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.

Arnold

#309 most common boys' name of all time · #678 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#309
Rank overall
#678 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
104,396
Since 2016
1,078
Peak year
1924 #95
Best rank
#89 1916
Girls Boys peak 2,031/yr
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Arnold is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 120 120 #1,477
2024 99 99 #1,688
2023 105 105 #1,642
2022 118 118 #1,524
2021 112 112 #1,554
2020 88 88 #1,744
2019 115 115 #1,486
2018 103 103 #1,594
2017 120 120 #1,433
2016 98 98 #1,628
2015 95 95 #1,658
2014 81 81 #1,830
2013 97 97 #1,589
2012 88 88 #1,711
2011 113 113 #1,448
2010 90 90 #1,697
2009 125 125 #1,368
2008 127 127 #1,349
2007 137 137 #1,277
2006 133 133 #1,257
2005 153 153 #1,076
2004 191 191 #901
2003 213 213 #822
2002 180 180 #898
2001 219 219 #776
2000 218 218 #761
1999 188 188 #810
1998 234 234 #710
1997 245 245 #667
1996 239 239 #682
1995 236 236 #692
1994 265 265 #637
1993 327 327 #565
1992 311 311 #577
1991 323 323 #563
1990 327 327 #560
1989 287 287 #576
1988 271 271 #560
1987 270 270 #553
1986 242 242 #568
1985 193 193 #634
1984 256 256 #541
1983 257 257 #521
1982 267 267 #523
1981 259 259 #525
1980 276 276 #510
1979 277 277 #500
1978 250 250 #519
1977 6 280 286 #484
1976 301 301 #452
1975 321 321 #445
1974 332 332 #433
1973 7 388 395 #394
1972 472 472 #356
1971 498 498 #361
1970 5 569 574 #333
1969 5 610 615 #306
1968 658 658 #289
1967 780 780 #257
1966 7 816 823 #253
1965 5 945 950 #241
1964 7 1,043 1,050 #232
1963 8 1,144 1,152 #223
1962 1,151 1,151 #224
1961 10 1,153 1,163 #234
1960 9 1,201 1,210 #231
1959 8 1,192 1,200 #229
1958 1,136 1,136 #230
1957 1,265 1,265 #211
1956 11 1,216 1,227 #213
1955 7 1,315 1,322 #197
1954 10 1,282 1,292 #196
1953 8 1,391 1,399 #182
1952 8 1,463 1,471 #179
1951 1,428 1,428 #177
1950 5 1,508 1,513 #166
1949 7 1,590 1,597 #158
1948 5 1,641 1,646 #154
1947 6 1,795 1,801 #150
1946 10 1,571 1,581 #153
1945 5 1,407 1,412 #147
1944 7 1,461 1,468 #145
1943 1,705 1,705 #131
1942 10 1,685 1,695 #130
1941 6 1,600 1,606 #123
1940 12 1,581 1,593 #118
1939 6 1,617 1,623 #113
1938 1,819 1,819 #111
1937 14 1,725 1,739 #111
1936 10 1,712 1,722 #111
1935 7 1,883 1,890 #103
1934 10 1,780 1,790 #105
1933 18 1,749 1,767 #103
1932 14 1,820 1,834 #100
1931 17 1,835 1,852 #98
1930 11 1,948 1,959 #98
1929 21 1,979 2,000 #95
1928 15 1,974 1,989 #98
1927 18 1,998 2,016 #97
1926 18 1,882 1,900 #99
1925 14 1,972 1,986 #95
1924 17 2,014 2,031 #95
1923 11 1,927 1,938 #93
1922 18 1,892 1,910 #94
1921 21 1,982 2,003 #91
1920 9 1,911 1,920 #91
1919 10 1,767 1,777 #94
1918 17 1,910 1,927 #92
1917 12 1,781 1,793 #91
1916 11 1,858 1,869 #89
1915 11 1,691 1,702 #91
1914 12 1,174 1,186 #97
1913 7 1,032 1,039 #92
1912 7 767 774 #99
1911 348 348 #109
1910 258 258 #126
1909 237 237 #117
1908 202 202 #125
1907 177 177 #135
1906 164 164 #127
1905 144 144 #146
1904 149 149 #138
1903 134 134 #140
1902 107 107 #166
1901 110 110 #148
1900 122 122 #171
1899 98 98 #155
1898 112 112 #153
1897 103 103 #153
1896 102 102 #161
1895 96 96 #164
1894 79 79 #189
1893 80 80 #184
1892 80 80 #193
1891 57 57 #210
1890 52 52 #231
1889 42 42 #258
1888 51 51 #244
1887 38 38 #265
1886 41 41 #265
1885 33 33 #293
1884 49 49 #246
1883 42 42 #255
1882 42 42 #266
1881 29 29 #299
1880 37 37 #276