Girls' name · since 1916
Arnella
166 babies named Arnella in U.S. Social Security records since 1916, with the highest year being 1954. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #21,700 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 166
- born since 1916
- 1950s
- peak decade
Arnella is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 166 have been recorded since 1916.
Arnella has 166 recorded births among girls since 1916, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1916 to 1981.
- #21,700 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 166 born since 1916
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Arnella ranks #21,700 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 166 born since 1916, peaking in the 1950s.
- #21,700 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 166
- born since 1916
- 1950s
- peak decade
Arnella's 166 recorded births place it above 69.92% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Arnella's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Arnella's SSA record in two at 1948 and the more recent half accounts for 55% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 45%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1920, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1954 peak of 13, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Arnella popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1916–1981
- Peak year (1954)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 66 years of records
Arnella by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (62 births, 37% of the file).
1950s was Arnella's strongest decade.
62 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Arnella births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 6
1910s
6 births
- 1920s
1920s
39 births
- 1930s 21
1930s
21 births
- 1940s 23
1940s
23 births
- 1950s
1950s
62 births
- 1960s 10
1960s
10 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 62 births (37% of all-time use).
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- Arnella's decade-level peak was the 1950s (62 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1980s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Arnella: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~65 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1916–1981 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Arnella draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.