Arne — #10939 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Arne

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,847 babies named Arne between 1903 and 2024, spanning 122 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Arne currently holds the #10939 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1916, when 69 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Arne performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 496 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Arne shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Minnesota, which accounts for 258 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Washington and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Arne in 8 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Arne 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 2,847 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.