unisex name

Arbie

  • Gender Unisex
  • Letters 5
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 662

Arbie is a unisex name. It is given to both girls and boys — about 21% of recorded births with this name are girls. In 1974 it was given to 5 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Peaked in 1923, when 31 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1890.

Arbie over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1890s to 1970s. The striped bar is the 1970s, still in progress — it covers 1970 to 1974, not a full ten years.

183
'90 '00 '10 '20 '30 '40 '50 '60 '70
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Births named Arbie by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1890s 13
1900s 20
1910s 125
1920s 183
1930s 129
1940s 68
1950s 77
1960s 30
1970s (to 1974) 5

How popular is Arbie?

In 1974, Arbie was given to 5 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Where Arbie is used

United States #5,306 5 in 1974
England & Wales #5,705 3 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Arbie

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Arbie also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Arbie over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Arbie

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Arbie — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Arbie

How popular is the name Arbie?

In 1974, Arbie was given to 5 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Is Arbie a girl's or a boy's name?

Arbie is used for both girls and boys. About 21% of recorded births with this name are girls.

When was Arbie most popular?

Arbie peaked in 1923, when 31 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.

Is Arbie a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Arbie currently ranks #5,705 in the United States. It has largely dropped out of use. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.