Arrow
2025 SSA
2025 SSA
About Arrow
Words are not always easy to translate into baby names, but the implications of being straight and swift lend this one great potential as a name. It also has the popular o-sound ending, which brings it further into the realm of possibility. Rising rock star Aja Volkman pulled a gender switch when she named her daughter Arrow Eve.
Arrow for girls#3988 US
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 #1976 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #1122 in 2018.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · boys | Births · boys | US rank · girls | Births · girls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #2,234 | 60 | #4,784 | 29 |
| 2015 | #1,641 | 97 | #2,812 | 62 |
| 2016 | #1,421 | 122 | #2,505 | 72 |
| 2017 | #1,307 | 138 | #2,403 | 75 |
| 2018 | #1,122 | 172 | #1,831 | 111 |
| 2019 | #1,188 | 161 | #2,232 | 82 |
| 2020 | #1,215 | 155 | #2,037 | 91 |
| 2021 | #1,423 | 128 | #2,311 | 79 |
| 2022 | #1,468 | 123 | #3,075 | 53 |
| 2023 | #1,517 | 116 | #2,706 | 64 |
| 2024 | #1,672 | 100 | #3,331 | 47 |
| 2025 | #1,976 | 77 | #3,988 | 36 |
World rankings
Arrow for boys
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Arrow on lists
Famous Arrows
- Gilbert John ArrowBoy
English entomologist
- Kenneth ArrowBoy
American economist; Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics
- Arrow Rhodes Ackles (b. 2016)Girl
daughter of actors Jensen and Danneel Ackles, twin sister of Zeppelin Bram
- Arrow Eve ReynoldsGirl
daughter of singer Aja Volkman & Dan Reynolds
Arrow in pop culture
- ArrowBoy
Oblio's dog in "The Point!" by Harry Nilsson
- "ArrowBoy
" TV series featuring superhero Green Arrow