US BIRTHS · 1880–2025

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NAMES LIKE ARNOLD

Same rise and fall as Arnold, around the same years.

WHERE ARNOLD IS POPULAR · 2024

In 2024, Arnold ranked highest in California (#2,494) and lowest in Texas (#4,197). 46 states had fewer than 5 babies with the name, too few to list.

TOP 1011–5051–200200+UNDER 5 BABIES

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Arnold name popularity

Arnold has been given to 104,396 babies in the United States since 1880.

It peaked in 1924, when 2,031 babies got the name, and its best rank was #206 in 1916.

In 2025, 120 babies were named Arnold (#3,129 in the country), 94% below the peak. That is up 26% from 2015.

Almost every Arnold is a boy.

An estimated 45K people named Arnold are alive in the US today, with a median age of 69.

HOW IT WORKS

The chart is the number of US babies given the name each year, from the Social Security Administration’s public baby-name files (names given to 5+ babies in a year). The “all-time high” is the name’s biggest year. “Holders” and “median holder age” are rough estimates that apply average US survival rates to each birth year, so they ignore immigration and name changes.

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