Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Arabella

#862 most common girls' name of all time · #1,555 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1881–2025

Rank among girls
#862
Rank overall
#1,555 of 105,966
First appeared
1881
Years on the list
131 of 146
All-time
27,957
Since 2016
15,390
Peak year
2014 #174
Best rank
#157 2017
Girls Boys peak 1,914/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Arabella first appears in 1881. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 1,423 1,423 #213
2024 1,482 1,482 #207
2023 1,322 1,322 #225
2022 1,314 1,314 #232
2021 1,521 1,521 #195
2020 1,439 1,439 #203
2019 1,545 1,545 #194
2018 1,706 1,706 #172
2017 1,890 1,890 #157
2016 1,748 1,748 #187
2015 1,689 1,689 #194
2014 1,914 1,914 #174
2013 1,533 1,533 #209
2012 1,315 1,315 #244
2011 946 946 #333
2010 834 834 #383
2009 705 705 #448
2008 467 467 #655
2007 457 457 #648
2006 447 447 #643
2005 326 326 #796
2004 215 215 #1,075
2003 166 166 #1,257
2002 138 138 #1,395
2001 96 96 #1,836
2000 91 91 #1,871
1999 58 58 #2,472
1998 68 68 #2,125
1997 42 42 #2,879
1996 25 25 #4,191
1995 33 33 #3,361
1994 20 20 #4,853
1993 21 21 #4,682
1992 16 16 #5,734
1991 10 10 #8,011
1990 12 12 #6,877
1988 6 6 #10,428
1986 6 6 #9,591
1985 10 10 #6,482
1983 7 7 #8,082
1982 6 6 #9,285
1981 10 10 #6,343
1979 9 9 #6,720
1978 6 6 #8,609
1977 7 7 #7,608
1976 6 6 #8,196
1972 10 10 #5,131
1971 9 9 #5,571
1970 5 5 #8,057
1969 6 6 #6,659
1968 7 7 #5,673
1967 11 11 #4,080
1966 8 8 #4,897
1965 7 7 #5,331
1964 6 6 #6,047
1963 7 7 #5,342
1962 5 5 #6,633
1961 6 6 #5,886
1960 6 6 #5,727
1958 7 7 #4,928
1957 8 8 #4,570
1956 7 7 #4,865
1955 8 8 #4,406
1954 8 8 #4,308
1953 11 11 #3,512
1952 11 11 #3,390
1951 6 6 #4,872
1950 6 6 #4,767
1949 7 7 #4,258
1948 9 9 #3,615
1947 8 8 #4,036
1946 6 6 #4,454
1944 5 5 #4,624
1943 7 7 #3,830
1942 8 8 #3,467
1941 6 6 #4,004
1940 6 6 #3,891
1939 9 9 #2,948
1938 11 11 #2,600
1937 8 8 #3,182
1936 12 12 #2,410
1935 10 10 #2,760
1934 7 7 #3,478
1933 9 9 #2,897
1932 8 8 #3,295
1931 13 13 #2,322
1930 8 8 #3,376
1929 14 14 #2,325
1928 20 20 #1,913
1927 10 10 #3,079
1926 16 16 #2,271
1925 16 16 #2,303
1924 17 17 #2,236
1923 16 16 #2,277
1922 20 20 #1,974
1921 15 15 #2,400
1920 22 22 #1,827
1919 22 22 #1,758
1918 18 18 #2,041
1917 19 19 #1,859
1916 14 14 #2,266
1915 21 21 #1,632
1914 23 23 #1,314
1913 16 16 #1,487
1912 9 9 #2,006
1911 14 14 #1,259
1910 11 11 #1,446
1909 8 8 #1,646
1908 14 14 #1,101
1907 7 7 #1,678
1906 5 5 #1,986
1905 9 9 #1,335
1904 11 11 #1,117
1903 8 8 #1,351
1902 7 7 #1,476
1901 9 9 #1,161
1900 7 7 #1,587
1899 8 8 #1,207
1898 7 7 #1,420
1897 6 6 #1,415
1895 10 10 #1,079
1894 9 9 #1,091
1893 10 10 #985
1892 6 6 #1,323
1891 6 6 #1,246
1888 12 12 #774
1887 7 7 #980
1886 6 6 #1,033
1885 11 11 #688
1884 5 5 #1,068
1881 7 7 #721