Arbutis — girls' name
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.
The verdict
17 girls have been named Arbutis since 1925, peaking in the 1920s, last recorded in 1932.
- 17
- total births
- 1925–1932
- years on record
- 1920s
- peak decade
- 71%
- born in that decade
71% of everyone ever named Arbutis was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Arbutis in 1929 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Arbutis
The Social Security Administration has registered 17 babies named Arbutis between 1925 and 1932, spanning 8 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Arbutis currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1932. The name reached its historical peak in 1929, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Arbutis performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 12 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Arbutis shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Arbutis 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 17 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.
Arbutis at a glance
Last recorded 1932Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Arbutis popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1932–1925
- Peak year (1929)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 8 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1932.
17 total births across 8 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1929 with 7 births in a single year.
Arbutis by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 12 births that decade — 71% of Arbutis's all-time total
Arbutis decade highlights
- Peak decade 12 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Arbutis's strongest decade
12 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 71% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1925–1932 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.