Arnita — girls' name

What the Data Says About Arnita

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,047 babies named Arnita between 1911 and 1993, spanning 83 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Arnita currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1993. The name reached its historical peak in 1956, when 70 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Arnita performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 514 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Arnita shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Virginia, which accounts for 50 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Arnita in 16 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Arnita 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 2,047 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.