Arnette — girls' name

What the Data Says About Arnette

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,055 babies named Arnette between 1907 and 1998, spanning 92 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Arnette currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1998. The name reached its historical peak in 1959, when 44 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Arnette performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 267 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Arnette shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 7 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Arnette in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Arnette 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 1,055 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.