Girls' name · since 1970
Arnessa
32 babies named Arnessa in U.S. Social Security records since 1970, with the highest year being 1972. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #40,106 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 32
- born since 1970
- 1970s
- peak decade
Arnessa sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 32 recorded since 1970.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Arnessa has been recorded 32 times among girls since 1970, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1970s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1970 to 1987.
- #40,106 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 32 born since 1970
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Arnessa ranks #40,106 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 32 born since 1970, peaking in the 1970s.
- #40,106 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 32
- born since 1970
- 1970s
- peak decade
Arnessa's 32 recorded births place it above 44.13% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Arnessa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Arnessa's full recorded timeline at 1972, 63% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 37% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1971, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1972 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Arnessa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1970–1987
- Peak year (1972)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
Arnessa by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (20 births, 63% of the file).
1970s was Arnessa's strongest decade.
20 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 63% of all-time use.
Arnessa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
20 births
- 1980s
1980s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 20 births (63% of all-time use).
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- Arnessa's usage has stayed within range of its 1970s decade-level peak (20 total births) through the 1980s (12) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Arnessa: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1972)
Similar record span (~17 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, 1970–1987 (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 Arnessa 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.