girls:
774 births since 2007
#4942 (14th percentile)
boys:
1.5k births since 1971
#3120 (32nd percentile)
overall:
2.3k births since 1971
#5495 (29th percentile)
The name Arrow is the #5,495 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,310 recorded births since 1971. This represents the 29.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 29.0% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,120 (31.9% percentile) for all time with 1,536 births since 1971. For girls, it ranks #4,942 (13.5% percentile) for all time with 774 births since 2007.
Arrow first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1971 (1971 for boys and 2007 for girls). Birth data for Arrow is available in 35 out of the 53 years between 1971 and 2023 (35 years for boys and 15 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 Arrow has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (66.5% of all recorded births). In 2023, 64.4% of babies named Arrow were boys.
For boys, Arrow reached its peak popularity in 2018, achieving the 18.3% percentile (ranked #746) with 88 births per million. The name was most common in 2018, with 88 births per million (ranked 18.3% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Arrow ranks #802 for boys (12.0% percentile) with 62 births per million, which is 70.4% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Arrow reached its peak popularity in 2018, achieving the 11.0% percentile (ranked #855) with 60 births per million. The name was most common in 2018, with 60 births per million (ranked 11.0% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Arrow ranks #889 for girls (6.1% percentile) with 36 births per million, which is 60.3% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Arrow".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Arrow. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 63.3% confident that Arrow is pronounced as A-roh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is EH-roh, at 26.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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