the name in a single year was 2,014, in 1924. For comparison, it was #1,657 in 2015 and #166 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Arnold in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 37 babies with the name. In all, 104,396 US babies have been given the name, 0.5% of them girls and 99% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 19,693 babies named Arnold.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 1,078 US boys were named Arnold; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 120. In 2025 that was about 1 in 14,234 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Arnold ranked highest in Minnesota in 2025, at #590 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Arne (2,854 babies since 1880), Arnie (2,323 babies since 1880) and Arnaldo (2,083 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Arno, Arnol and Arn are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Arnie.
Meaning not yet researched.
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Rare spellings summarised here: Arno (1,723), Arnol (140), Arn (60), Arnald (15), Arnaud (15), Arnt (11), Aarne (10).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 43 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota | 8 | #590 | — |
| Indiana | 6 | #854 | — |
| Ohio | 9 | #857 | — |
| Illinois | 6 | #1,143 | — |
| Texas | 18 | #1,172 | #943 |
| Pennsylvania | 5 | #1,240 | — |
| California | 12 | #1,446 | #1,324 |
| Florida | 7 | #1,489 | — |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 120 | #1,477 |
| 2024 | — | — | 99 | #1,687 |
| 2023 | — | — | 105 | #1,640 |
| 2022 | — | — | 118 | #1,524 |
| 2021 | — | — | 112 | #1,556 |
| 2020 | — | — | 88 | #1,744 |
| 2019 | — | — | 115 | #1,487 |
| 2018 | — | — | 103 | #1,593 |
| 2017 | — | — | 120 | #1,433 |
| 2016 | — | — | 98 | #1,629 |
| 2015 | — | — | 95 | #1,657 |
| 2014 | — | — | 81 | #1,828 |
| 2013 | — | — | 97 | #1,589 |
| 2012 | — | — | 88 | #1,713 |
| 2011 | — | — | 113 | #1,449 |
| 2010 | — | — | 90 | #1,698 |
| 2009 | — | — | 125 | #1,368 |
| 2008 | — | — | 127 | #1,349 |
| 2007 | — | — | 137 | #1,277 |
| 2006 | — | — | 133 | #1,255 |
| 2005 | — | — | 153 | #1,076 |
| 2004 | — | — | 191 | #901 |
| 2003 | — | — | 213 | #822 |
| 2002 | — | — | 180 | #898 |
| 2001 | — | — | 219 | #776 |
| 2000 | — | — | 218 | #760 |
| 1999 | — | — | 188 | #809 |
| 1998 | — | — | 234 | #710 |
| 1997 | — | — | 245 | #666 |
| 1996 | — | — | 239 | #682 |
| 1995 | — | — | 236 | #692 |
| 1994 | — | — | 265 | #637 |
| 1993 | — | — | 327 | #565 |
| 1992 | — | — | 311 | #577 |
| 1991 | — | — | 323 | #563 |
| 1990 | — | — | 327 | #561 |
| 1989 | — | — | 287 | #575 |
| 1988 | — | — | 271 | #560 |
| 1987 | — | — | 270 | #553 |
| 1986 | — | — | 242 | #568 |
| 1985 | — | — | 193 | #634 |
| 1984 | — | — | 256 | #540 |
| 1983 | — | — | 257 | #521 |
| 1982 | — | — | 267 | #521 |
| 1981 | — | — | 259 | #524 |
| 1980 | — | — | 276 | #510 |
| 1979 | — | — | 277 | #500 |
| 1978 | — | — | 250 | #519 |
| 1977 | 6 | #8,512 | 280 | #484 |
| 1976 | — | — | 301 | #451 |
| 1975 | — | — | 321 | #445 |
| 1974 | — | — | 332 | #433 |
| 1973 | 7 | #6,713 | 388 | #394 |
| 1972 | — | — | 472 | #356 |
| 1971 | — | — | 498 | #361 |
| 1970 | 5 | #8,064 | 569 | #332 |
| 1969 | 5 | #7,549 | 610 | #306 |
| 1968 | — | — | 658 | #289 |
| 1967 | — | — | 780 | #257 |
| 1966 | 7 | #5,297 | 816 | #253 |
| 1965 | 5 | #6,599 | 945 | #241 |
| 1964 | 7 | #5,505 | 1,043 | #232 |
| 1963 | 8 | #4,908 | 1,144 | #223 |
| 1962 | — | — | 1,151 | #224 |
| 1961 | 10 | #4,262 | 1,153 | #234 |
| 1960 | 9 | #4,458 | 1,201 | #231 |
| 1959 | 8 | #4,654 | 1,192 | #229 |
| 1958 | — | — | 1,136 | #230 |
| 1957 | — | — | 1,265 | #211 |
| 1956 | 11 | #3,711 | 1,216 | #213 |
| 1955 | 7 | #4,767 | 1,315 | #197 |
| 1954 | 10 | #3,734 | 1,282 | #196 |
| 1953 | 8 | #4,250 | 1,391 | #182 |
| 1952 | 8 | #4,146 | 1,463 | #179 |
| 1951 | — | — | 1,428 | #177 |
| 1950 | 5 | #5,342 | 1,508 | #166 |
| 1949 | 7 | #4,263 | 1,590 | #158 |
| 1948 | 5 | #5,287 | 1,641 | #154 |
| 1947 | 6 | #4,784 | 1,795 | #149 |
| 1946 | 10 | #3,235 | 1,571 | #153 |
| 1945 | 5 | #4,597 | 1,407 | #147 |
| 1944 | 7 | #3,711 | 1,461 | #145 |
| 1943 | — | — | 1,705 | #131 |
| 1942 | 10 | #3,000 | 1,685 | #130 |
| 1941 | 6 | #3,985 | 1,600 | #123 |
| 1940 | 12 | #2,432 | 1,581 | #118 |
| 1939 | 6 | #3,796 | 1,617 | #113 |
| 1938 | — | — | 1,819 | #111 |
| 1937 | 14 | #2,200 | 1,725 | #111 |
| 1936 | 10 | #2,703 | 1,712 | #111 |
| 1935 | 7 | #3,445 | 1,883 | #103 |
| 1934 | 10 | #2,755 | 1,780 | #105 |
| 1933 | 18 | #1,841 | 1,749 | #103 |
| 1932 | 14 | #2,244 | 1,820 | #100 |
| 1931 | 17 | #1,949 | 1,835 | #98 |
| 1930 | 11 | #2,699 | 1,948 | #98 |
| 1929 | 21 | #1,767 | 1,979 | #95 |
| 1928 | 15 | #2,289 | 1,974 | #98 |
| 1927 | 18 | #2,101 | 1,998 | #97 |
| 1926 | 18 | #2,077 | 1,882 | #99 |
| 1925 | 14 | #2,497 | 1,972 | #95 |
| 1924 | 17 | #2,219 | 2,014 | #95 |
| 1923 | 11 | #2,927 | 1,927 | #93 |
| 1922 | 18 | #2,120 | 1,892 | #94 |
| 1921 | 21 | #1,930 | 1,982 | #91 |
| 1920 | 9 | #3,358 | 1,911 | #91 |
| 1919 | 10 | #3,025 | 1,767 | #94 |
| 1918 | 17 | #2,109 | 1,910 | #92 |
| 1917 | 12 | #2,567 | 1,781 | #91 |
| 1916 | 11 | #2,674 | 1,858 | #89 |
| 1915 | 11 | #2,548 | 1,691 | #91 |
| 1914 | 12 | #2,017 | 1,174 | #97 |
| 1913 | 7 | #2,562 | 1,032 | #92 |
| 1912 | 7 | #2,381 | 767 | #99 |
| 1911 | — | — | 348 | #108 |
| 1910 | — | — | 258 | #126 |
| 1909 | — | — | 237 | #117 |
| 1908 | — | — | 202 | #125 |
| 1907 | — | — | 177 | #135 |
| 1906 | — | — | 164 | #127 |
| 1905 | — | — | 144 | #146 |
| 1904 | — | — | 149 | #137 |
| 1903 | — | — | 134 | #139 |
| 1902 | — | — | 107 | #166 |
| 1901 | — | — | 110 | #146 |
| 1900 | — | — | 122 | #171 |
| 1899 | — | — | 98 | #154 |
| 1898 | — | — | 112 | #151 |
| 1897 | — | — | 103 | #151 |
| 1896 | — | — | 102 | #160 |
| 1895 | — | — | 96 | #163 |
| 1894 | — | — | 79 | #189 |
| 1893 | — | — | 80 | #180 |
| 1892 | — | — | 80 | #192 |
| 1891 | — | — | 57 | #209 |
| 1890 | — | — | 52 | #229 |
| 1889 | — | — | 42 | #252 |
| 1888 | — | — | 51 | #243 |
| 1887 | — | — | 38 | #262 |
| 1886 | — | — | 41 | #264 |
| 1885 | — | — | 33 | #290 |
| 1884 | — | — | 49 | #244 |
| 1883 | — | — | 42 | #253 |
| 1882 | — | — | 42 | #265 |
| 1881 | — | — | 29 | #296 |
| 1880 | — | — | 37 | #276 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).