Girls' name · since 1911
Arnita
Since 1911, U.S. Social Security records show 2,047 babies named Arnita, peaking in 1956. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #4,642 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 2,047
- born since 1911
- 1950s
- peak decade
Arnita is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 2,047 have been recorded since 1911.
Arnita has 2,047 recorded births among girls since 1911, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1911 to 1993.
- #4,642 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 2,047 born since 1911
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Arnita ranks #4,642 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 2,047 born since 1911, peaking in the 1950s.
- #4,642 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 2,047
- born since 1911
- 1950s
- peak decade
Arnita's 2,047 recorded births place it above 93.58% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
16 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Virginia.
Arnita's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Arnita's full recorded timeline at 1953, 62% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 38% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1917, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1956 peak of 70 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Arnita popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1911–1993
- Peak year (1956)
- 70
- Annual births at peak, across 83 years of records
Arnita by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (514 births, 25% of the file).
1950s was Arnita's strongest decade.
514 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 25% of all-time use.
Arnita births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 57
1910s
57 births
- 1920s 176
1920s
176 births
- 1930s 166
1930s
166 births
- 1940s
1940s
275 births
- 1950s
1950s
514 births
- 1960s
1960s
478 births
- 1970s
1970s
238 births
- 1980s 113
1980s
113 births
- 1990s 30
1990s
30 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 514 births (25% of all-time use).
How Arnita compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Arnita's total volume
Arnita by state
Where Arnita concentrates geographically, total births since 1911
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Virginia | | 50 | 2.4% |
| #2 | Illinois | | 42 | 2.1% |
| #3 | Georgia | | 38 | 1.9% |
| #4 | Florida | | 34 | 1.7% |
| #5 | Alabama | | 25 | 1.2% |
| #6 | North Carolina | | 19 | 0.9% |
| #7 | District of Columbia | | 18 | 0.9% |
| #8 | Ohio | | 16 | 0.8% |
50 of 2,047 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 16 reporting states.
Arnita appears in 16 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Arnita's data
- Arnita's decade-level peak was the 1950s (514 total births); usage has since declined to 30 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Virginia records the most Arnitas (50 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Virginia names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Arnita: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1956)
Similar record span (~82 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, 1911–1993 (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 Arnita 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.