# Arnie (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/arnie/  
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 |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈɑɹni/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 2,323 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 2,088 / 235 (10% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 993, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Arnold + -ie.

## 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, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1927 | 5 | 4,859 |
| 1929 | 5 | 4,610 |
| 1930 | 5 | 4,595 |
| 1931 | 9 | 2,993 |
| 1932 | 5 | 4,462 |
| 1934 | 7 | 3,467 |
| 1935 | 5 | 4,253 |
| 1936 | 5 | 4,230 |
| 1937 | 5 | 4,291 |
| 1939 | 9 | 2,938 |
| 1942 | 5 | 4,662 |
| 1944 | 7 | 3,710 |
| 1952 | 6 | 4,949 |
| 1953 | 5 | 5,713 |
| 1959 | 5 | 6,299 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 7 | 8,722 |
| 2006 | 7 | 9,655 |
| 2008 | 6 | 11,166 |
| 2010 | 6 | 10,874 |
| 2013 | 6 | 10,840 |
| 2016 | 7 | 9,742 |
| 2017 | 5 | 12,417 |
| 2018 | 6 | 10,874 |
| 2019 | 9 | 8,261 |
| 2020 | 10 | 7,555 |
| 2021 | 5 | 12,305 |
| 2022 | 7 | 9,916 |
| 2023 | 12 | 6,919 |
| 2024 | 9 | 8,370 |
| 2025 | 14 | 6,171 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 9 | 2,194 |
| 2012 | 9 | 2,270 |
| 2013 | 12 | 1,796 |
| 2014 | 32 | 916 |
| 2015 | 42 | 765 |
| 2016 | 53 | 659 |
| 2017 | 56 | 635 |
| 2018 | 54 | 646 |
| 2019 | 70 | 541 |
| 2020 | 85 | 464 |
| 2021 | 98 | 425 |
| 2022 | 95 | 430 |
| 2023 | 91 | 431 |
| 2024 | 106 | 389 |
| 2025 | 97 | 416 |

## People named Arnie

- Arnie Robinson, Athletics competitor, long jumper (1948–2020)
- Arnie Risen, American basketball player (1924–2012)
- Arnie David Giralt, Cuban athletics competitor (born 1984)
- Arnie Ferrin, American basketball player (1925–2022)
- Arnie Brown, Canadian ice hockey player

## 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.