Arna
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- AR-na
- Origin
- Old Norse
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,409 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #7,131 for girls
Arna is a girls' name of Old Norse origin, meaning “eagle”. In 2025 it ranked 3,409th for girls in the UK (7 babies) and 7,131st for girls in the US (15 babies).
What does Arna mean?
Old Norse: Scandinavian feminine of Arne
“eagle”
Is Arna a girl's or a boy's name?
Arna is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the UK and 15 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Arna in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,409th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 40,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 48% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the UK were named Arna, making it the 3,409th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,431st. Its busiest year was 2020, with 23 girls.
Half of all the girls named Arna in the UK since 1996 were born between 2017 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,332nd in England and Wales.
Arna in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,409 |
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 2023 | 11 | #2,481 |
| 2022 | 10 | #2,615 |
| 2021 | 9 | #2,846 |
| 2020 | 23 | #1,431 |
| 2019 | 14 | #2,052 |
| 2018 | 7 | #3,344 |
| 2017 | 10 | #2,652 |
| 2016 | 8 | #3,105 |
| 2015 | 13 | #2,186 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 1 | #5,540 |
How popular is Arna in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,131st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 15 about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 15% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 15 girls in the US were named Arna, making it the 7,131st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,646th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 29 girls. It first appears in the records in 1903.
2025 had fewer girls named Arna than any year since 2018.
Half of all the girls named Arna in the US since 1880 were born between 1947 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Arna in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #7,131 |
| 2024 | 24 | #5,297 |
| 2023 | 24 | #5,245 |
| 2022 | 24 | #5,306 |
| 2021 | 29 | #4,603 |
| 2020 | 28 | #4,646 |
| 2019 | 20 | #5,982 |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
| 2017 | 12 | #8,772 |
| 2016 | 18 | #6,660 |
| 2015 | 15 | #7,610 |
| 2014 | 21 | #5,991 |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,574 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 5 | #8,421 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 5 | #7,994 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 6 | #6,244 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 6 | #5,808 |
| 1965 | 6 | #5,816 |
| 1964 | 9 | #4,635 |
| 1963 | 9 | #4,538 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 6 | #5,850 |
| 1960 | 7 | #5,167 |
| 1959 | 10 | #4,030 |
| 1958 | 7 | #4,889 |
| 1957 | 6 | #5,376 |
| 1956 | 8 | #4,466 |
| 1955 | 14 | #3,094 |
| 1954 | 13 | #3,156 |
| 1953 | 17 | #2,594 |
| 1952 | 9 | #3,795 |
| 1951 | 10 | #3,481 |
| 1950 | 15 | #2,651 |
| 1949 | 14 | #2,725 |
| 1948 | 8 | #3,881 |
| 1947 | 8 | #4,005 |
| 1946 | 6 | #4,416 |
| 1945 | 7 | #3,674 |
| 1944 | 9 | #3,138 |
| 1943 | 8 | #3,492 |
| 1942 | 6 | #4,122 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 7 | #3,501 |
| 1939 | 5 | #4,248 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 6 | #3,740 |
| 1934 | 6 | #3,800 |
| 1933 | 5 | #4,216 |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 7 | #3,741 |
| 1927 | 5 | #4,803 |
| 1926 | 6 | #4,304 |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 6 | #4,432 |
| 1923 | 9 | #3,349 |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 10 | #3,163 |
| 1920 | 6 | #4,396 |
| 1919 | 9 | #3,217 |
| 1918 | 9 | #3,243 |
| 1917 | 6 | #4,081 |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 6 | #1,592 |
Names like Arna
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ada, Isla, Ava, Nova, Mila, Lyla, Arabella, Aurora, Nora, Orla, Freya, Alba
Names related to Arna
More Old Norse names
Ronnie, Ralph, Eric, Astrid, Colby, Rafe, Odin, Ralphie, Erik, Freyja, Erick, Bo, Ronald, Bjorn, Erica, Raife
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Arna: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/arna, updated 20 October 2026.