boy's name

Arno

  • Gender Boy
  • Syllables 2
  • Letters 4
  • Popularity Uncommon
  • Births on record 4,415

Arno is a boy's name with 2 syllables. In 2025 it was given to 27 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

  • Peaked in France in 2006, when 140 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade in France.
  • Today about 1 in 58,952 babies in France is given this name.
  • First appears in birth records in 1909.
  • 2 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.

Arno over time

Births per decade in France, 1900s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

1,135
'00 '20 '40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Arno by decade in France
Decade Births
1900s 5
1920s 10
1940s 10
1950s 30
1960s 10
1970s 35
1980s 25
1990s 435
2000s 1,135
2010s 410
2020s (to 2025) 85

How popular is Arno?

In 2025, Arno was given to 10 babies in France. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Where Arno is used

Canada #1,455 16 in 2024
England & Wales #2,939 8 in 2025
France #3,106 10 in 2025
United States #4,046 27 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.

French counts are rounded to the nearest five and nothing below five is published, so these figures show the shape of the name's use rather than an exact tally. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Arno

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

Parents who like Arno also like

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

Arno in other languages

The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.

Dutch
Arne
Norwegian
Arne
Other forms
Forms we hold no single language for — some are used across several, some are simply spelled differently.
Arnol

Sibling names for Arno

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

Common questions about Arno

How popular is the name Arno?

In 2025, Arno was given to 10 babies in France. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

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

Arno is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.

How many syllables are in Arno?

Arno has 2 syllables.

When was Arno most popular?

Arno peaked in 2006, when 140 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.

Is Arno a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Arno currently ranks #1,455 in France. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.