Arland

Last seen for girls in 1950 at #5,301 · #8,910 for boys in 2025, 8 births
Given to boys 99.7% of the time

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Peak · boys
1935 · 51 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,807
since 1901

Arland over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Arland has never cracked the top 800 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201940peak #881, 1935boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#8,9108
2024—#8,9878
2023—#10,8216
2022—#9,8237
2021—#8,8258
2020—#6,29613
2019—#7,17311
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2016—#8,1469
2015—#10,6446
2014—#8,7818
2013—#12,1365
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2011—#10,8086
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2009—#12,4915
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1997—#9,2655
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1994—#8,8005
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1989—#4,52711
1988—#4,7869
1987—#4,9688
1986—#5,9266
1985—#5,7856
1984—#4,9737
1983—#6,2385
1982——
1981—#6,2625
1980—#4,1349
1979—#5,3556
1978—#4,5547
1977—#3,8369
1976—#4,4187
1975—#5,4645
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1973—#3,6948
1972—#4,9865
1971—#3,6588
1970—#3,07110
1969—#2,41513
1968—#3,3657
1967—#2,03015
1966—#2,46511
1965—#2,47611
1964—#2,31013
1963—#2,11515
1962—#2,18614
1961—#2,24214
1960—#2,04216
1959—#1,70922
1958—#2,50611
1957—#2,27413
1956—#1,82119
1955—#1,64622
1954—#1,95616
1953—#1,83618
1952—#1,85617
1951—#1,64321
1950#5,3015#1,49924
1949—#1,27532
1948—#1,25633
1947—#1,48225
1946—#1,50922
1945—#1,37823
1944—#1,13534
1943—#1,36826
1942—#1,33427
1941—#1,18731
1940—#1,20831
1939—#99241
1938—#1,12533
1937—#96742
1936—#1,06836
1935—#88151
1934—#1,09236
1933—#98042
1932—#93748
1931—#95947
1930—#1,11639
1929—#1,19534
1928—#98049
1927—#1,37229
1926—#1,09242
1925—#1,07342
1924—#1,28732
1923—#1,11441
1922—#1,07243
1921—#1,29632
1920—#1,15738
1919—#1,62421
1918—#1,40426
1917—#1,47923
1916—#1,17631
1915—#1,30626
1914—#1,86812
1913—#1,67611
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1910—#1,5895
1909—#1,4405
1908—#1,1137
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First appearance
1901

The first year at least five boys were named Arland! It came in at #943, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1902–1907, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Arland is popular in 1940

No state had 5 or more boys named Arland in 1940, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

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Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 77 spots since 2024 (#8,987 → #8,910)
  • 2,614 spots since 2020 (#6,296 → #8,910)
  • 1,734 spots since 2015 (#10,644 → #8,910)
  • Biggest jump: 392 spots in 1928 (#1,372 → #980)
  • Biggest drop: 216 spots in 1940 (#992 → #1,208)
Rise & fade · boys
34 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1901
  • Peaked 1935 at #881 (51 births)
  • Births halved by 1945, 10 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 8 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 8 yrs · run 1931–1933
Share of babies · boys
1 in 17,745
  • Highest: 1 in 17,745 boys born in 1901 were named Arland (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 213,509 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #881 in 1935, was only 1 in 20,419 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1930s
  • 23.0% of all boys named Arland (415) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1900s18#943 (1901)#1,165
1910s155#1,176 (1916)#1,515
1920s382#980 (1928)#1,164
1930s415#881 (1935)#1,012
1940s284#1,135 (1944)#1,313
1950s183#1,499 (1950)#1,875
1960s129#2,030 (1967)#2,365
1970s65#3,071 (1970)#4,337
1980s66#4,134 (1980)#5,289
1990s10#8,800 (1994)#9,033
2000s5#12,491 (2009)#12,491
2010s45#7,173 (2019)#9,615
2020s50#6,296 (2020)#8,944

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Arland in 1940

boys
#1,208
31 births · 1 in 37,393 boys

Top boys' names in 1940

  1. #1James62,481
  2. #2Robert61,198
  3. #3John54,786
  4. #4William44,779
  5. #5Richard37,425
  6. #6Charles31,689
  7. #7David27,690
  8. #8Thomas23,991
  9. #9Donald23,115
  10. #10Ronald20,741
  11. #1,208Arland31
More about 1940

boys

1,159,172 boys got a published name in 1940; 1 in 37,393 of them was named Arland, which outranked 69.3% of the 3,937 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Arland
  1. #1,183Smith32
  2. #1,183Sylvan32
  3. #1,183Verlyn32
  4. #1,208Arland31
  5. #1,208Alonza31
  6. #1,208Bailey31
  7. #1,208Brad31
  8. #1,227Anastacio30
  9. #1,227Aubry30
  10. #1,227Caleb30

Tied with 18 names at #1,208; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1939
Risers
  1. ↑ 565Whitney#1,458 → #893
  2. ↑ 447Gonzalo#1,297 → #850
  3. ↑ 419Weston#1,323 → #904
  4. ↑ 368Ashley#1,272 → #904
  5. ↑ 366Agustin#1,238 → #872
Fallers
  1. ↓ 886Montie#916 → #1,802
  2. ↓ 446Verlon#888 → #1,334
  3. ↓ 394Issac#857 → #1,251
  4. ↓ 392Otho#942 → #1,334
  5. ↓ 384Pearl#867 → #1,251

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1940 →