Arzell — boys' name
81 babies named Arzell in U.S. Social Security records since 1917, with the highest year being 1932. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
31% of everyone ever named Arzell was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Arzell in 1932 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Arzell
The Social Security Administration has registered 81 babies named Arzell between 1917 and 1993, spanning 77 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Arzell currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1993. The name reached its historical peak in 1932, when 8 babies received it in a single year. Arzell is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 8 additional births since 1921.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Arzell performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 25 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Arzell shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Arzell 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 81 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.
Arzell at a glance
Last recorded 1993Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Arzell popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–1917
- Peak year (1932)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 77 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1993.
81 total births across 77 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1932 with 8 births in a single year.
Arzell popularity over time — girls
8 total births recorded since 1921 (Arzell as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Arzell accounts for 9% of total recorded use across both genders.
Arzell by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1940s
- 25 births that decade — 31% of Arzell's all-time total
Arzell decade highlights
- Peak decade 25 births
- Runner-up 22 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1940s was Arzell's strongest decade
25 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 31% of all-time use.
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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, 1917–1993 (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.