Arlee
#4,172 for girls in 2025, 34 births · Last seen for boys in 2022 at #10,863
Given to girls 74.4% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1908 · 9 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,267since 1907
Arlee over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #4,172 | 34 | — | |
| 2024 | #3,758 | 40 | — | |
| 2023 | #3,329 | 48 | — | |
| 2022 | #3,703 | 41 | #10,863 | 6 |
| 2021 | #4,507 | 30 | #12,146 | 5 |
| 2020 | #4,263 | 32 | — | |
| 2019 | #3,451 | 45 | — | |
| 2018 | #5,315 | 24 | — | |
| 2017 | #4,922 | 27 | #12,246 | 5 |
| 2016 | #4,850 | 28 | — | |
| 2015 | #4,981 | 27 | #10,644 | 6 |
| 2014 | #6,987 | 17 | — | |
| 2013 | #6,729 | 18 | — | |
| 2012 | #5,895 | 22 | — | |
| 2011 | #8,196 | 14 | #12,287 | 5 |
| 2010 | #9,231 | 12 | — | |
| 2009 | #9,975 | 11 | — | |
| 2008 | #12,579 | 8 | — | |
| 2007 | #8,098 | 15 | — | |
| 2006 | #11,417 | 9 | — | |
| 2005 | #13,010 | 7 | — | |
| 2004 | #9,264 | 11 | — | |
| 2003 | #8,505 | 12 | — | |
| 2002 | #8,837 | 11 | — | |
| 2001 | #8,758 | 11 | #10,556 | 5 |
| 2000 | #15,031 | 5 | — | |
| 1999 | #12,688 | 6 | — | |
| 1998 | — | — | ||
| 1997 | — | — | ||
| 1996 | #7,574 | 11 | — | |
| 1995 | — | — | ||
| 1994 | #13,430 | 5 | — | |
| 1993 | #9,559 | 8 | — | |
| 1992 | — | — | ||
| 1991 | — | — | ||
| 1990 | #9,247 | 8 | — | |
| 1989 | — | — | ||
| 1988 | — | — | ||
| 1987 | — | — | ||
| 1986 | #9,545 | 6 | — | |
| 1985 | #7,563 | 8 | — | |
| 1984 | #10,422 | 5 | #6,315 | 5 |
| 1983 | #4,109 | 18 | — | |
| 1982 | #4,527 | 16 | — | |
| 1981 | #7,409 | 8 | — | |
| 1980 | — | — | ||
| 1979 | — | — | ||
| 1978 | — | — | ||
| 1977 | — | — | ||
| 1976 | — | #5,587 | 5 | |
| 1975 | — | — | ||
| 1974 | — | — | ||
| 1973 | — | — | ||
| 1972 | — | #4,986 | 5 | |
| 1971 | — | — | ||
| 1970 | #6,362 | 7 | #4,230 | 6 |
| 1969 | — | — | ||
| 1968 | — | — | ||
| 1967 | — | — | ||
| 1966 | — | — | ||
| 1965 | #5,817 | 6 | — | |
| 1964 | — | — | ||
| 1963 | #6,592 | 5 | — | |
| 1962 | #6,578 | 5 | #3,640 | 6 |
| 1961 | — | — | ||
| 1960 | — | — | ||
| 1959 | — | #3,037 | 8 | |
| 1958 | #3,747 | 11 | — | |
| 1957 | #5,377 | 6 | — | |
| 1956 | #5,325 | 6 | #3,942 | 5 |
| 1955 | — | #3,886 | 5 | |
| 1954 | #4,655 | 7 | #3,176 | 7 |
| 1953 | — | #2,905 | 8 | |
| 1952 | #4,908 | 6 | #3,734 | 5 |
| 1951 | #4,833 | 6 | — | |
| 1950 | — | #2,580 | 9 | |
| 1949 | #3,612 | 9 | #3,690 | 5 |
| 1948 | #3,350 | 10 | #3,316 | 6 |
| 1947 | #3,706 | 9 | #3,096 | 7 |
| 1946 | — | #1,949 | 14 | |
| 1945 | #4,025 | 6 | #3,338 | 5 |
| 1944 | — | #2,862 | 7 | |
| 1943 | #3,493 | 8 | #2,563 | 9 |
| 1942 | #2,986 | 10 | #2,145 | 12 |
| 1941 | #3,954 | 6 | #2,491 | 9 |
| 1940 | #2,963 | 9 | #2,478 | 9 |
| 1939 | #2,736 | 10 | #2,829 | 7 |
| 1938 | #2,021 | 16 | #3,534 | 5 |
| 1937 | #2,735 | 10 | #2,680 | 8 |
| 1936 | #2,263 | 13 | #2,301 | 10 |
| 1935 | #3,742 | 6 | #3,252 | 6 |
| 1934 | #2,923 | 9 | #2,393 | 10 |
| 1933 | #2,688 | 10 | #2,738 | 8 |
| 1932 | #2,490 | 12 | #2,849 | 8 |
| 1931 | #2,427 | 12 | #2,101 | 13 |
| 1930 | #2,202 | 15 | #2,178 | 13 |
| 1929 | #2,301 | 14 | #2,766 | 9 |
| 1928 | #1,837 | 21 | #2,522 | 11 |
| 1927 | #2,026 | 19 | #2,298 | 13 |
| 1926 | #1,883 | 21 | #3,385 | 7 |
| 1925 | #2,283 | 16 | #2,193 | 14 |
| 1924 | #2,514 | 14 | #2,229 | 14 |
| 1923 | #1,782 | 23 | #2,331 | 13 |
| 1922 | #1,464 | 31 | #2,801 | 10 |
| 1921 | #1,765 | 24 | #2,376 | 13 |
| 1920 | #1,511 | 29 | #3,208 | 8 |
| 1919 | #1,921 | 19 | #3,736 | 6 |
| 1918 | #1,754 | 22 | #2,699 | 10 |
| 1917 | #2,552 | 12 | #3,545 | 6 |
| 1916 | #2,028 | 16 | #2,389 | 11 |
| 1915 | #1,571 | 22 | #2,070 | 13 |
| 1914 | #2,009 | 12 | — | |
| 1913 | #2,034 | 10 | — | |
| 1912 | #2,634 | 6 | — | |
| 1911 | #1,656 | 9 | — | |
| 1910 | — | — | ||
| 1909 | #1,471 | 9 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,439 | 9 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,821 | 6 | — | |
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | — | ||
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| 1898 | — | — | ||
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| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Arlee! It came in at #1,821, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1910, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
See more about Arlee
- 414 spots since 2024 (#3,758 → #4,172)
- 91 spots since 2020 (#4,263 → #4,172)
- 809 spots since 2015 (#4,981 → #4,172)
- Debuted 1907
- Peaked 1908 at #1,439 (9 births)
- Births halved by 1910, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 33,429 girls born in 2023 were named Arlee (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 47,273 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,439 in 1908, was only 1 in 37,146 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 18.5% of all girls named Arlee (234) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 1980, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 24 | #1,439 (1908) | #1,577 |
| 1910s | 128 | #1,571 (1915) | #2,018 |
| 1920s | 212 | #1,464 (1922) | #1,937 |
| 1930s | 113 | #2,021 (1938) | #2,623 |
| 1940s | 67 | #2,963 (1940) | #3,511 |
| 1950s | 42 | #3,747 (1958) | #4,808 |
| 1960s | 16 | #5,817 (1965) | #6,329 |
| 1970s | 7 | #6,362 (1970) | #6,362 |
| 1980s | 61 | #4,109 (1983) | #7,263 |
| 1990s | 38 | #7,574 (1996) | #10,500 |
| 2000s | 100 | #8,098 (2007) | #10,547 |
| 2010s | 234 | #3,451 (2019) | #6,056 |
| 2020s | 225 | #3,329 (2023) | #3,955 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Arlee in 1926
Top girls' names in 1926
Top boys' names in 1926
More about 1926
girls
1,185,401 girls got a published name in 1926; 1 in 56,448 of them was named Arlee, which outranked 66.5% of the 5,622 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,830Verle22
- #1,830Verline22
- #1,830Wanna22
- #1,883Arlee21
- #1,883Alla21
- #1,883Alvin21
- #1,883Berdena21
- #1,932Adel20
- #1,932Aliene20
- #1,932Allen20
Tied with 48 names at #1,883; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 1,047Janell#1,795 → #748
- ↑ 389Madalyn#1,225 → #836
- ↑ 382Evangelina#1,324 → #942
- ↑ 379Carla#1,252 → #873
- ↑ 351Vilma#1,020 → #669
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,110,505 boys got a published name in 1926; 1 in 158,644 of them was named Arlee, which outranked 30.0% of the 4,837 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #3,139Zebedee8
- #3,139Zeke8
- #3,139Zoltan8
- #3,385Arlee7
- #3,385Abelino7
- #3,385Ad7
- #3,385Adalbert7
- #3,708Abrom6
- #3,708Ada6
- #3,708Adalberto6
Tied with 322 names at #3,385; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 531Okey#984 → #1,515
- ↓ 459Florentino#973 → #1,432
- ↓ 407Rexford#924 → #1,331
- ↓ 380Marshal#973 → #1,353
- ↓ 378Coolidge#746 → #1,124
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.