Arnold

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: German

Meaning

Arnold is a masculine German, Dutch and English given name. It is composed of the Germanic elements arn "eagle" and wald "power, brightness".

From Wikipedia

Arnold first appears in the data in 1955 and has been recorded in 60 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1969 with 238 babies (rank #103 that year). It was not in the 2017 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Arnold

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Arnold yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

5,777
Total babies (all years)
60
Years in the data
238
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
1955129#118
1956114#137
1957163#102
1958173#98
1959163#106
1960154#115
1961179#106
1962137#135
1963181#112
1964194#109
1965202#105
1966203#101
1967228#96
1968227#99
1969238#103
1970209#113
1971178#120
1972221#99
1973205#95
1974160#113
1975166#110
1976177#104
1977154#121
1978144#125
1979137#133
1980121#144
1981120#147
1982112#154
198379#193
1984104#160
198578#199
198653#270
198767#236
198867#236
198961#260
199058#284
199144#350
199243#352
199329#442
199436#393
199538#380
199631#440
199732#430
199824#512
199917#602
200014#660
200113#681
200218#580
20039#807
20046#901
200510#744
20066#892
20077#832
20086#888
20099#738
20105#927
20116#839
20124#973
20137#808
20147#791