Arne vs Arnulfo
American parents have registered 6,316 Arnulfos since 1880, against 2,854 Arnes. Arnulfo is still ahead, with 29 babies in 2025.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Arne Arnulfo
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 122 years in which either name was published, Arnulfo for 89 years and Arne for 33 years. The lead changed hands 15 times.
- 1903–1925 Arne ahead
- 1926–1930 Arnulfo ahead
- 1941–1945 Arne ahead
- 1948–2025 Arnulfo ahead, apart from one short spell
11 shorter spells of a year or two are folded into the spans above rather than listed separately.
Side by side
| Arne | Arnulfo | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 2,854 | 6,316 |
| Most in one year | 69 | 119 |
| Babies in 2025 | 7 | 29 |
| Estimated living today | 1,300 | 4,900 |
| Median age today | 63 | 39 |
| Peak year | 1916 | 1992 |
| Best rank | 724th boys | 987th boys |
| Rank in 2025 | 9,714th | 3,757th |
| First recorded | 1903 | 1909 |
| Girls / boys | 0 / 2,854 | 0 / 6,316 |
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.
Which name is older
Half of the Arnes alive today are over 63; half the Arnulfos are over 39. That is 24 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
Where each one is strongest
- Arne Minnesota (15.2×), Washington (12.5×), Michigan (2.7×)
- Arnulfo Texas (8.4×), California (3.0×), Arizona (1.9×)
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 Arnulfo.