Arrow
About Arrow
Names that have not historically been names are not intrinsically gendered, so though we originally pinned Arrow as a boys' name, both starbaby Arrows that have been born recently have been girls. And with Arrow given to 60 girls in the US in 2015 and 94 boys, we call that a pretty decidedly gender neutral name. With its forward-moving, true-landing imagery, Arrow is one of the new inspirational names.
Pronounced AIR-oh.
As of October 2026, Arrow ranked #3988 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #1831 in 2018.
Editor: Sophie Kihm
Sources: US popularity data is from the Social Security Administration. Meanings and origins are from Nameberry's name references.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #4,784 | 29 | 16.2 |
| 2015 | #2,812 | 62 | 34.7 |
| 2016 | #2,505 | 72 | 40.6 |
| 2017 | #2,403 | 75 | 43.4 |
| 2018 | #1,831 | 111 | 65.3 |
| 2019 | #2,232 | 82 | 48.9 |
| 2020 | #2,037 | 91 | 56.3 |
| 2021 | #2,311 | 79 | 48.1 |
| 2022 | #3,075 | 53 | 32.3 |
| 2023 | #2,706 | 64 | 39.9 |
| 2024 | #3,331 | 47 | 29 |
| 2025 | #3,988 | 36 | 22.4 |
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Famous Arrows
- Arrow Rhodes Ackles (b. 2016)
daughter of actors Jensen and Danneel Ackles, twin sister of Zeppelin Bram
- Arrow Eve Reynolds
daughter of singer Aja Volkman & Dan Reynolds