Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Arnold

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Arnold
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 95.1% from peak

Peak era

1924

Peak rank proxy

2,014

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19242024

Peak year

1924

Decline from peak

95.1%

2024

All-time

103,720

Arnold once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1924, when 2,014 boys were named Arnold.

In 2024, only 99 boys were given the name.

Down 95.1% from its peak.

All told, about 103,720 Americans have been named Arnold and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 95.1% from peak

19242,014 boys named Arnold

202499 boys named Arnold

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