How Many People Are Named Arnett?
people named Arnett are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 589,284 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,373 babies named Arnett in Social Security records from 1893 to 2006, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
35 births
Trend
Last year given
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Arnett, 8.5% were girls and 91.5% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Arnett rose from 3.4% in the 1910s to 14.9% in the 1960s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Arnett alive today is about 62 years old, and 63% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 52 and 74 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Arnett first appears in the records in 1893 and was given most often in 1951, to 35 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2006.
Babies given the name each year, 1893 to 2006
🏆 Rank History
Arnett has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #653, in 1897.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #653 (1897) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,634 in the 1950s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Arnett alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Arnett were born in West Virginia than in any other state: about 8 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Arnett was given about 41.5 times as often in West Virginia.
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