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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Arbutus

Arbutus was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1927, when it ranked 1081st with 50 babies. More babies were named Arbutus in the 1920s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
Not rankedgirls
Babies in 2025
0girls
Girls and boys
No babies recorded in the last five years2021–2025
Peak year
192750 babies
Total since 1880
1,075babies recorded

Arbutus popularity since 1880

012.52537.550 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025——
2020——
2010——
2000——
1990——
1980——
1970——
1960——
1950#5,3305
1940#1,84819
1930#1,23337
1920#1,10346
1910#1,21014
1900——
1890——
1880——

How popular is Arbutus, counting every spelling?

Arbutus has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Arbutus?

About 200 people born in the US named Arbutus are alive today, with a median age of 84; half are between 78 and 89. That makes Arbutus a name most people associate with older generations.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

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.

Arbutus by state

How common Arbutus was among girls born in each state in 1925–1929, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in West Virginia (9.5×). In 46 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesWI0.07Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: fewer than 5 a yearIL–Michigan: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesMI0.02New York: fewer than 5 a yearNY–Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: fewer than 5 a yearOH–Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: fewer than 5 a yearCA–Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesKY0.04West Virginia: 0.28 per 1,000 babiesWV0.28Virginia: 0.12 per 1,000 babiesVA0.12Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearNC–South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: fewer than 5 a yearGA–Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: fewer than 5 a yearTX–Florida: fewer than 5 a yearFL–
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Arbutus, girls, 1925–1929. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Arbutus: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Arbutus, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Arbutus

How popular is the name Arbutus?

Arbutus was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1927, when it ranked 1081st with 50 babies. More babies were named Arbutus in the 1920s than in any other decade.

Is Arbutus a boy or girl name?

No babies were given the name in 2021–2025. Historically it was given to 1,075 girls and 0 boys.

Where was Arbutus most popular?

In 1925–1929, Arbutus was most common in West Virginia (0.28 per 1,000 girls), followed by Virginia and Wisconsin.