How rare is the name Arabella?

16,362 people in the United States have the first name Arabella, about 1 in 18,459. It ranks #1,811 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

ARABELLA

#1,811

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
16,362
About
1 in 18,459
This common or more
77.1%
Who bears it

Of the 16,362 people named Arabella, 55.7% reported their origin as White, 28.3% as Hispanic or Latino and 8.3% as two or more races. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Arabella peaked in 2014, when 1,914 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18812025
Peak year
2014
Births that year
1,914
In 2025*
1,423 ▼26%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 27,957 babies have been given the name since 1881. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Arabella by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #470. The largest share of babies named Arabella, 73.4%, were born in 2013 or later.

1880s#1,74748
1890s#2,01662
1900s#2,10885
1910s#3,008167
1920s#3,918166
1930s#4,84895
1940s#6,34162
1950s#6,94772
1960s#7,82269
1970s#11,73652
1980s#15,32345
1990s#5,970305
2000s#1,4943,108
2010s#47015,120
2020s#4718,501
Before 19010.4%
Greatest Generation 1901–271.3%
Silent Generation 1928–450.6%
Baby boom 1946–640.5%
Generation X 1965–800.3%
Millennials 1981–960.7%
Generation Z 1997–1222.8%
2013 and later73.4%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Arabella is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Arabella has been most common in Nevada (3.2×), Arizona (2.1×), and Florida (1.9×), and least common in North Dakota (0.37×).

26,029 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Arabella

#1,809 Abbie · 16,365#1,810 Lilliana · 16,364#1,812 Selina · 16,344#1,813 Macie · 16,333

Spelled almost the same

6 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Arabella, most common first.

#9,746 Arabelle · 1,407#15,455 Aribella · 744#19,978 Arvella · 522#29,846 Arabela · 295#34,047 Arabel · 241#43,336 Arbella · 163

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