Boys' name · since 1982
Arinze
Arinze has 210 recorded births since 1982 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #12,643 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,256 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 210
- born since 1982
- 2010s
- peak decade
Arinze currently ranks #6256 among boys' names in America, with 210 babies recorded since 1982.
Arinze has 210 recorded births among boys since 1982, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #6256 as of the latest data, more common than 55% of boys, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1982 to 2025.
- #12,643 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #6,256 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 210 born since 1982
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Arinze ranks #12,643 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,256 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 210 born since 1982, peaking in the 2010s.
- #12,643 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,256 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 210
- born since 1982
- 2010s
- peak decade
Arinze's 210 recorded births place it above 72.14% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Arinze compares
210 39th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Arinze's all-time total is 43% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Arinze | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 210 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 14 | 34 | 22,252 |
Arinze's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Arinze's full recorded timeline at 2011, 60% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 40% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1982, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 14 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Arinze popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1982–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 44 years of records
Arinze by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (74 births, 35% of the file).
2010s was Arinze's strongest decade.
74 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Arinze births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 11
1980s
11 births
- 1990s 16
1990s
16 births
- 2000s
2000s
49 births
- 2010s
2010s
74 births
- 2020s
2020s
60 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 74 births (35% of all-time use).
Arinze by state
Where Arinze concentrates geographically, total births since 1982
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 2.4% |
5 of 210 births nationwide.
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What to do with Arinze's data
- Arinze's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (74 total births) through the 2020s (60) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Arinzes (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Arinze: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~43 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, 1982–2025 (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 Arinze 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.