Arrow
Arrow was the 1976th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 77 babies. Its best year was 2018, when it ranked 1122nd with 172 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 335 places. More babies were named Arrow in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #1,976 boys, down 761 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 77boys
- Girls and boys
- 34% girls, 66% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2018172 babies
- Total since 1880
- 2,575babies recorded
Arrow popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
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| 2025 | #3,988 | #1,976 | 36 | 77 |
| 2020 | #2,038 | #1,215 | 91 | 155 |
| 2010 | — | #5,061 | — | 18 |
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How popular is Arrow, counting every spelling?
Arrow has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Arrow?
77 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Arrow (0.02 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Arrow 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 109 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Arrow.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Arrow?
About 1,700 people born in the US named Arrow are alive today, with a median age of 7; half are between 5 and 10. That makes Arrow 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.
Arrow by state
How common Arrow was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. In 36 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
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Questions about the name Arrow
How popular is the name Arrow?
Arrow was the 1976th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 77 babies. Its best year was 2018, when it ranked 1122nd with 172 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 335 places. More babies were named Arrow in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Arrow a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 34% girls, 66% boys given the name Arrow in the US.
Where is Arrow most popular?
In 2021–2025, Arrow was most common in Oklahoma (0.12 per 1,000 boys), followed by Florida and Missouri.