Arnetha — girls' name

What the Data Says About Arnetha

The Social Security Administration has registered 463 babies named Arnetha between 1917 and 1983, spanning 67 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Arnetha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1983. The name reached its historical peak in 1956, when 16 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Arnetha performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 111 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Arnetha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in South Carolina, which accounts for 15 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Arnetha in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Arnetha 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 463 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.