Arleen
#6,116 for girls in 2025, 19 births · Last seen for boys in 1942 at #3,212
Given to girls >99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1939 · 415 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 12,611since 1898
Arleen over time
Rank among girls' names. Arleen has never cracked the top 300 here.
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 | #6,116 | 19 | — | |
| 2024 | #4,772 | 28 | — | |
| 2023 | #4,191 | 34 | — | |
| 2022 | #3,416 | 46 | — | |
| 2021 | #3,678 | 41 | — | |
| 2020 | #3,676 | 40 | — | |
| 2019 | #4,653 | 29 | — | |
| 2018 | #2,782 | 61 | — | |
| 2017 | #3,305 | 48 | — | |
| 2016 | #3,229 | 50 | — | |
| 2015 | #2,964 | 58 | — | |
| 2014 | #2,739 | 63 | — | |
| 2013 | #3,573 | 43 | — | |
| 2012 | #3,006 | 56 | — | |
| 2011 | #2,838 | 61 | — | |
| 2010 | #2,938 | 58 | — | |
| 2009 | #3,361 | 49 | — | |
| 2008 | #2,690 | 68 | — | |
| 2007 | #3,214 | 53 | — | |
| 2006 | #2,631 | 68 | — | |
| 2005 | #2,407 | 73 | — | |
| 2004 | #3,033 | 51 | — | |
| 2003 | #2,999 | 50 | — | |
| 2002 | #3,014 | 48 | — | |
| 2001 | #3,009 | 47 | — | |
| 2000 | #3,334 | 40 | — | |
| 1999 | #2,812 | 48 | — | |
| 1998 | #2,889 | 45 | — | |
| 1997 | #3,547 | 32 | — | |
| 1996 | #3,237 | 36 | — | |
| 1995 | #3,357 | 33 | — | |
| 1994 | #3,098 | 37 | — | |
| 1993 | #3,108 | 37 | — | |
| 1992 | #3,581 | 30 | — | |
| 1991 | #2,935 | 39 | — | |
| 1990 | #3,156 | 35 | — | |
| 1989 | #3,477 | 29 | — | |
| 1988 | #2,931 | 35 | — | |
| 1987 | #3,424 | 26 | — | |
| 1986 | #2,512 | 39 | — | |
| 1985 | #2,860 | 32 | — | |
| 1984 | #3,069 | 28 | — | |
| 1983 | #2,853 | 30 | — | |
| 1982 | #2,959 | 30 | — | |
| 1981 | #3,147 | 27 | — | |
| 1980 | #3,069 | 28 | — | |
| 1979 | #3,903 | 19 | — | |
| 1978 | #2,859 | 28 | — | |
| 1977 | #2,715 | 30 | — | |
| 1976 | #3,002 | 24 | — | |
| 1975 | #2,811 | 26 | — | |
| 1974 | #2,757 | 26 | — | |
| 1973 | #2,064 | 39 | — | |
| 1972 | #2,057 | 38 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,966 | 43 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,619 | 58 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,338 | 72 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,147 | 88 | — | |
| 1967 | #984 | 107 | — | |
| 1966 | #879 | 130 | — | |
| 1965 | #718 | 190 | — | |
| 1964 | #762 | 186 | — | |
| 1963 | #678 | 220 | — | |
| 1962 | #595 | 280 | — | |
| 1961 | #594 | 286 | — | |
| 1960 | #636 | 253 | — | |
| 1959 | #647 | 239 | — | |
| 1958 | #728 | 184 | — | |
| 1957 | #658 | 224 | — | |
| 1956 | #645 | 218 | — | |
| 1955 | #607 | 232 | — | |
| 1954 | #652 | 198 | — | |
| 1953 | #573 | 236 | — | |
| 1952 | #594 | 215 | — | |
| 1951 | #585 | 214 | — | |
| 1950 | #557 | 222 | — | |
| 1949 | #742 | 133 | — | |
| 1948 | #569 | 214 | — | |
| 1947 | #474 | 301 | — | |
| 1946 | #484 | 262 | — | |
| 1945 | #557 | 174 | — | |
| 1944 | #465 | 241 | — | |
| 1943 | #388 | 353 | — | |
| 1942 | #414 | 298 | #3,212 | 6 |
| 1941 | #386 | 316 | — | |
| 1940 | #417 | 268 | — | |
| 1939 | #303 | 415 | — | |
| 1938 | #375 | 310 | — | |
| 1937 | #688 | 98 | — | |
| 1936 | #666 | 98 | — | |
| 1935 | #693 | 93 | — | |
| 1934 | #709 | 88 | — | |
| 1933 | #693 | 88 | — | |
| 1932 | #656 | 104 | — | |
| 1931 | #667 | 99 | — | |
| 1930 | #566 | 144 | — | |
| 1929 | #571 | 143 | — | |
| 1928 | #555 | 159 | — | |
| 1927 | #507 | 191 | — | |
| 1926 | #562 | 161 | — | |
| 1925 | #519 | 185 | — | |
| 1924 | #543 | 178 | — | |
| 1923 | #539 | 176 | — | |
| 1922 | #579 | 152 | — | |
| 1921 | #646 | 131 | — | |
| 1920 | #617 | 134 | — | |
| 1919 | #721 | 94 | — | |
| 1918 | #747 | 91 | — | |
| 1917 | #792 | 76 | — | |
| 1916 | #796 | 73 | — | |
| 1915 | #787 | 70 | — | |
| 1914 | #878 | 44 | — | |
| 1913 | #1,120 | 24 | — | |
| 1912 | #1,003 | 26 | — | |
| 1911 | #875 | 24 | — | |
| 1910 | #1,207 | 14 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,471 | 9 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,135 | 13 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,289 | 10 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,416 | 8 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,298 | 9 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,877 | 5 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,204 | 9 | — | |
| 1902 | #1,793 | 5 | — | |
| 1901 | #1,679 | 5 | — | |
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | #1,278 | 7 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,700 | 5 | — | |
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 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 Arleen! It came in at #1,700, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1900–1902, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Arleen
- 1,344 spots since 2024 (#4,772 → #6,116)
- 2,440 spots since 2020 (#3,676 → #6,116)
- 3,152 spots since 2015 (#2,964 → #6,116)
- Biggest jump: 332 spots in 1911 (#1,207 → #875)
- Biggest drop: 173 spots in 1949 (#569 → #742)
- Debuted 1898
- Peaked 1939 at #303 (415 births)
- Births halved by 1945, 6 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 55 yrs · run 1914–1967
- Highest: 1 in 2,642 girls born in 1939 were named Arleen (0.04%)
- Latest: 1 in 84,593 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 20.3% of all girls named Arleen (2,560) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 12 | #1,278 (1899) | #1,489 |
| 1900s | 73 | #1,135 (1908) | #1,462 |
| 1910s | 536 | #721 (1919) | #893 |
| 1920s | 1,610 | #507 (1927) | #564 |
| 1930s | 1,537 | #303 (1939) | #602 |
| 1940s | 2,560 | #386 (1941) | #490 |
| 1950s | 2,182 | #557 (1950) | #625 |
| 1960s | 1,812 | #594 (1961) | #833 |
| 1970s | 331 | #1,619 (1970) | #2,575 |
| 1980s | 304 | #2,512 (1986) | #3,030 |
| 1990s | 372 | #2,812 (1999) | #3,172 |
| 2000s | 547 | #2,407 (2005) | #2,969 |
| 2010s | 527 | #2,739 (2014) | #3,203 |
| 2020s | 208 | #3,416 (2022) | #4,308 |
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.
Arleen in 1942
Top girls' names in 1942
Top boys' names in 1942
More about 1942
girls
1,350,719 girls got a published name in 1942; 1 in 4,533 of them was named Arleen, which outranked 92.3% of the 5,378 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,381,161 boys got a published name in 1942; 1 in 230,194 of them was named Arleen, which outranked 20.6% of the 4,044 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).