girls:
798 births since 1910
#4918 (14th percentile)
boys:
1.3k births since 1914
#3330 (27th percentile)
overall:
2.1k births since 1910
#5702 (26th percentile)
The name Arnell is the #5,702 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,080 recorded births since 1910. This represents the 26.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 26.3% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,330 (27.3% percentile) for all time with 1,282 births since 1914. For girls, it ranks #4,918 (13.9% percentile) for all time with 798 births since 1910.
Arnell first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1910 (1910 for girls and 1914 for boys). Birth data for Arnell is available in 108 out of the 113 years between 1910 and 2022 (101 years for boys and 67 years for girls). 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 Arnell has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (61.6% of all recorded births). In 2022, 100.0% of babies named Arnell were boys. Interestingly, until around 1954, the name was more popular for girls (60.6% girls from 1910 to 1953), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (77.3% boys from 1954 to 2022).
For boys, Arnell reached its peak popularity in 1961, achieving the 3.5% percentile (ranked #643) with 13 births per million. The name was most common in 1981, with 14 births per million (ranked 3.1% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2022.
For girls, Arnell reached its peak popularity in 1934, achieving the 2.6% percentile (ranked #552) with 18 births per million. The name was most common in 1934, with 18 births per million (ranked 2.6% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1998.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Arnell".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Arnell. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 38.5% confident that Arnell is pronounced as AHR-nehl, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is AHR-NEHL, at 28.8% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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