Arber is a distinctive choice, ranked #1859 in 2024. Your child is likely to be the only Arber in their class.
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UK Rank 2024
#1859
About the Name Arber
Arber is climbing rapidly up the charts, having climbed 217 places in just five years. Its best recorded rank was #1130 in 1999 — and current momentum suggests it could challenge that mark again. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1998.
Arber is distinctive enough that your child will likely be the only one in both their class and their school — standing out on every register.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Arber
Unlikely. With around 13 UK babies named Arber per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Arber in his class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Arber is currently rising in popularity in the UK, up 217 places over the last five years to #1859 in 2024. If this trend continues, it will become more common in classrooms over the next decade.
Arber is a distinctive choice sitting outside the mainstream UK top names. Parents choosing less common names often find their children appreciate the individuality as they grow up, rarely needing to add an initial to distinguish themselves.
Notable people named Arber include: Werner Arber — Werner Arber is a Swiss microbiologist and geneticist.; Fredy Arber — Fredy Arber is a Swiss cyclist.; Arber Xhekaj — Arber Xhekaj is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is a defenceman for the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League (NHL)..
Arber does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice — your child is unlikely to encounter American Arbers in the wild.
13
UK babies named Arber (2024)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.0
In a school of 600
↑ 217 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Arber
Likely around 1 other Arber in the class
UK Popularity (1998–2024)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
No US data available for this name
✨ Similar names to Arber
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Werner Arber is a Swiss microbiologist and geneticist. Along with American researchers Hamilton Smith and Daniel Nathans, Werner Arber shared the 1978 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of restriction endonucleases.
Agnes Arber FRS was a British plant morphologist and anatomist, historian of botany and philosopher of biology. She was born in London but lived most of her life in Cambridge, including the last 51 years of her life.
Arber Xhekaj is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is a defenceman for the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League (NHL). Originally undrafted by teams in the NHL, he signed as an unrestricted free agent with Montreal in October 2021.