Arbutus is a rare girls' name that was most common in the 1920s and has all but disappeared.
Arbutus is a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 1961. Arbutus was first reported in SSA data in 1906 and peaked in 1927 (50 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5 | — | #6,617 |
| 1955 | 5 | — | #5,866 |
| 1954 | 8 | — | #4,294 |
| 1953 | 7 | — | #4,609 |
| 1951 | 6 | — | #4,861 |
| 1950 | 5 | — | #5,330 |
| 1949 | 11 | — | #3,186 |
| 1948 | 10 | — | #3,361 |
| 1947 | 18 | — | #2,356 |
| 1946 | 10 | — | #3,231 |
| 1945 | 12 | — | #2,607 |
| 1944 | 11 | — | #2,770 |
| 1943 | 14 | — | #2,451 |
| 1942 | 21 | — | #1,864 |
| 1941 | 15 | — | #2,192 |
| 1940 | 19 | — | #1,848 |
| 1939 | 22 | — | #1,642 |
| 1938 | 22 | — | #1,653 |
| 1937 | 21 | — | #1,679 |
| 1936 | 16 | — | #1,953 |
| 1935 | 22 | — | #1,606 |
| 1934 | 26 | — | #1,442 |
| 1933 | 37 | — | #1,160 |
| 1932 | 25 | — | #1,524 |
| 1931 | 39 | — | #1,149 |
| 1930 | 37 | — | #1,233 |
| 1929 | 22 | — | #1,709 |
| 1928 | 30 | — | #1,428 |
| 1927 | 50 | — | #1,081 |
| 1926 | 41 | — | #1,199 |
| 1925 | 33 | — | #1,411 |
| 1924 | 40 | — | #1,259 |
| 1923 | 43 | — | #1,178 |
| 1922 | 45 | — | #1,145 |
| 1921 | 35 | — | #1,341 |
| 1920 | 46 | — | #1,103 |
| 1919 | 34 | — | #1,325 |
| 1918 | 40 | — | #1,186 |
| 1917 | 28 | — | #1,402 |
| 1916 | 40 | — | #1,114 |
| 1915 | 24 | — | #1,478 |
| 1914 | 15 | — | #1,743 |
| 1913 | 11 | — | #1,893 |
| 1912 | 12 | — | #1,624 |
| 1911 | 10 | — | #1,552 |
| 1910 | 14 | — | #1,210 |
| 1909 | 6 | — | #1,975 |
| 1908 | 5 | — | #2,121 |
| 1906 | 7 | — | #1,564 |