Arbor
Boy · AR-ber · English
Arbor is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “tree, shady garden bower”. In 2025 it ranked 2,511th for boys in the UK (9 babies) and 3,512th for boys in the US (32 babies).
What does Arbor mean?
English: English word, its spelling shaped by Latin arbor 'tree'
“tree, shady garden bower”
Arbor Day, the US tree-planting holiday begun in Nebraska in 1872, uses the Latin word for tree.
- Say it
- AR-ber
Is Arbor a girl's or a boy's name?
Arbor is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the UK and 21 girls and 32 boys in the US.
How popular is Arbor in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,511among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 33,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Newly popularnew in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the UK were named Arbor, making it the 2,511th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,803rd. Its busiest year was 2024, with 13 boys.
Half of all the boys named Arbor in the UK since 1996 were born between 2022 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 21 boys in the UK were given Arbor or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,200, up from #2,511 for this spelling alone.
- Arber 12
- Arbor 9
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,436th in England and Wales.
Arbor in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #2,511 |
| 2024 | 13 | #1,917 |
| 2023 | 10 | #2,303 |
| 2022 | 9 | #2,457 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
How popular is Arbor in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,512among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 32about 1 in 53,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 35% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 32 boys in the US were named Arbor, making it the 3,512th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,017th. It first appears in the records in 1915. 21 girls were also named Arbor in 2025 (5,721st for girls).
2025 had the most boys named Arbor of any year since it first appeared, in 1915.
Half of all the boys named Arbor in the US since 1880 were born between 2018 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 52 boys in the US were given Arbor or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,156, up from #3,512 for this spelling alone.
- Arbor 32
- Arber 20
Girls were 81% of the babies named Arbor in the US in 2015, and 40% in 2025.
Arbor in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 32 | #3,512 |
| 2024 | 31 | #3,603 |
| 2023 | 18 | #5,250 |
| 2022 | 28 | #3,876 |
| 2021 | 31 | #3,579 |
| 2020 | 25 | #4,017 |
| 2019 | 22 | #4,476 |
| 2018 | 13 | #6,341 |
| 2017 | 15 | #5,784 |
| 2016 | 11 | #7,152 |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
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| 2000 | 0 | – |
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| 1991 | 0 | – |
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| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 5 | #3,824 |
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