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Baby name
Arnold
Boy
Origin of the name
Arnold comes from the Germanic arn, “eagle,” and waldan, “to rule.”
Classic name
103,846births since 1880
1920sgeneration
No. 95rank at its peak, in 1924
Where babies named Arnold are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Arnold is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Arnold is most common in North Dakota (4.3 times), South Dakota (3.2) and Vermont (2.6), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
One letter apart
- Arnoldo 4,713
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