Boys' name · since 1983
Arcus
Arcus has 11 recorded births since 1983 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1983 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #33,172 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 11
- born since 1983
- 1980s
- peak decade
Arcus sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 11 recorded since 1983.
Arcus has 11 recorded births among boys since 1983, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1983 to 2018.
- #33,172 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 11 born since 1983
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Arcus ranks #33,172 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 11 born since 1983, peaking in the 1980s.
- #33,172 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 11
- born since 1983
- 1980s
- peak decade
Arcus's 11 recorded births place it above 24.53% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Arcus's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Arcus's full recorded timeline at 2018, 45% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 55% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2018, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1983 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Arcus popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1983–2018
- Peak year (1983)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 36 years of records
Arcus by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (6 births, 55% of the file).
1980s was Arcus's strongest decade.
6 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Arcus births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
6 births
- 2010s
2010s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 6 births (55% of all-time use).
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- Arcus's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (6 total births) through the 2010s (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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Arcus: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1983)
Similar record span (~35 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, 1983–2018 (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 Arcus 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.