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Arrow: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 77 in 2025. Its best rank was #1,122 in 2018.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #1,122 in 2018; #1,976 in 2025. About 68% of babies named Arrow in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,976 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 2018, at #1,122.
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Arrow: US boys and girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 77 boys in 2025. Peak: #1,122 in 2018 · most boys in one year: 172 (2018).
In 2025, 77 US boys were named Arrow, making it the 1,976th most common boys’ name of the year, down 302 places from #1,674 in 2024. That is 23 fewer than the 100 boys named Arrow in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #1,122, reached in 2018. That year also had the most boys given the name: 172. For comparison, it was #1,641 in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
In 2025, 36 US girls were named Arrow, making it the 3,988th most common girls’ name of the year, down 646 places from #3,342 in 2024. That is 11 fewer than the 47 girls named Arrow in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #1,832, reached in 2018. That year also had the most girls given the name: 111. For comparison, it was #2,813 in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
Social Security card records list Arrow in 37 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1971 with 5 babies. In all, 2,575 US babies have been given the name, 33% of them girls and 67% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 1,341 babies named Arrow.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 1,293 US boys were named Arrow; the busiest of those years was 2018, with 172. In 2025 that was about 1 in 22,183 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Arrow ranked highest in Ohio in 2025, at #1,282 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state.
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US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 46 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio | 5 | #1,282 | — |
| New York | 6 | #1,592 | — |
| Florida | 5 | #1,858 | — |
| California | 6 | #2,229 | #1,456 |
| Texas | 5 | #2,601 | #1,923 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 36 | #3,988 | 77 | #1,976 |
| 2024 | 47 | #3,342 | 100 | #1,674 |
| 2023 | 64 | #2,708 | 116 | #1,518 |
| 2022 | 53 | #3,077 | 124 | #1,458 |
| 2021 | 79 | #2,312 | 128 | #1,424 |
| 2020 | 91 | #2,038 | 155 | #1,215 |
| 2019 | 82 | #2,232 | 161 | #1,188 |
| 2018 | 111 | #1,832 | 172 | #1,122 |
| 2017 | 75 | #2,404 | 138 | #1,307 |
| 2016 | 72 | #2,505 | 122 | #1,421 |
| 2015 | 62 | #2,813 | 97 | #1,641 |
| 2014 | 29 | #4,784 | 60 | #2,234 |
| 2013 | 17 | #7,085 | 38 | #2,960 |
| 2012 | 20 | #6,370 | 34 | #3,238 |
| 2011 | 5 | #17,067 | 28 | #3,702 |
| 2010 | — | — | 18 | #5,061 |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,481 | 16 | #5,577 |
| 2008 | — | — | 10 | #7,739 |
| 2007 | 9 | #11,746 | 7 | #9,861 |
| 2006 | — | — | 12 | #6,489 |
| 2005 | — | — | 10 | #7,148 |
| 2004 | — | — | 7 | #8,999 |
| 2003 | — | — | 6 | #9,664 |
| 2002 | — | — | 6 | #9,475 |
| 2001 | — | — | 5 | #10,690 |
| 1999 | — | — | 6 | #8,788 |
| 1998 | — | — | 6 | #8,556 |
| 1997 | — | — | 6 | #8,196 |
| 1995 | — | — | 9 | #5,954 |
| 1994 | — | — | 5 | #8,881 |
| 1992 | — | — | 5 | #8,518 |
| 1991 | — | — | 5 | #8,303 |
| 1988 | — | — | 6 | #6,476 |
| 1985 | — | — | 5 | #6,596 |
| 1977 | — | — | 5 | #5,900 |
| 1973 | — | — | 7 | #4,084 |
| 1971 | — | — | 5 | #4,964 |
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).