Arnett*
#3,968 most common boys' name of all time · #9,689 across all names · 95% male / 5% female · used 1893–2006 · notable crossover
Rank among boys
#3,968
Rank overall
#9,689 of 105,966
First appeared
1893
Years on the list
87 of 146
All-time
1,373
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1951 #1,253
Best rank
#680 1897
Girls
Boys
peak 35/yr
Arnett first appears in 1893. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,633 |
| 2004 | — | 7 | 7 | #8,981 |
| 2001 | — | 5 | 5 | #10,612 |
| 1995 | — | 7 | 7 | #7,045 |
| 1992 | — | 6 | 6 | #7,490 |
| 1990 | — | 6 | 6 | #7,250 |
| 1989 | — | 6 | 6 | #7,016 |
| 1988 | — | 10 | 10 | #4,486 |
| 1987 | — | 8 | 8 | #5,019 |
| 1983 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,957 |
| 1981 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,028 |
| 1980 | — | 14 | 14 | #3,123 |
| 1979 | — | 11 | 11 | #3,605 |
| 1978 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,890 |
| 1977 | — | 12 | 12 | #3,234 |
| 1976 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,779 |
| 1975 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,934 |
| 1974 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,250 |
| 1973 | — | 10 | 10 | #3,275 |
| 1972 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,394 |
| 1971 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,423 |
| 1970 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,318 |
| 1969 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,368 |
| 1968 | 5 | 14 | 19 | #2,233 |
| 1967 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,060 |
| 1966 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,073 |
| 1965 | 6 | 10 | 16 | #2,656 |
| 1964 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,066 |
| 1963 | 5 | 14 | 19 | #2,238 |
| 1962 | 5 | 14 | 19 | #2,213 |
| 1961 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,581 |
| 1960 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,348 |
| 1959 | 10 | 23 | 33 | #1,680 |
| 1958 | 5 | 19 | 24 | #1,863 |
| 1957 | 7 | 15 | 22 | #2,127 |
| 1956 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,493 |
| 1955 | — | 27 | 27 | #1,494 |
| 1954 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,785 |
| 1953 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,989 |
| 1952 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,561 |
| 1951 | — | 35 | 35 | #1,253 |
| 1950 | 5 | 17 | 22 | #1,842 |
| 1949 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,596 |
| 1948 | 6 | 18 | 24 | #1,785 |
| 1947 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,675 |
| 1946 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,789 |
| 1945 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,292 |
| 1944 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,549 |
| 1943 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,610 |
| 1942 | — | 15 | 15 | #1,900 |
| 1941 | 5 | 22 | 27 | #1,469 |
| 1940 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,657 |
| 1939 | 5 | 17 | 22 | #1,667 |
| 1938 | — | 14 | 14 | #1,937 |
| 1937 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,671 |
| 1936 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,527 |
| 1935 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,733 |
| 1934 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,525 |
| 1933 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,432 |
| 1932 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,236 |
| 1931 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,882 |
| 1930 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,224 |
| 1929 | 5 | 20 | 25 | #1,698 |
| 1928 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,434 |
| 1927 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,665 |
| 1926 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,582 |
| 1925 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,557 |
| 1924 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,701 |
| 1923 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,163 |
| 1922 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,989 |
| 1921 | — | 27 | 27 | #1,457 |
| 1920 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,723 |
| 1919 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,434 |
| 1918 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,480 |
| 1917 | 6 | 27 | 33 | #1,345 |
| 1916 | — | 15 | 15 | #1,988 |
| 1915 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,489 |
| 1914 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,422 |
| 1913 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,349 |
| 1912 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,210 |
| 1910 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,719 |
| 1909 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,589 |
| 1908 | — | 7 | 7 | #1,194 |
| 1900 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,450 |
| 1897 | — | 11 | 11 | #680 |
| 1896 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,244 |
| 1893 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,023 |