Arsal
Arsal, is a town and municipality situated east of Labweh, 124 kilometres (77 mi) northeast of Beirut, in Baalbek District of Baalbek-Hermel Governorate, Lebanon. The population is predominantly Sunni Muslim.
Meaning & Origin of Arsal
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Arsal, is a town and municipality situated east of Labweh, 124 kilometres (77 mi) northeast of Beirut, in Baalbek District of Baalbek-Hermel Governorate, Lebanon. The population is predominantly Sunni Muslim.
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Origin & history
The Story of Arsal
American parents first put Arsal on the record books as a baby boy name in 1998, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2013, when 15 Arsals were born — ranking #5,659 that year. About 52% of every Arsal on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Arsal last appeared in the published SSA data in 2023, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 141 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
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About the name Arsal
Arsal is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1998 and has accumulated 141 births in the dataset. Arsal's peak popularity came in 2013 when it ranked #5,659. Use the chart and map above to compare Arsal's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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