Arsenio comes from the Italian / Portuguese / Spanish tradition, meaning Virile, strong.
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How popular is Arsenio?
1989peak year
Arsenio has settled into a steady rhythm — neither rising sharply nor fading, holding a consistent place in U.S. birth records. It currently ranks well outside the top 1,000 (around #5176), with about 18 babies named Arsenio each year. In 1989, 397 babies received the name (ranked #479). Total registrations across all years since 1880: roughly 2,191.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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