Arnett
The boy's name Arnett has been in the national records since 1893, with 1,373 births to its name. It has not appeared in the national data since 2006. About 580 Arnetts are alive in the United States today, and half of them are over 65.
Popularity, 1880–2025
girls named Arnett boys named Arnett
By the numbers
- Total US births
- 1,373
- Estimated living today
- 580
- Median age today
- 65
- Peak year
- 1951
- Best rank
- 1,242nd
- Rank in 2025
- unranked
- First recorded
- 1893
- Girls / boys
- 75 / 1,298
How old the living Arnetts are
born that year still alive today
Of the 1,373 babies given the name since 1893, about 580 are alive — 42 in every hundred. The dotted line is the median: half were born before 1960 and half after.
An estimate, not a count. SSA births aged forward through SSA cohort life tables, which know nothing about who left the country or arrived in it — so for a name that mostly came to America rather than being born in it, this is a floor rather than a figure. Where you fall among living Americans.
Notable Arnetts
- Arnett Cobb (1918–1989)American jazz tenor saxophonist
- Arnett Moultrie (born 1990)American basketball player
People named Arnett with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).
Where Arnett is most common
Relative to how many babies each state records, Arnett is most concentrated in West Virginia (67.3×).
Total births recorded in each state since 1910. Browse names by state.
Names of 1951
The most popular boys’ names the year Arnett peaked:
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Arnett against another name
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Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state baby-name files, 1880–2025. Counts include only births registered with the SSA, and names with fewer than five births in a year are not published. The living estimate applies SSA cohort life tables to those births; it counts people born in the United States, so it misses anyone who arrived later and anyone who has left.