Arnelle — girls' name

What the Data Says About Arnelle

The Social Security Administration has registered 161 babies named Arnelle between 1948 and 2001, spanning 54 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Arnelle currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2001. The name reached its historical peak in 1995, when 51 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Arnelle performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 126 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Arnelle shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 31 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and New Jersey. In total, SSA state-level files list Arnelle in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Arnelle 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 161 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.