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Arnold

Boy's name · #1477 in the US (2025) · Vintage

Popularity over time

Arnold is an heirloom: its strongest era came around 1916, when it ranked #89. It has thinned since but never left the records — about 104,000 boys since 1880, ranked #1477 today. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 10 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#394 in Poland (2025) · #421 in Norway (2025) · #610 in Sweden (2025) · #628 in England & Wales (2025) · #730 in Austria (2025) · #1,315 in Switzerland (2025) · #1,715 in Canada (2024).

Famous Arnolds

• Arnold Schwarzenegger — Austrian and American actor, bodybuilder, and politician (born 1947)
• Arnold Schoenberg — Austrian-Jewish American composer (1874–1951)
• Arnold J. Toynbee — British historian (1889–1975)
• Arnold Sommerfeld — German physicist (1868–1951)
• Arnold Rüütel — Estonian politician, former President of Estonia (1928–2024)

In stories & tradition

• Arnold (Ventriloquist) — Detective Comics (comics)
• Arnold Rimmer — Red Dwarf (TV series)
• Arnold Jackson — Diff'rent Strokes (TV series)

What Arnolds become

Among 2,837 notable people named Arnold:

Lawyers & judges appear 1.83× more often than among typical names — e.g. Arnold Jackson, British athlete (1891–1972).

Similar names: Chester · Harold · Virgil · Gerald · Armin · Bernard

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