Arabella
Arabella is ranked 206th among girls in 2024 (1,476 births). Its best rank was 157th, in 2017.
- Rank in 2024
- #206up 21 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 1,4760.09% of girls
- Peak year
- 20141,912 births
- Best rank
- #157in 2017
- Since 1881
- 26,512people given the name
The story in the numbers
26,512 girls have been named Arabella in the United States since 1881, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2014, with 1,912 births — 0.11% of all girls recorded that year.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 174 → 206).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2016, and the 2010s alone account for 57%. It has spent 26 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Arabella | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 48 | |
| 1890s | 62 | |
| 1900s | 85 | |
| 1910s | 167 | |
| 1920s | 166 | |
| 1930s | 95 | |
| 1940s | 62 | |
| 1950s | 72 | |
| 1960s | 69 | |
| 1970s | 52 | |
| 1980s | 45 | |
| 1990s | 305 | |
| 2000s | 3,107 | |
| 2010s | 15,114 | |
| 2020s | 7,063 |
In 2014, its biggest year
Arabella was the 174th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 2014 were Emma, Olivia, Sophia, Isabella and Ava. See all of 2014.
Names that rose and fell with Arabella
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Rylynnpeak 2016
- Analeahpeak 2016
- Rosabellapeak 2020
- Evalynnpeak 2015
- Emmersynpeak 2019
- Hadleypeak 2014
- Norahpeak 2017
- Janylahpeak 2019
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.