Arnell — boys' name

What the Data Says About Arnell

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,282 babies named Arnell between 1914 and 2022, spanning 109 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Arnell currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1961, when 28 babies received it in a single year. Arnell is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 798 additional births since 1910.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Arnell performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 184 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Arnell shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 28 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Missouri. In total, SSA state-level files list Arnell in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Arnell 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 1,282 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.