Aarne

Boys' name

Form of Arnold

Aarne has been given to 10 babies in the U.S. since 1919. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1919, with 5 recorded.

Babies named Aarne, 1920

1 in 453,000

Aarne over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Aarne: meaning, origin, and history

Form of Arnold

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Aarne means

Aarne is a form of Arnold.

Origin, language, and formation

Aarne is used in Estonian and Finnish.

Aarne comes through Finnish Aarne.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Arnold.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Finnish, Aarne is pronounced /ˈɑːrne/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 10 boys were recorded with the name Aarne between 1919 and 1920. Its highest annual count was 5 in 1919; its best national rank was #4,167 in 1919.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Aarne?

Aarne had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1920, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1920: 1 in 453,000; 5 of 2,262,602 births
Among boys only: 1 in 213,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 1920: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 313,664 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Aarne sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1920 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 313,664 children born in 1920 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Aarne. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Aarnes were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Aarne was born before 1919 — so the typical Aarne is around 106 today.

Median birth year: 1919; About 106 years old
Biggest decade: 1910s; 50.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 0; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1910s — 50.0% of all recorded uses (5).

Is Aarne rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1919 (5)
Years since peak: 106; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #4,167; 1919

Spellings of Aarne

Aarne is not the most common spelling — Aaron is, with 48.5% against Aarne's <0.01%.

Aaron48.5%614,462
Wayne28.0%354,818
Zane4.5%56,664
Lane3.8%47,562
Dane2.6%33,593
Kane1.5%19,521
Barney1.3%16,090
Layne1.1%14,355

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Aarne by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #4,167; 1919
Peak year: 1919; 5 that year
First recorded: 1919
Last recorded: 1920
All-time count: 10
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Aarne

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Aaroh Aaraf Aaris Aarib Aarien Aaryon Aariyan Aarvin Aaraiz Aarn Aaraon Aarren Aary Aarash Aaries Aarit Aaronn Aari Aarnik Aarshiv Aarick Dorne Aarik Aareon

Sibling names for Aarne

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Lovie Hortense Lue Theda Rubye Winnifred Johnie Norine

For a brother

Casimir Edd Ora Mahlon Haywood Buck Wilber Dee

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