Masculine dossier · first seen 1971

Arrow

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

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2018

Peak rank proxy

172

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Gen Alpha

1971Peak 20182024

Peak year

2018

Decline from peak

41.9%

2024

100

All-time

1,639

Arrow has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 2018, when 172 boys were named Arrow.

In 2024, only 100 boys were given the name.

Down 41.9% from its peak.

All told, about 1,639 Americans have been named Arrow and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1971.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGen Alpha

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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