Arna — #5292 US girls' name
609 babies named Arna in U.S. Social Security records since 1903, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 70% of names given to girls today.
21% of everyone ever named Arna was born in this single decade.
29 babies were named Arna in 2021 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Arna
The Social Security Administration has registered 609 babies named Arna between 1903 and 2024, spanning 122 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Arna currently holds the #5292 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2021, when 29 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Arna performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 129 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Arna shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New Jersey, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Arna in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Arna 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 609 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.
Arna at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Arna popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1903
- Peak year (2021)
- 29
- Annual births at peak — across 122 years of records
Currently ranks #5292 among girls.
609 total births across 122 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2021 with 29 births in a single year.
Arna by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 129 births that decade — 21% of Arna's all-time total
Arna decade highlights
- Peak decade 129 births
- Runner-up 117 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Arna's strongest decade
129 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 21% of all-time use.
Arna by state
Where Arna concentrates geographically — total births since 1903
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New Jersey | | 10 | 1.6% |
| #2 | Texas | | 7 | 1.1% |
| #3 | California | | 5 | 0.8% |
10 of 609 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- New Jersey 1.6% of nationwide
- Texas 1.1% of nationwide
- California 0.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 3 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New Jersey accounts for 1.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1903–2024 (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.