Arne vs Arnetta
American parents have registered 3,248 Arnettas since 1880, against 2,854 Arnes. But in 2025 it was Arne that was commoner, 7 babies to fewer than five.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Arne Arnetta
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 120 years in which either name was published, Arnetta for 69 years and Arne for 51 years. The lead changed hands 17 times.
- 1894–1900 Arnetta ahead
- 1905–1929 Arne ahead, apart from 2 short spells
- 1930–1941 Arnetta ahead, apart from one short spell
- 1942–1944 Arne ahead
- 1945–1994 Arnetta ahead, apart from one short spell
- 1995–2025 Arne ahead, apart from one short spell
7 shorter spells of a year or two are folded into the spans above rather than listed separately.
Side by side
| Arne | Arnetta | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 2,854 | 3,248 |
| Most in one year | 69 | 82 |
| Babies in 2025 | 7 | under 5 |
| Estimated living today | 1,300 | 1,900 |
| Median age today | 63 | 64 |
| Peak year | 1916 | 1953 |
| Best rank | 724th boys | 1,064th girls |
| Rank in 2025 | 9,714th | unranked |
| First recorded | 1903 | 1894 |
| Girls / boys | 0 / 2,854 | 3,248 / 0 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Where each one is strongest
- Arne Minnesota (15.2×), Washington (12.5×), Michigan (2.7×)
- Arnetta North Carolina (4.8×), Illinois (3.6×), Pennsylvania (3.4×)
How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Arne and Arnetta.