Girls' name · since 1936
Arbra
Arbra has 18 recorded births since 1936 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1937 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #46,784 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 18
- born since 1936
- 1930s
- peak decade
18 girls have been named Arbra since 1936, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Arbra has 18 recorded births among girls since 1936, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1930s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1936 to 1942.
- #46,784 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 18 born since 1936
- 1930s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Arbra ranks #46,784 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 18 born since 1936, peaking in the 1930s.
- #46,784 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 18
- born since 1936
- 1930s
- peak decade
Arbra's 18 recorded births place it above 34.45% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Arbra's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Arbra's full recorded timeline at 1937, 72% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 28% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1936, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1937 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Arbra popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1936–1942
- Peak year (1937)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 7 years of records
Arbra by decade
1930s is the heaviest window (13 births, 72% of the file).
1930s was Arbra's strongest decade.
13 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 72% of all-time use.
Arbra births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s
1930s
13 births
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1930s at 13 births (72% of all-time use).
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- Arbra's usage has stayed within range of its 1930s decade-level peak (13 total births) through the 1940s (5) -- 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 Arbra: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~6 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, 1936–1942 (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 Arbra 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.