Arnold — #1683 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Arnold

The Social Security Administration has registered 103,720 babies named Arnold between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Arnold currently holds the #1683 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1924, when 2,014 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Arnold performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 19,531 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Arnold shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 12,376 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Arnold in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Arnold 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 103,720 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.