Arny

Boys' name

Eagle + power, through Arnold

Arny has been given to 5 babies in the U.S. since 1955. 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 1955, with 5 recorded.

Babies named Arny, 1955

1 in 803,000

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Arny: meaning, origin, and history

Eagle + power, through Arnold

Germanic languages

What Arny means

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

Origin, language, and formation

Arny is used in English. Its origins include Germanic languages.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Arnold.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 5 boys were recorded with the name Arny between 1955 and 1955. Its highest annual count was 5 in 1955; its best national rank was #3,908 in 1955.

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 Arny?

Arny had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1955, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1955: 1 in 803,000; 5 of 4,014,099 births
Among boys only: 1 in 412,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 1955: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 556,473 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Arny 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 1955 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 556,473 children born in 1955 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Arny. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Arnys were born

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

Median birth year: 1955; About 70 years old
Biggest decade: 1950s; 100.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 5; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1950s — 100.0% of all recorded uses (5).

Is Arny 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 1955 (5)
Years since peak: 70; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #3,908; 1955

Spellings of Arny

Arny is not the most common spelling — Gary is, with 21.5% against Arny's <0.01%.

Gary21.5%902,152
Larry19.3%807,588
Harry10.1%423,866
Roy9.8%408,638
Danny6.8%286,648
Tony6.0%251,595
Troy5.2%216,308
Ray4.9%204,701

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.

Arny 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: #3,908; 1955
Peak year: 1955; 5 that year
First recorded: 1955
Last recorded: 1955
All-time count: 5
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Arny

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

Arnit Arner Arnob Arnt Arnaaz Arnim Arnay Arnik Erny Arnon Arnis Barny Arnaz Arnolfo Arnardo Arnesto Arness Arnes Arnald Arnaud Arnab Corny Arnol Arnesh

Sibling names for Arny

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

Romona Joycelyn Marita Roxann Meryl Roxane Jacalyn Suzan

For a brother

Leigh Hayward Burt Fritz Stanton Stanford Lindsey Jerrold

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