Arnell
Arnell was last recorded in 2022, when 7 babies were given it; 2,080 Americans have been recorded with it between 1910 and 2022 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,330 Americans named Arnell and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (64% of everyone recorded); the median is 53 years old and half are between 34 and 67.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Arnell by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Arnell?
Unranked in 2025
Its last boys’ rank on record is #9,909, in 2022; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
47 babies in 1962, the peak
Arnell peaked in 1962, when 47 babies were given it (25 boys, #1,590 among boys’ names). It was not recorded in 2025.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | under 5 | 7 | #9,909 | |
| 2021 | under 5 | 6 | #10,897 | |
| 2019 | under 5 | 10 | #7,695 | |
| 2018 | under 5 | 10 | #7,658 | |
| 2017 | under 5 | 6 | #10,885 | |
| 2016 | under 5 | 6 | #10,857 | |
| 2015 | under 5 | 18 | #5,072 | |
| 2014 | under 5 | 5 | #12,247 | |
| 2013 | under 5 | 9 | #8,163 | |
| 2012 | under 5 | 6 | #10,893 |
Every recorded year (108)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | under 5 | 12 | #6,603 | |
| 2010 | under 5 | 6 | #10,865 | |
| 2008 | under 5 | 10 | #7,733 | |
| 2007 | under 5 | 23 | #4,248 | |
| 2006 | under 5 | 8 | #8,782 | |
| 2005 | under 5 | 9 | #7,667 | |
| 2004 | under 5 | 10 | #7,005 | |
| 2003 | under 5 | 5 | #11,011 | |
| 2002 | under 5 | 17 | #4,511 | |
| 2001 | under 5 | 7 | #8,394 | |
| 2000 | under 5 | 12 | #5,594 | |
| 1999 | under 5 | 11 | #5,675 | |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,594 | 16 | #4,210 |
| 1997 | 7 | #10,958 | 5 | #9,355 |
| 1996 | 13 | #6,751 | 7 | #7,182 |
| 1995 | 21 | #4,681 | 13 | #4,522 |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,624 | 18 | #3,597 |
| 1993 | under 5 | 14 | #4,241 | |
| 1992 | under 5 | 17 | #3,607 | |
| 1991 | under 5 | 21 | #2,989 | |
| 1990 | under 5 | 12 | #4,421 | |
| 1989 | under 5 | 18 | #3,206 | |
| 1988 | under 5 | 13 | #3,718 | |
| 1987 | under 5 | 16 | #3,076 | |
| 1986 | under 5 | 14 | #3,275 | |
| 1985 | under 5 | 15 | #3,079 | |
| 1984 | under 5 | 12 | #3,474 | |
| 1983 | under 5 | 12 | #3,423 | |
| 1982 | under 5 | 21 | #2,343 | |
| 1981 | 7 | #8,186 | 26 | #2,040 |
| 1980 | 7 | #8,227 | 18 | #2,622 |
| 1979 | under 5 | 18 | #2,580 | |
| 1978 | under 5 | 23 | #2,072 | |
| 1977 | 6 | #8,508 | 19 | #2,371 |
| 1976 | under 5 | 19 | #2,339 | |
| 1975 | under 5 | 18 | #2,366 | |
| 1974 | under 5 | 22 | #1,992 | |
| 1973 | 7 | #6,709 | 11 | #3,022 |
| 1972 | 6 | #7,334 | 17 | #2,247 |
| 1971 | 7 | #6,654 | 14 | #2,571 |
| 1970 | 7 | #6,411 | 20 | #1,991 |
| 1969 | 11 | #4,444 | 19 | #1,915 |
| 1968 | under 5 | 17 | #1,961 | |
| 1967 | 14 | #3,497 | 14 | #2,145 |
| 1966 | 11 | #3,975 | 15 | #2,048 |
| 1965 | 12 | #3,754 | 9 | #2,790 |
| 1964 | 17 | #3,112 | 14 | #2,214 |
| 1963 | 13 | #3,639 | 17 | #1,962 |
| 1962 | 22 | #2,608 | 25 | #1,590 |
| 1961 | 5 | #6,626 | 28 | #1,521 |
| 1960 | 13 | #3,521 | 26 | #1,581 |
| 1959 | 10 | #4,041 | 17 | #1,976 |
| 1958 | 5 | #6,141 | 10 | #2,652 |
| 1957 | 11 | #3,708 | 18 | #1,891 |
| 1956 | 15 | #3,056 | 13 | #2,268 |
| 1955 | 5 | #5,871 | 5 | #3,906 |
| 1954 | 15 | #2,896 | 15 | #2,047 |
| 1953 | 17 | #2,599 | 15 | #2,046 |
| 1952 | 10 | #3,564 | 14 | #2,080 |
| 1951 | 14 | #2,816 | 14 | #2,057 |
| 1950 | 13 | #2,916 | 14 | #2,028 |
| 1949 | 17 | #2,414 | 13 | #2,128 |
| 1948 | 8 | #3,901 | 7 | #3,020 |
| 1947 | 17 | #2,454 | 18 | #1,788 |
| 1946 | 14 | #2,610 | 7 | #2,933 |
| 1945 | 17 | #2,067 | 12 | #2,012 |
| 1944 | 11 | #2,773 | 9 | #2,473 |
| 1943 | 11 | #2,872 | 5 | #3,569 |
| 1942 | 16 | #2,218 | under 5 | |
| 1941 | 12 | #2,539 | 7 | #2,884 |
| 1940 | 10 | #2,746 | 9 | #2,489 |
| 1939 | 12 | #2,426 | 13 | #1,962 |
| 1938 | 14 | #2,235 | 11 | #2,189 |
| 1937 | 11 | #2,578 | 11 | #2,211 |
| 1936 | 15 | #2,038 | 12 | #2,067 |
| 1935 | 18 | #1,852 | 8 | #2,728 |
| 1934 | 20 | #1,704 | 13 | #2,028 |
| 1933 | 10 | #2,698 | 11 | #2,216 |
| 1932 | 18 | #1,881 | 7 | #3,105 |
| 1931 | 12 | #2,432 | 9 | #2,663 |
| 1930 | 15 | #2,204 | 7 | #3,305 |
| 1929 | 15 | #2,197 | under 5 | |
| 1928 | 14 | #2,390 | 9 | #2,857 |
| 1927 | 13 | #2,562 | 10 | #2,711 |
| 1926 | 11 | #2,883 | 12 | #2,440 |
| 1925 | 11 | #2,951 | under 5 | |
| 1924 | 18 | #2,144 | under 5 | |
| 1923 | 14 | #2,474 | 7 | #3,486 |
| 1922 | 18 | #2,119 | 12 | #2,496 |
| 1921 | 15 | #2,383 | 6 | #3,893 |
| 1920 | 15 | #2,363 | under 5 | |
| 1919 | 9 | #3,236 | 8 | #3,125 |
| 1918 | 6 | #4,321 | 9 | #2,895 |
| 1917 | 9 | #3,113 | under 5 | |
| 1916 | under 5 | 7 | #3,195 | |
| 1915 | 9 | #2,913 | 7 | #3,105 |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,653 | 5 | #3,288 |
| 1910 | 6 | #2,161 | under 5 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Arnell a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 2,080 Americans recorded as Arnell, 38% are girls and 62% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Arnell: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Arnell, and how old are they?
1,330 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 64% of the 2,080 Americans ever recorded as Arnell. The median Arnell alive today is 53 years old; half are between 34 and 67.
The 2020 Census counted 1,194 people named Arnell (448 women and girls, 746 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,457 born in the U.S. The Census count is 18% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 102 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 383 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 323 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 281 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 167 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 76 |
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).
Names spelled alike
Of these 3 names spelled alike, given to 3,050 babies since 1880, Arnell is the most given (68% of them).
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 Arnell
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 Arnell and names like it
- Compare Arnell and ArnelBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1960sArnell peaked in 1962.
- Illinois’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Arnell since 1910.
- The top names of 1962The year the most babies were named Arnell.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Arnell alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with AMost given first.