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Arnie

#6,168 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Eagle + power, through Arnold

Arnie has been given to 2,323 babies in the U.S. since 1887. In 2025 it ranked #6,168 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1960, with 60 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 90% boys, 10% girls all-time.

Babies named Arnie, 2025

1 in 237,000

Arnie over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
020406018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Arnie over time

In 2025, Arnie went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

18872025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Arnie: meaning, origin, and history

Eagle + power, through Arnold

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Arnie means

Arnie belongs to the name family reached through Arnie → Arnold. Its meaning is “eagle + power”.

Origin, language, and formation

Arnie is used in English.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Arnold.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Arnie is pronounced /ˈɑɹni/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 2,088 boys were recorded with the name Arnie between 1887 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 60 in 1960; its best national rank was #866 in 1910.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #7,550 in 2020 to #6,168 in 2025.

In the United States, 235 girls were recorded with the name Arnie between 1889 and 1959. Its highest annual count was 13 in 1918; its best national rank was #1,295 in 1889.

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.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Arnie?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 237,000
14 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 122,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#6,168
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
164,137 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Arnie 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 2025 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 164,137 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Arnie. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Arnies were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Arnie was born before 1955 — so the typical Arnie is around 70 today.

Median birth year
1955
About 70 years old
Biggest decade
1960s
18.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
6.2%
Mostly a past generation
Recorded since 1950
1,171
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Choose a decade

1960s — 18.1% of all recorded uses (378).

Is Arnie 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
+2,197
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+1,382
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
—
Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
—
Not published both years
Share of its own peak
23.3%
Peak was 1960 (60)
Years since peak
65
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
30.0% average annual change
Best rank ever
#866
1910

Spellings of Arnie

Arnie is not the most common spelling — Archie is, with 21.5% against Arnie's 0.80%.

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.

Where Arnie is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Arnie was most concentrated in Minnesota — about 1 in 100,000 boys, against 1 in 428,186 across all states with data. It was least common in Washington (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Minnesota1 in 100,000
  2. 2Alabama1 in —
  3. 3California1 in —
  4. 4Georgia1 in —
  5. 5Illinois1 in —
  6. 6Michigan1 in —
  7. 7Mississippi1 in —
  8. 8New York1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Arnie has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Arnie is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Arnie was most concentrated in Alabama — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 598,309 across all states with data.

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Alabama1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Arnie has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Arnie around the world

Where Arnie ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2025
    #416
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    2023–2025
    #441
    in 2025
  • South Australia
    2012–2012
    #771
    in 2012

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Arnie

People whose public names include Arnie, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Arnie in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Arnie. Linked forms have their own page here.

ArnArneArniArnyErnieArnoldEarnie

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Arnie by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#6,168
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 1,382
Best rank ever
#866
1910
Peak year
1960
60 that year
First recorded
1887
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
2,088
Count in 2025
14

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#1,295
1889
Peak year
1918
13 that year
First recorded
1889
Last recorded
1959
All-time count
235
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Arnie

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

ArnavArnoArneArnezArnaldoArnelArnoldoLennieArnettArnellAnnieArnulfoArnolSonnieVinnieLonieErnieLannieDannieBernieVernieVonnieOnnieJonnie

Names with a curve like Arnie

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Arnie, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

StaffordRobyShellyDavieWendallWendelRolfDellLennieSalAlonzaDarel

Sibling names for Arnie

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

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