Arne
Arne was given to 7 boys in 2025, #9,790 among boys’ names; 2,854 Americans have been recorded with it since 1903 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,250 Americans named Arne and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (44% of everyone recorded); the median is 63 years old and half are between 50 and 73.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Arne by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Arne mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Arne is “a male given name from the Germanic languages occasionally used in English.” Its etymology gives the sense “eagle” (arn-).
For the given name, a short form of Old Norse compound names beginning with arn- (“eagle”).
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Arne?
#9,790 among boys’ names, 2025
Arne rose from #12,225 in 2015 to #9,790 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 2.6 to 4.1 per million.
69 babies in 1916, the peak
Arne peaked in 1916, when 69 boys were given it, #724 among boys’ names. The 7 births of 2025 are 10% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,790 | 4.1 |
| 2024 | 6 | #11,061 | 3.5 |
| 2023 | 9 | #8,308 | 5.3 |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,367 | 5.2 |
| 2021 | 9 | #8,223 | 5.1 |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,640 | 4.1 |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,830 | 3.9 |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,884 | 3.2 |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,735 | 3.7 |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,225 | 2.6 |
Every recorded year (113)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 8 | #8,840 | 4.2 |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,298 | 2.6 |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,414 | 2.6 |
| 2009 | 6 | #11,104 | 3.0 |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,158 | 2.9 |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,891 | 4.0 |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,799 | 2.6 |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,675 | 2.6 |
| 2000 | 10 | #6,345 | 5.1 |
| 1997 | 8 | #6,649 | 4.2 |
| 1996 | 6 | #8,017 | 3.2 |
| 1995 | 8 | #6,443 | 4.2 |
| 1994 | 8 | #6,411 | 4.1 |
| 1993 | 6 | #7,693 | 3.1 |
| 1992 | 8 | #6,164 | 4.0 |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,293 | 2.5 |
| 1990 | 12 | #4,420 | 5.8 |
| 1989 | 7 | #6,258 | 3.5 |
| 1988 | 13 | #3,717 | 6.8 |
| 1987 | 9 | #4,588 | 4.8 |
| 1986 | 8 | #4,873 | 4.3 |
| 1985 | 7 | #5,175 | 3.8 |
| 1984 | 10 | #3,938 | 5.5 |
| 1983 | 9 | #4,153 | 5.0 |
| 1982 | 5 | #6,435 | 2.8 |
| 1981 | 10 | #3,875 | 5.6 |
| 1980 | 13 | #3,270 | 7.3 |
| 1979 | 17 | #2,677 | 9.9 |
| 1978 | 12 | #3,225 | 7.3 |
| 1977 | 8 | #4,198 | 4.9 |
| 1976 | 9 | #3,735 | 5.7 |
| 1975 | 19 | #2,291 | 12.2 |
| 1974 | 18 | #2,279 | 11.4 |
| 1973 | 22 | #1,931 | 14.1 |
| 1972 | 10 | #3,168 | 6.2 |
| 1971 | 33 | #1,494 | 18.7 |
| 1970 | 22 | #1,891 | 11.8 |
| 1969 | 22 | #1,769 | 12.3 |
| 1968 | 29 | #1,456 | 16.7 |
| 1967 | 29 | #1,411 | 16.6 |
| 1966 | 33 | #1,326 | 18.5 |
| 1965 | 48 | #1,064 | 25.8 |
| 1964 | 47 | #1,114 | 23.6 |
| 1963 | 43 | #1,177 | 21.2 |
| 1962 | 34 | #1,344 | 16.4 |
| 1961 | 45 | #1,179 | 21.2 |
| 1960 | 37 | #1,296 | 17.4 |
| 1959 | 48 | #1,116 | 22.5 |
| 1958 | 55 | #1,026 | 25.9 |
| 1957 | 49 | #1,089 | 22.7 |
| 1956 | 50 | #1,070 | 23.6 |
| 1955 | 53 | #1,032 | 25.7 |
| 1954 | 45 | #1,111 | 22.1 |
| 1953 | 54 | #975 | 27.4 |
| 1952 | 50 | #1,012 | 25.7 |
| 1951 | 48 | #1,017 | 25.5 |
| 1950 | 44 | #1,064 | 24.6 |
| 1949 | 32 | #1,276 | 18.0 |
| 1948 | 49 | #1,000 | 27.9 |
| 1947 | 48 | #1,036 | 26.2 |
| 1946 | 33 | #1,216 | 20.3 |
| 1945 | 37 | #1,057 | 27.5 |
| 1944 | 43 | #992 | 31.6 |
| 1943 | 41 | #1,055 | 28.7 |
| 1942 | 37 | #1,120 | 26.8 |
| 1941 | 35 | #1,110 | 28.5 |
| 1940 | 26 | #1,312 | 22.4 |
| 1939 | 19 | #1,534 | 17.2 |
| 1938 | 29 | #1,222 | 26.1 |
| 1937 | 27 | #1,288 | 25.3 |
| 1936 | 28 | #1,245 | 27.0 |
| 1935 | 22 | #1,453 | 21.1 |
| 1934 | 35 | #1,116 | 33.9 |
| 1933 | 29 | #1,231 | 29.2 |
| 1932 | 29 | #1,254 | 27.8 |
| 1931 | 35 | #1,145 | 33.7 |
| 1930 | 32 | #1,260 | 29.2 |
| 1929 | 42 | #1,057 | 39.0 |
| 1928 | 38 | #1,147 | 34.3 |
| 1927 | 35 | #1,228 | 31.1 |
| 1926 | 38 | #1,161 | 34.2 |
| 1925 | 42 | #1,075 | 37.6 |
| 1924 | 37 | #1,189 | 32.7 |
| 1923 | 37 | #1,177 | 33.8 |
| 1922 | 42 | #1,084 | 38.6 |
| 1921 | 52 | #973 | 47.2 |
| 1920 | 50 | #975 | 47.0 |
| 1919 | 48 | #973 | 49.0 |
| 1918 | 48 | #966 | 47.4 |
| 1917 | 63 | #793 | 68.1 |
| 1916 | 69 | #724 | 77.5 |
| 1915 | 64 | #752 | 75.4 |
| 1914 | 44 | #796 | 67.2 |
| 1913 | 30 | #900 | 58.5 |
| 1912 | 21 | #1,002 | 48.8 |
| 1911 | 13 | #926 | 57.5 |
| 1910 | 9 | #1,120 | 46.3 |
| 1909 | 9 | #1,026 | 54.9 |
| 1908 | 10 | #883 | 64.8 |
| 1907 | 8 | #1,001 | 54.5 |
| 1906 | 10 | #798 | 75.1 |
| 1905 | 8 | #925 | 60.5 |
| 1903 | 6 | #1,013 | 50.3 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Arne a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Arne has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 113 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Arne: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Arne, and how old are they?
1,250 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 44% of the 2,854 Americans ever recorded as Arne. The median Arne alive today is 63 years old; half are between 50 and 73.
The 2020 Census counted 1,843 people named Arne (48 women and girls, 1,795 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,393 born in the U.S. The Census count is 32% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 116 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 571 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 299 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 124 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 52 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 84 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Arne born?
The states with the most babies named Arne are Minnesota, Washington and New York, with 67% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Minnesota and Washington are not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota | 258 | not ranked | 4.3× |
| Washington | 186 | not ranked | 4.6× |
| New York | 171 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| California | 96 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Michigan | 93 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Illinois | 55 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Wisconsin | 38 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| North Dakota | 18 | not ranked | 1.1× |
Where Arne is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Arne is most over-represented in Washington: since 1910 it was given 4.6 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Arne with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 4 names spelled alike, given to 6,967 babies since 1880, Arne is the most given (41% of them). In 2025 it was given to 7 of their 48 babies (15%), the third most given that year.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Arne
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Arne and names like it
- Compare Arne and ArnieBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1910sArne peaked in 1916.
- Minnesota’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Arne since 1910.
- Germanic namesWiktionary’s origin for Arne: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1916The year the most babies were named Arne.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Arne alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with AMost given first.