Arbie — boys' name

What the Data Says About Arbie

The Social Security Administration has registered 513 babies named Arbie between 1904 and 1974, spanning 71 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Arbie currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1974. The name reached its historical peak in 1923, when 22 babies received it in a single year. Arbie is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 137 additional births since 1890.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Arbie performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 141 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Arbie shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Kentucky, which accounts for 7 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Oklahoma. In total, SSA state-level files list Arbie in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Arbie 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 513 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.