Arsenio
Arsenio was given to 16 boys in 2025, #5,631 among boys’ names; 2,207 Americans have been recorded with it since 1913 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,820 Americans named Arsenio and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (83% of everyone recorded); the median is 37 years old and half are between 28 and 39.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Arsenio by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Arsenio mean?
Wiktionary, Italian section
Arsenio is “a male given name” Its etymology gives the sense “masculine, virile” (ἄρσην).
From Ancient Greek Ἀρσένιος (Arsénios), from ἄρσην (ársēn, “masculine, virile”).
Meaning: Wiktionary, Italian section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Arsenio?
#5,631 among boys’ names, 2025
Arsenio fell from #5,073 in 2015 to #5,631 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born held at 9.4 per million.
397 babies in 1989, the peak
Arsenio peaked in 1989, when 397 boys were given it, #479 among boys’ names. The 16 births of 2025 are 4% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #5,631 | 0.01 |
| 2024 | 16 | #5,676 | 0.01 |
| 2023 | 22 | #4,614 | 0.01 |
| 2022 | 21 | #4,714 | 0.01 |
| 2021 | 23 | #4,371 | 0.01 |
| 2020 | 17 | #5,249 | 0.01 |
| 2019 | 16 | #5,569 | 0.01 |
| 2018 | 21 | #4,609 | 0.01 |
| 2017 | 15 | #5,816 | 0.01 |
| 2016 | 14 | #6,060 | 0.01 |
Every recorded year (104)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 18 | #5,073 | 0.01 |
| 2014 | 25 | #4,019 | 0.01 |
| 2013 | 22 | #4,329 | 0.01 |
| 2012 | 19 | #4,868 | 0.01 |
| 2011 | 17 | #5,212 | 0.01 |
| 2010 | 15 | #5,753 | 0.01 |
| 2009 | 21 | #4,591 | 0.01 |
| 2008 | 24 | #4,148 | 0.01 |
| 2007 | 13 | #6,291 | 0.01 |
| 2006 | 15 | #5,541 | 0.01 |
| 2005 | 11 | #6,668 | 0.01 |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,994 | under 0.01 |
| 2003 | 15 | #5,048 | 0.01 |
| 2002 | 11 | #6,112 | 0.01 |
| 2001 | 10 | #6,483 | 0.01 |
| 2000 | 12 | #5,595 | 0.01 |
| 1999 | 9 | #6,568 | under 0.01 |
| 1998 | 18 | #3,854 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 10 | #5,673 | 0.01 |
| 1996 | 21 | #3,295 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 17 | #3,705 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 15 | #4,101 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 22 | #3,046 | 0.01 |
| 1992 | 47 | #1,775 | 0.02 |
| 1991 | 46 | #1,739 | 0.02 |
| 1990 | 188 | #740 | 0.09 |
| 1989 | 397 | #479 | 0.20 |
| 1988 | 124 | #853 | 0.06 |
| 1987 | 83 | #1,046 | 0.04 |
| 1986 | 21 | #2,516 | 0.01 |
| 1985 | 27 | #2,074 | 0.01 |
| 1984 | 53 | #1,265 | 0.03 |
| 1983 | 37 | #1,597 | 0.02 |
| 1982 | 12 | #3,501 | 0.01 |
| 1981 | 14 | #3,041 | 0.01 |
| 1980 | 13 | #3,271 | 0.01 |
| 1979 | 13 | #3,184 | 0.01 |
| 1978 | 13 | #3,079 | 0.01 |
| 1977 | 11 | #3,402 | 0.01 |
| 1976 | 15 | #2,712 | 0.01 |
| 1975 | 9 | #3,678 | 0.01 |
| 1974 | 16 | #2,464 | 0.01 |
| 1973 | 10 | #3,239 | 0.01 |
| 1972 | 14 | #2,544 | 0.01 |
| 1971 | 11 | #2,983 | 0.01 |
| 1970 | 8 | #3,537 | under 0.01 |
| 1969 | 9 | #3,079 | 0.01 |
| 1968 | 12 | #2,450 | 0.01 |
| 1967 | 8 | #3,004 | under 0.01 |
| 1966 | 11 | #2,471 | 0.01 |
| 1965 | 8 | #2,996 | under 0.01 |
| 1964 | 9 | #2,865 | under 0.01 |
| 1963 | 8 | #3,056 | under 0.01 |
| 1962 | 15 | #2,118 | 0.01 |
| 1961 | 11 | #2,549 | 0.01 |
| 1960 | 15 | #2,124 | 0.01 |
| 1959 | 13 | #2,305 | 0.01 |
| 1958 | 11 | #2,514 | 0.01 |
| 1957 | 14 | #2,191 | 0.01 |
| 1956 | 12 | #2,370 | 0.01 |
| 1955 | 10 | #2,573 | under 0.01 |
| 1953 | 7 | #3,155 | under 0.01 |
| 1952 | 5 | #3,767 | under 0.01 |
| 1951 | 8 | #2,856 | under 0.01 |
| 1950 | 5 | #3,712 | under 0.01 |
| 1948 | 9 | #2,616 | 0.01 |
| 1943 | 5 | #3,571 | under 0.01 |
| 1941 | 5 | #3,526 | under 0.01 |
| 1940 | 9 | #2,490 | 0.01 |
| 1939 | 6 | #3,132 | 0.01 |
| 1938 | 6 | #3,190 | 0.01 |
| 1937 | 17 | #1,692 | 0.02 |
| 1936 | 10 | #2,307 | 0.01 |
| 1935 | 12 | #2,136 | 0.01 |
| 1934 | 14 | #1,934 | 0.01 |
| 1933 | 13 | #1,999 | 0.01 |
| 1932 | 11 | #2,327 | 0.01 |
| 1931 | 14 | #2,006 | 0.01 |
| 1930 | 12 | #2,306 | 0.01 |
| 1929 | 9 | #2,778 | 0.01 |
| 1928 | 12 | #2,401 | 0.01 |
| 1927 | 18 | #1,871 | 0.02 |
| 1926 | 18 | #1,846 | 0.02 |
| 1925 | 10 | #2,757 | 0.01 |
| 1924 | 11 | #2,655 | 0.01 |
| 1923 | 6 | #3,843 | 0.01 |
| 1922 | 10 | #2,809 | 0.01 |
| 1921 | 7 | #3,545 | 0.01 |
| 1920 | 9 | #2,980 | 0.01 |
| 1918 | 7 | #3,389 | 0.01 |
| 1917 | 6 | #3,576 | 0.01 |
| 1916 | 8 | #2,939 | 0.01 |
| 1915 | 6 | #3,419 | 0.01 |
| 1913 | 6 | #2,514 | 0.01 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Arsenio a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Arsenio has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 104 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Arsenio: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Arsenio, and how old are they?
1,820 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 83% of the 2,207 Americans ever recorded as Arsenio. The median Arsenio alive today is 37 years old; half are between 28 and 39.
The 2020 Census counted 3,281 people named Arsenio (12 women and girls, 3,269 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,775 born in the U.S. The Census count is 1.8 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 20 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 107 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 160 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 1,070 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 223 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 244 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Arsenio born?
The states with the most babies named Arsenio are New Mexico, New York and California, with 33% of its births recorded by state since 1910; New Mexico is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 105 | not ranked | 7.1× |
| New York | 100 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| California | 93 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Florida | 83 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Georgia | 74 | not ranked | 1.2× |
| Illinois | 59 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Texas | 52 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Mississippi | 43 | not ranked | 1.6× |
| North Carolina | 38 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Alabama | 37 | not ranked | 0.9× |
Where Arsenio is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Arsenio is most over-represented in New Mexico: since 1913 it was given 7.1 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Arsenio with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 3 names spelled alike, given to 2,381 babies since 1880, Arsenio is the most given (93% of them). In 2025 it was given to 16 of their 24 babies (67%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Arsenio
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Arsenio and names like it
- Compare Arsenio and ArseniyBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1980sArsenio peaked in 1989.
- New Mexico’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Arsenio since 1910.
- Italian namesWiktionary’s origin for Arsenio: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1989The year the most babies were named Arsenio.
- The names of the MillennialsMost people named Arsenio alive today were born 1981-1996.
- Names starting with AMost given first.