# Arno (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/arno/  
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 | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,723 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,723 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 141, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 6 | 10,917 |
| 2012 | 8 | 8,925 |
| 2013 | 5 | 12,306 |
| 2014 | 10 | 7,597 |
| 2015 | 9 | 8,086 |
| 2016 | 10 | 7,640 |
| 2017 | 14 | 6,082 |
| 2018 | 19 | 4,933 |
| 2019 | 17 | 5,362 |
| 2020 | 17 | 5,252 |
| 2021 | 17 | 5,359 |
| 2022 | 17 | 5,459 |
| 2023 | 30 | 3,719 |
| 2024 | 18 | 5,260 |
| 2025 | 27 | 3,956 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 4 | 3,830 |
| 2012 | 7 | 2,721 |
| 2013 | 3 | 4,685 |
| 2014 | 6 | 2,964 |
| 2015 | 13 | 1,786 |
| 2016 | 6 | 3,079 |
| 2017 | 12 | 1,923 |
| 2018 | 10 | 2,112 |
| 2019 | 8 | 2,488 |
| 2020 | 5 | 3,334 |
| 2021 | 7 | 2,730 |
| 2022 | 7 | 2,755 |
| 2023 | 10 | 2,160 |
| 2024 | 11 | 2,088 |
| 2025 | 8 | 2,664 |

## People named Arno

- Arno Allan Penzias, German-born American physicist
- Arno Babajanian, Armenian composer and pianist (1921-1983)
- Arno Holz, German naturalist poet and dramatist (1863-1929)
- Arno van Zwam, Dutch association football player
- Arno Kamminga, Dutch swimmer
- Arno Arthur Wachmann, German astronomer (1902–1990)
- Arno Geiger, Austrian playwright and writer
- Arno Peters, German historian and filmmaker (1916–2002)
- Arno J. Mayer, American historian, academic and intellectual (1926–2023)
- Arno von Lenski, German military officer (1893-1986)
- Arno Tausch, Austrian political scientist
- Arno Pijpers, Dutch footballer and manager (born 1959)

## 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.