Recorded 1978–2014 Girls' name Peak 2005 96 births

Arpita — girls' name

96 babies named Arpita in U.S. Social Security records since 1978, with the highest year being 2005. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1970s61980s101990s112000s512010s18
2000s
Peak decade

53% of everyone ever named Arpita was born in this single decade.

2005
Single peak year

12 babies were named Arpita in 2005 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Arpita

The Social Security Administration has registered 96 babies named Arpita between 1978 and 2014, spanning 37 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Arpita currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2014. The name reached its historical peak in 2005, when 12 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Arpita performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 51 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Arpita shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Arpita in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Arpita 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 96 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.

Arpita at a glance

Last recorded 2014

Total births

96

Since 1978

37 years of records

Peak year

2005

12 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2014

Active since

1978

Recorded for 37 years

Last year on file: 2014

Arpita popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2014–1978

Last recorded 2014
Peak year (2005)
12
Annual births at peak — across 37 years of records
468101214 20142010200820062004199219811978 6

Arpita by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
51 births that decade — 53% of Arpita's all-time total
1970s61980s101990s112000s512010s18

Arpita by state

Where Arpita concentrates geographically — total births since 1978

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Arpita
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
6 6.3%
California share of Arpita's total US births 6.3%

6 of 96 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Arpita?
96 babies have been named Arpita since 1978. It was last recorded in 2014. The peak year was 2005 with 12 births.
When was Arpita most popular?
Arpita was most popular in the 2000s decade with 51 total births. The single peak year was 2005.
Where is Arpita most popular?
The top states for the name Arpita are California (6 births).
How long has the name Arpita been used?
Arpita has been recorded in Social Security data since 1978, spanning 37 years of data through 2014.
What names are similar to Arpita?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Arpi, Arpil, Arpine, Arpie, and 3 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1978–2014 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.