Arnella — girls' name
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.
37% of everyone ever named Arnella was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Arnella in 1954 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Arnella
The Social Security Administration has registered 166 babies named Arnella between 1916 and 1981, spanning 66 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Arnella currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1981. The name reached its historical peak in 1954, when 13 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Arnella performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 62 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Arnella shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Arnella 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 166 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.
Arnella at a glance
Last recorded 1981Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Arnella popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1981–1916
- Peak year (1954)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 66 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1981.
166 total births across 66 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1954 with 13 births in a single year.
Arnella by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 62 births that decade — 37% of Arnella's all-time total
Arnella decade highlights
- Peak decade 62 births
- Runner-up 39 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Arnella's strongest decade
62 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 37% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1916–1981 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.