Boys' name · since 1915
Arney
Arney has 67 recorded births since 1915 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1947 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #20,083 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 67
- born since 1915
- 1920s
- peak decade
Arney is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 67 have been recorded since 1915.
Arney has 67 recorded births among boys since 1915, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1915 to 1959.
- #20,083 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 67 born since 1915
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Arney ranks #20,083 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 67 born since 1915, peaking in the 1920s.
- #20,083 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 67
- born since 1915
- 1920s
- peak decade
Arney's 67 recorded births place it above 55.61% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Arney's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Arney splits its recorded history at 1934: 57% of all births land in the more recent half, 43% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1915 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1947 peak of 11 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Arney popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1915–1959
- Peak year (1947)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 45 years of records
Arney by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (19 births, 28% of the file).
1920s was Arney's strongest decade.
19 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 28% of all-time use.
Arney births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
10 births
- 1920s
1920s
19 births
- 1930s 5
1930s
5 births
- 1940s
1940s
16 births
- 1950s
1950s
17 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 19 births (28% of all-time use).
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- Arney's usage has stayed within range of its 1920s decade-level peak (19 total births) through the 1950s (17) -- 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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Similar record span (~44 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, 1915–1959 (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 Arney 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.