Arbutus — girls' name

What the Data Says About Arbutus

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,075 babies named Arbutus between 1906 and 1961, spanning 56 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Arbutus currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1961. The name reached its historical peak in 1927, when 50 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Arbutus performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 385 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Arbutus shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in West Virginia, which accounts for 189 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Michigan and Virginia. In total, SSA state-level files list Arbutus in 9 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Arbutus 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 1,075 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.