Arrow
#1,976 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' nameMeaning not yet documented
Arrow has been given to 2,575 babies in the U.S. since 1971. In 2025 it ranked #1,976 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2018, with 172 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 67% boys, 33% girls all-time.
Babies named Arrow, 2025
1 in 43,100
Arrow over time, 1880–2025
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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Arrow over time
In 2025, Arrow went to 32% girls and 68% boys.
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.
How common is Arrow?
Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.
- Among all babies, 2025
- 1 in 43,100
- 77 of 3,315,165 births
- Among boys only
- 1 in 22,200
- <0.01% of boys
- Rank, 2025
- #1,976
- of 13,926 boys’ names in use
- Coin-flip room size
- 29,844 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Arrow sits on the popularity scale
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.
Put another way: gather 29,844 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Arrow. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Arrows were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Arrow was born before 2019 — so the typical Arrow is around 6 today.
- Biggest decade
- 2010s
- 50.6% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 95.9%
- A modern name
- Recorded since 1950
- 1,717
- People you could plausibly meet
2010s — 50.6% of all recorded uses (868).
Is Arrow 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
- −302
- Places dropped
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- −761
- Places dropped
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- −335
- Places dropped
- Births vs 10 years ago
- 0.79×
- Fewer babies than then
- Share of its own peak
- 44.8%
- Peak was 2018 (172)
- Years since peak
- 7
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Volatile
- 26.1% average annual change
Spellings of Arrow
Arrow is not the most common spelling — Aaron is, with 82.3% against Arrow's 0.23%.
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 Arrow is used — boys
Across 2016–2025, Arrow was most concentrated in Arizona — about 1 in 9,091 boys, against 1 in 17,894 across all states with data. It was least common in Virginia (1 in 100,000).
Most concentrated
- 1Arizona1 in 9,091
- 2Oklahoma1 in 11,111
- 3Washington1 in 11,111
- 4California1 in 12,500
- 5Tennessee1 in 12,500
- 6Florida1 in 14,286
- 7Indiana1 in 14,286
- 8Michigan1 in 14,286
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.
Where Arrow is used — girls
Across 2016–2025, Arrow was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 16,667 girls, against 1 in 34,156 across all states with data. It was least common in New York (1 in 100,000).
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.
Arrow around the world
Where Arrow 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 & Wales2017–2025#2,952in 2025
- France2016–2016#5,584in 2016
- Canada2011–2023#2,436in 2023
- South Australia2011–2011#784in 2011
Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.
Arrow by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a boy's name
Names similar to Arrow
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Arrow
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.