NameTides

Arrow

Arrow was the #1,976 boys' name in the US in 2025 (77 babies), and #2,952 in England & Wales and #2,095 in Canada.

Arrow as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Arrow as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSEngland & Wales
Arrow as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#1,976 (77)#2,952 (7)#2,095 (9)
2024#1,673 (100)#3,689 (5)—
2023#1,518 (116)#3,113 (6)#2,123 (8)
2022#1,457 (124)#2,166 (10)#1,759 (10)
2021#1,424 (128)#3,017 (6)#1,653 (11)
2020#1,215 (155)#2,682 (7)—
2019#1,188 (161)—#1,998 (8)
2018#1,122 (172)#4,749 (3)#1,279 (15)
2017#1,306 (138)#2,734 (7)#2,010 (8)
2016#1,421 (122)—#2,718 (5)
2015#1,641 (97)—#2,139 (7)
2014#2,230 (60)——
2013#2,955 (38)——
2012#3,231 (34)——
2011#3,695 (28)—#2,330 (6)

Arrow as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Arrow as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020US
Arrow as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#3,975 (36)——
2024#3,335 (47)—#3,383 (5)
2023#2,704 (64)—#3,290 (5)
2022#3,073 (53)#5,670 (3)—
2021#2,309 (79)——
2020#2,034 (91)——
2019#2,231 (82)——
2018#1,830 (111)#5,666 (3)—
2017#2,401 (75)#5,765 (3)#3,307 (5)
2016#2,502 (72)——
2015#2,810 (62)——
2014#4,768 (29)——
2013#7,031 (17)——
2012#6,341 (20)——
2011#16,764 (5)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2018 at #1,122.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1971.
  • In 2025, 32% of US babies named Arrow were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 22,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 22,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 38,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 18,000rare
USGirls2025about 1 in 45,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Arrow is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 23,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 19,000 to 1 in 27,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Arrow by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,576NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #1,267OHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #2,203CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #2,574TXFlorida: #1,831FL
Arrow (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
ArrowCanadaGirls—too few
ArrowCanadaBoys#2,0959
ArrowEngland & WalesGirls—too few
ArrowEngland & WalesBoys#2,9527
ArrowNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
ArrowUSGirls#3,97536
ArrowUSBoys#1,97677