Arnel — boys' name

What the Data Says About Arnel

The Social Security Administration has registered 808 babies named Arnel between 1913 and 2021, spanning 109 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Arnel currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 1970, when 20 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Arnel performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 133 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Arnel shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 96 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Kentucky. In total, SSA state-level files list Arnel in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Arnel 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 808 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.