Girls' name · since 1908
Arbella
82 babies named Arbella in U.S. Social Security records since 1908, with the highest year being 2012. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #29,315 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 82
- born since 1908
- 2010s
- peak decade
Arbella is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 82 have been recorded since 1908.
Social Security Administration records show Arbella recorded 82 times among girls since 1908, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1908 to 2023.
- #29,315 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 82 born since 1908
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Arbella ranks #29,315 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 82 born since 1908, peaking in the 2010s.
- #29,315 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 82
- born since 1908
- 2010s
- peak decade
Arbella's 82 recorded births place it above 59.31% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Arbella's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Arbella's SSA record in two at 2016 and the more recent half accounts for 52% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 48%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1916, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2012 peak of 11, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Arbella popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1908–2023
- Peak year (2012)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 116 years of records
Arbella by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (29 births, 35% of the file).
2010s was Arbella's strongest decade.
29 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Arbella births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1900s 6
1900s
6 births
- 1910s 5
1910s
5 births
- 1920s
1920s
17 births
- 2010s
2010s
29 births
- 2020s
2020s
25 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 29 births (35% of all-time use).
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- Arbella's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (29 total births) through the 2020s (25) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Arbella: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2012)
Similar record span (~115 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1908–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Arbella draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.