Arbadella — girls' name

What the Data Says About Arbadella

The Social Security Administration has registered 66 babies named Arbadella between 1936 and 1940, spanning 5 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Arbadella currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1940. The name reached its historical peak in 1937, when 33 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Arbadella performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 58 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Arbadella shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Kentucky, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Arbadella in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Arbadella in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 66 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.