Arbutus
Recorded 1906–1961 · United States
Arbutus was most popular in 1927, when 50 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,966 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,075 people named Arbutus.
Arbutus over time
How old is the name Arbutus?
Arbutus first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1906, which makes it about 119 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 49 of the 120 years since. It was last recorded in 1961.
How many people are named Arbutus?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 1,075 American births named Arbutus between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 180 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Arbutus in 2025?
Arbutus was not recorded in 2025. The SSA withholds any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so fewer than five American babies were given it.
Is Arbutus a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Arbutus is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 1,075 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Arbutus?
Roughly 180 Americans named Arbutus are alive today — 17% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 84 years old, and half are between 79 and 89. That is a narrow band: Arbutus arrived and faded within about a decade rather than staying in steady use.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Where Arbutus is most concentrated
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org