Girls' name · since 1925
Arbutis
17 babies named Arbutis in U.S. Social Security records since 1925, with the highest year being 1929. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #47,483 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 17
- born since 1925
- 1920s
- peak decade
Arbutis is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 17 have been recorded since 1925.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Arbutis has been recorded 17 times among girls since 1925, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1920s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1925 to 1932.
- #47,483 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 17 born since 1925
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Arbutis ranks #47,483 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 17 born since 1925, peaking in the 1920s.
- #47,483 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 17
- born since 1925
- 1920s
- peak decade
Arbutis's 17 recorded births place it above 33.2% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Arbutis's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Arbutis's full recorded timeline at 1929, 71% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 29% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1925, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1929 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Arbutis popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1925–1932
- Peak year (1929)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 8 years of records
Arbutis by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (12 births, 71% of the file).
1920s was Arbutis's strongest decade.
12 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 71% of all-time use.
Arbutis births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s
1920s
12 births
- 1930s
1930s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 12 births (71% of all-time use).
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- Arbutis's usage has stayed within range of its 1920s decade-level peak (12 total births) through the 1930s (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 Arbutis: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1929)
Similar record span (~7 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, 1925–1932 (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 Arbutis 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.