Arnetta — girls' name

What the Data Says About Arnetta

The Social Security Administration has registered 3,248 babies named Arnetta between 1894 and 1999, spanning 106 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Arnetta currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1999. The name reached its historical peak in 1953, when 82 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Arnetta performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 630 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Arnetta shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 120 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Arnetta in 20 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Arnetta 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 3,248 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.