Arrow
Boy · AIR-oh · English
Arrow is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “arrow”. In 2025 it ranked 3,021st for boys in the UK (7 babies) and 1,976th for boys in the US (77 babies).
What does Arrow mean?
English: English word, from Old English arwe
“arrow”
From the English word for the projectile shot from a bow, recorded in Old English as arwe.
- Say it
- AIR-oh
Is Arrow a girl's or a boy's name?
Arrow is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the UK and 36 girls and 77 boys in the US.
How popular is Arrow in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,021among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 43,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 64% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the UK were named Arrow, making it the 3,021st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,819th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 10 boys.
Half of all the boys named Arrow in the UK since 1996 were born between 2020 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,938th in England and Wales.
Arrow in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,021 |
| 2024 | 5 | #3,772 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,279 |
| 2022 | 10 | #2,279 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 7 | #2,819 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 7 | #2,875 |
How popular is Arrow in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,976among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 77about 1 in 22,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 40% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 77 boys in the US were named Arrow, making it the 1,976th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,215th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 172 boys. It first appears in the records in 1971. 36 girls were also named Arrow in 2025 (3,974th for girls).
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 7 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Arrow than any year since 2014.
Half of all the boys named Arrow in the US since 1880 were born between 2016 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 146 boys in the US were given Arrow or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,194, up from #1,976 for this spelling alone.
- Arrow 77
- Aero 69
In 2025, 32% of the babies named Arrow in the US were girls.
Arrow in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 77 | #1,976 |
| 2024 | 100 | #1,673 |
| 2023 | 116 | #1,518 |
| 2022 | 124 | #1,457 |
| 2021 | 128 | #1,424 |
| 2020 | 155 | #1,215 |
| 2019 | 161 | #1,188 |
| 2018 | 172 | #1,122 |
| 2017 | 138 | #1,306 |
| 2016 | 122 | #1,421 |
| 2015 | 97 | #1,641 |
| 2014 | 60 | #2,228 |
| 2013 | 38 | #2,953 |
| 2012 | 34 | #3,228 |
| 2011 | 28 | #3,694 |
| 2010 | 18 | #5,044 |
| 2009 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2008 | 10 | #7,693 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 12 | #6,455 |
| 2005 | 10 | #7,089 |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 6 | #8,472 |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 9 | #5,922 |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 5 | #8,426 |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 6 | #6,420 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 5 | #5,843 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 7 | #4,052 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 5 | #4,905 |
Names like Arrow
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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