Arrow
Recorded 1971–2025 · United States
Arrow was most popular in 2018, when 283 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,727 that year. In 2025 it ranked #3,252, with 113 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,575 people named Arrow.
Arrow over time
How old is the name Arrow?
Arrow first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1971, which makes it about 54 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 37 of the 55 years since.
How many people are named Arrow?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 2,575 American births named Arrow 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 2,553 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Arrow in 2025?
113 American babies were named Arrow in 2025, ranking #3,252 that year.
Is Arrow getting more or less popular?
Arrow is rising. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 165 births a year, against 78 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of +111% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Is Arrow a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Arrow is a unisex name — 33.3% of the 2,575 Americans given it were girls and 66.7% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 35% girls and 65% 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 Arrow?
Roughly 2,553 Americans named Arrow are alive today — 99% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 7 years old, and half are between 5 and 10. That is a narrow band because Arrow is a young name — it only became common recently, so almost everyone carrying it is still a child or a young adult.
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 Arrow 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