Arrow**
#2,697 most common boys' name of all time · #6,484 across all names · 67% male / 33% female · used 1971–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#2,697
Rank overall
#6,484 of 105,966
First appeared
1971
Years on the list
37 of 146
All-time
2,575
Since 2016
2,003
Peak year
2018 #1,124
Best rank
#1,124 2018
Girls
Boys
peak 283/yr
Arrow first appears in 1971. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 36 | 77 | 113 | #1,986 |
| 2024 | 47 | 100 | 147 | #1,679 |
| 2023 | 64 | 116 | 180 | #1,522 |
| 2022 | 53 | 124 | 177 | #1,462 |
| 2021 | 79 | 128 | 207 | #1,426 |
| 2020 | 91 | 155 | 246 | #1,219 |
| 2019 | 82 | 161 | 243 | #1,190 |
| 2018 | 111 | 172 | 283 | #1,124 |
| 2017 | 75 | 138 | 213 | #1,309 |
| 2016 | 72 | 122 | 194 | #1,429 |
| 2015 | 62 | 97 | 159 | #1,644 |
| 2014 | 29 | 60 | 89 | #2,244 |
| 2013 | 17 | 38 | 55 | #2,981 |
| 2012 | 20 | 34 | 54 | #3,266 |
| 2011 | 5 | 28 | 33 | #3,738 |
| 2010 | — | 18 | 18 | #5,121 |
| 2009 | 6 | 16 | 22 | #5,634 |
| 2008 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,893 |
| 2007 | 9 | 7 | 16 | #10,062 |
| 2006 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,609 |
| 2005 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,273 |
| 2004 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,226 |
| 2003 | — | 6 | 6 | #9,919 |
| 2002 | — | 6 | 6 | #9,729 |
| 2001 | — | 5 | 5 | #11,017 |
| 1999 | — | 6 | 6 | #9,053 |
| 1998 | — | 6 | 6 | #8,837 |
| 1997 | — | 6 | 6 | #8,507 |
| 1995 | — | 9 | 9 | #6,121 |
| 1994 | — | 5 | 5 | #9,248 |
| 1992 | — | 5 | 5 | #8,921 |
| 1991 | — | 5 | 5 | #8,780 |
| 1988 | — | 6 | 6 | #6,840 |
| 1985 | — | 5 | 5 | #7,079 |
| 1977 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,471 |
| 1973 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,440 |
| 1971 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,540 |