Girls' name · since 1916
Arnola
Since 1916, U.S. Social Security records show 70 babies named Arnola, peaking in 1932. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #31,055 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 70
- born since 1916
- 1920s
- peak decade
70 girls have been named Arnola since 1916, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Arnola has 70 recorded births among girls since 1916, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls 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 1916 to 1935.
- #31,055 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 70 born since 1916
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Arnola ranks #31,055 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 70 born since 1916, peaking in the 1920s.
- #31,055 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 70
- born since 1916
- 1920s
- peak decade
Arnola's 70 recorded births place it above 56.88% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Arnola's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Arnola's full recorded timeline at 1927, 56% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 44% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1919, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1932 peak of 11 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Arnola popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1916–1935
- Peak year (1932)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 20 years of records
Arnola by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (28 births, 40% of the file).
1920s was Arnola's strongest decade.
28 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Arnola births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
20 births
- 1920s
1920s
28 births
- 1930s
1930s
22 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 28 births (40% of all-time use).
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- Arnola's usage has stayed within range of its 1920s decade-level peak (28 total births) through the 1930s (22) -- 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Arnola: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1932)
Similar record span (~19 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, 1916–1935 (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 Arnola 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.