Boys' name · since 1995
Arkell
36 babies named Arkell in U.S. Social Security records since 1995, with the highest year being 1996. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #24,432 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 36
- born since 1995
- 1990s
- peak decade
Arkell sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 36 recorded since 1995.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Arkell has been recorded 36 times among boys since 1995, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1995 to 2020.
- #24,432 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 36 born since 1995
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Arkell ranks #24,432 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 36 born since 1995, peaking in the 1990s.
- #24,432 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 36
- born since 1995
- 1990s
- peak decade
Arkell's 36 recorded births place it above 45.88% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Arkell's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Arkell splits its recorded history at 2001: 56% of all births land in the more recent half, 44% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1995 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1996 peak of 6 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Arkell popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1995–2020
- Peak year (1996)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Arkell by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (16 births, 44% of the file).
1990s was Arkell's strongest decade.
16 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Arkell births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
16 births
- 2000s
2000s
15 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 16 births (44% of all-time use).
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- Arkell's decade-level peak was the 1990s (16 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Arkell: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1996)
Similar record span (~25 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, 1995–2020 (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 Arkell 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.