Girls' name · since 1971
Arnesia
67 babies named Arnesia in U.S. Social Security records since 1971, with the highest year being 1993. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #31,575 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 67
- born since 1971
- 1990s
- peak decade
67 girls have been named Arnesia since 1971, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Arnesia has been recorded 67 times among girls since 1971, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1971 to 1998.
- #31,575 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 67 born since 1971
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Arnesia ranks #31,575 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 67 born since 1971, peaking in the 1990s.
- #31,575 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 67
- born since 1971
- 1990s
- peak decade
Arnesia's 67 recorded births place it above 56.16% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Arnesia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Arnesia's full recorded timeline at 1992, 57% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 43% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1971, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1993 peak of 15 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Arnesia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1971–1998
- Peak year (1993)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Arnesia by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (43 births, 64% of the file).
1990s was Arnesia's strongest decade.
43 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 64% of all-time use.
Arnesia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 13
1970s
13 births
- 1980s 11
1980s
11 births
- 1990s
1990s
43 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 43 births (64% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Arnesia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1993)
Similar record span (~27 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, 1971–1998 (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 Arnesia 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.