# Aarne (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/aarne/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 10 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 10 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1919 | 5 | 4,168 |
| 1920 | 5 | 4,286 |

## People named Aarne

- Aarne Michaёl Tallgren, Finnish archaeologist and professor (1885–1945)
- Aarne Pelkonen, Finnish gymnast
- Aarne Ervi, Finnish architect (1910–1977)
- Aarne Sihvo, Finnish general and Chief of Defence (1889–1963)
- Aarne Arvonen, Finnish supercentenarian (1897–2009)
- Aarne Juutilainen, Finnish army officer (1904–1976)
- Aarne Honkavaara, Finnish ice hockey player (1924–2016)
- Aarne Saarinen, Finnish politician (1913-2004)
- Aarne Ruben, Estonian writer and journalist (born 1971)
- Aarne Tarkas, Finnish film director and screenwriter
- Aarne Üksküla, Estonian actor and drama teacher (1937-2017)
- Aarne Valkama, Finnish nordic combined skier (1909–1969)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.