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Arrington

Recorded 1970–2025 · United States

Arrington was most popular in 2001, when 32 American babies were given the name — ranking #6,612 that year. In 2025 it ranked #12,329, with 15 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 749 people named Arrington.

Most popular in2001
Rank that year#6,612
Births that year32
Total since 1880749
Given to68% boys

Arrington over time

18802025
Births per year. The dot marks Arrington’s peak in 2001. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Arrington a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Arrington is a unisex name — 31.9% of the 749 Americans given it were girls and 68.1% were boys. It changed hands: since 2013 it has gone mainly to girls, having gone mainly to boys before that. In births since 2016 it is 46% girls and 54% 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.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org