Arbor
Arbor was the 3518th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 32 babies. That is its highest rank since records began in 1880. Over the last ten years it has moved up 7,244 places. More babies were named Arbor in the 2020s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #3,518 boys, up 509 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 32boys
- Girls and boys
- 49% girls, 51% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 202532 babies
- Total since 1880
- 655babies recorded
Arbor popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #5,746 | #3,518 | 21 | 32 |
| 2020 | #4,276 | #4,027 | 32 | 25 |
| 2010 | #15,160 | — | 6 | — |
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How popular is Arbor, counting every spelling?
Arbor has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Arbor?
32 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Arbor (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Arbor born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 261 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Arbor.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Arbor?
About 200 people born in the US named Arbor are alive today, with a median age of 5; half are between 2 and 7. That makes Arbor a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
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Questions about the name Arbor
How popular is the name Arbor?
Arbor was the 3518th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 32 babies. That is its highest rank since records began in 1880. Over the last ten years it has moved up 7,244 places. More babies were named Arbor in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Is Arbor a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 49% girls, 51% boys given the name Arbor in the US.