Arnel is a rare boys' name that peaked in 1962 and has since faded.
Arnel is predominantly a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2021. Arnel first appears in 1913 and peaked in 1970 (20 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 8 | 8 | — | #8,900 |
| 2017 | 7 | 7 | — | #9,771 |
| 2016 | 7 | 7 | — | #9,741 |
| 2015 | 7 | 7 | — | #9,654 |
| 2014 | 5 | 5 | — | #12,252 |
| 2013 | 7 | 7 | — | #9,731 |
| 2012 | 6 | 6 | — | #10,899 |
| 2011 | 9 | 9 | — | #8,129 |
| 2010 | 8 | 8 | — | #8,870 |
| 2009 | 17 | 17 | — | #5,345 |
| 2008 | 15 | 15 | — | #5,790 |
| 2007 | 12 | 12 | — | #6,653 |
| 2006 | 15 | 15 | — | #5,544 |
| 2005 | 7 | 7 | — | #9,198 |
| 2004 | 12 | 12 | — | #6,159 |
| 2003 | 15 | 15 | — | #5,052 |
| 2002 | 14 | 14 | — | #5,154 |
| 2001 | 17 | 17 | — | #4,491 |
| 2000 | 9 | 9 | — | #6,885 |
| 1999 | 16 | 16 | — | #4,353 |
| 1998 | 8 | 8 | — | #6,892 |
| 1997 | 14 | — | — | #4,467 |
| 1996 | 15 | — | — | #4,196 |
| 1995 | 12 | — | — | #4,809 |
| 1994 | 10 | — | — | #5,482 |
| 1993 | 16 | — | — | #3,833 |
| 1991 | 10 | — | — | #5,117 |
| 1990 | 16 | — | — | #3,619 |
| 1989 | 10 | — | — | #4,833 |
| 1988 | 15 | — | — | #3,365 |
| 1987 | 14 | — | — | #3,350 |
| 1986 | 11 | — | — | #3,897 |
| 1985 | 7 | — | — | #5,181 |
| 1984 | 16 | — | — | #2,836 |
| 1983 | 12 | — | — | #3,423 |
| 1982 | 10 | — | — | #3,979 |
| 1981 | 11 | — | — | #3,621 |
| 1980 | 9 | — | — | #4,160 |
| 1979 | 12 | — | — | #3,371 |
| 1978 | 7 | — | — | #4,588 |
| 1977 | 8 | — | — | #4,201 |
| 1976 | 6 | — | — | #4,971 |
| 1975 | 14 | — | — | #2,763 |
| 1974 | 13 | — | — | #2,810 |
| 1973 | 11 | — | — | #3,023 |
| 1972 | 13 | — | — | #2,669 |
| 1971 | 12 | — | — | #2,824 |
| 1970 | 20 | — | — | #1,991 |
| 1969 | 8 | — | — | #3,326 |
| 1968 | 10 | — | — | #2,742 |
| 1967 | 14 | — | — | #2,145 |
| 1964 | 8 | — | — | #3,059 |
| 1963 | 14 | — | #5,922 | #3,056 |
| 1962 | 23 | — | #3,167 | #3,322 |
| 1961 | 6 | — | — | #3,666 |
| 1960 | 5 | — | — | #4,065 |
| 1959 | 9 | — | — | #2,832 |
| 1953 | 6 | — | — | #3,444 |
| 1945 | 6 | — | — | #3,005 |
| 1943 | 8 | — | — | #2,747 |
| 1940 | 7 | — | — | #2,892 |
| 1939 | 6 | — | — | #3,130 |
| 1937 | 5 | — | — | #3,553 |
| 1935 | 6 | — | — | #3,278 |
| 1934 | 14 | — | — | #1,933 |
| 1933 | 5 | — | — | #3,673 |
| 1932 | 8 | — | — | #2,858 |
| 1931 | 13 | — | — | #2,105 |
| 1930 | 8 | — | — | #3,040 |
| 1929 | 9 | — | — | #2,779 |
| 1928 | 6 | — | — | #3,725 |
| 1926 | 6 | — | — | #3,728 |
| 1923 | 9 | — | — | #2,959 |
| 1922 | 8 | — | — | #3,269 |
| 1921 | 10 | — | — | #2,817 |
| 1920 | 15 | — | — | #2,140 |
| 1919 | 6 | — | — | #3,758 |
| 1918 | 6 | — | — | #3,757 |
| 1916 | 5 | — | — | #3,932 |
| 1915 | 7 | — | — | #3,105 |
| 1913 | 9 | — | — | #1,955 |