girls:
183 births since 1883
#5533 (3rd percentile)
boys:
37 births since 1928
#4549 (1st percentile)
overall:
220 births since 1883
#7519 (3rd percentile)
The name Arkie is the #7,519 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 220 recorded births since 1883. This represents the 2.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 2.8% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,533 (3.2% percentile) for all time with 183 births since 1883. For boys, it ranks #4,549 (0.7% percentile) for all time with 37 births since 1928.
Arkie first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1883 (1883 for girls and 1928 for boys). Birth data for Arkie is available in 30 out of the 60 years between 1883 and 1942 (24 years for girls and 6 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Arkie has been given predominantly to girls, with 83.2% of all recorded births being female. In 1942, 0.0% of babies named Arkie were girls. Interestingly, until around 1936, the name was more popular for girls (97.3% girls from 1883 to 1935), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (100.0% boys from 1936 to 1942).
For girls, Arkie reached its peak popularity in 1917, achieving the 1.4% percentile (ranked #569) with 12 births per million. The name was most common in 1889, with 42 births per million (ranked 1.1% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1932.
For boys, Arkie reached its peak popularity in 1937, achieving the 0.8% percentile (ranked #520) with 8 births per million. The name was most common in 1937, with 8 births per million (ranked 0.8% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1942.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Arkie".
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Our model is 100.0% confident that Arkie is pronounced as AHR-kee, which has 2 syllables.
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