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

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Peak · girls
1939 · 415 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
12,611
since 1898

Arleen over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Arleen has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201959peak #303, 1939girls
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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#6,11619
2024#4,77228
2023#4,19134
2022#3,41646
2021#3,67841
2020#3,67640
2019#4,65329
2018#2,78261
2017#3,30548
2016#3,22950
2015#2,96458
2014#2,73963
2013#3,57343
2012#3,00656
2011#2,83861
2010#2,93858
2009#3,36149
2008#2,69068
2007#3,21453
2006#2,63168
2005#2,40773
2004#3,03351
2003#2,99950
2002#3,01448
2001#3,00947
2000#3,33440
1999#2,81248
1998#2,88945
1997#3,54732
1996#3,23736
1995#3,35733
1994#3,09837
1993#3,10837
1992#3,58130
1991#2,93539
1990#3,15635
1989#3,47729
1988#2,93135
1987#3,42426
1986#2,51239
1985#2,86032
1984#3,06928
1983#2,85330
1982#2,95930
1981#3,14727
1980#3,06928
1979#3,90319
1978#2,85928
1977#2,71530
1976#3,00224
1975#2,81126
1974#2,75726
1973#2,06439
1972#2,05738
1971#1,96643
1970#1,61958
1969#1,33872
1968#1,14788
1967#984107
1966#879130
1965#718190
1964#762186
1963#678220
1962#595280
1961#594286
1960#636253
1959#647239
1958#728184
1957#658224
1956#645218
1955#607232
1954#652198
1953#573236
1952#594215
1951#585214
1950#557222
1949#742133
1948#569214
1947#474301
1946#484262
1945#557174
1944#465241
1943#388353
1942#414298#3,2126
1941#386316
1940#417268
1939#303415
1938#375310
1937#68898
1936#66698
1935#69393
1934#70988
1933#69388
1932#656104
1931#66799
1930#566144
1929#571143
1928#555159
1927#507191
1926#562161
1925#519185
1924#543178
1923#539176
1922#579152
1921#646131
1920#617134
1919#72194
1918#74791
1917#79276
1916#79673
1915#78770
1914#87844
1913#1,12024
1912#1,00326
1911#87524
1910#1,20714
1909#1,4719
1908#1,13513
1907#1,28910
1906#1,4168
1905#1,2989
1904#1,8775
1903#1,2049
1902#1,7935
1901#1,6795
1900
1899#1,2787
1898#1,7005
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First appearance
1898

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.

Where Arleen is popular in 1959

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Arleen, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Arleen, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Arleen, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Arleen, so not publishedNHWashington: #541 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,707 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Arleen, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Arleen, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Arleen, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Arleen, so not publishedMNIllinois: #760 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 12,042 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Arleen, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Arleen, so not publishedMINew York: #511 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 5,613 girlsNYMassachusetts: #401 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 5,939 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Arleen, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Arleen, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Arleen, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Arleen, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Arleen, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Arleen, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Arleen, so not publishedINOhio: #682 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 11,767 girlsOHPennsylvania: #528 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 7,148 girlsPANew Jersey: #487 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 6,355 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Arleen, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #524 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 5,198 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Arleen, so not publishedUTColorado: #456 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,781 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Arleen, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Arleen, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Arleen, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Arleen, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Arleen, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Arleen, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Arleen, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Arleen, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Arleen, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Arleen, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Arleen, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Arleen, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Arleen, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Arleen, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Arleen, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Arleen, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #438 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 3,304 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Arleen, so not publishedMSAlabama: #483 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 4,424 girlsALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Arleen, so not publishedGAHawaii: #207 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 758 girlsHITexas: #602 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 5,988 girlsTXFlorida: #526 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 5,423 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Hawaii#207 · 1 in 758
  2. Massachusetts#401 · 1 in 5,939
  3. Louisiana#438 · 1 in 3,304
  4. Colorado#456 · 1 in 3,781
  5. Alabama#483 · 1 in 4,424

Best ever in a state: #88 in Hawaii, 1940.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Hawaii#20781 in 758
Massachusetts#40191 in 5,939
Louisiana#438121 in 3,304
Colorado#45651 in 3,781
Alabama#48381 in 4,424
New Jersey#48791 in 6,355
New York#511301 in 5,613
California#524321 in 5,198
Florida#52691 in 5,423
Pennsylvania#528161 in 7,148
Washington#54151 in 5,707
Texas#602191 in 5,988
Ohio#68291 in 11,767
Illinois#76091 in 12,042
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Arleen
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
41 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1898
  • Peaked 1939 at #303 (415 births)
  • Births halved by 1945, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 55 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 55 yrs · run 1914–1967
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,642
  • 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%)
Era · girls
The 1940s
  • 20.3% of all girls named Arleen (2,560) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s12#1,278 (1899)#1,489
1900s73#1,135 (1908)#1,462
1910s536#721 (1919)#893
1920s1,610#507 (1927)#564
1930s1,537#303 (1939)#602
1940s2,560#386 (1941)#490
1950s2,182#557 (1950)#625
1960s1,812#594 (1961)#833
1970s331#1,619 (1970)#2,575
1980s304#2,512 (1986)#3,030
1990s372#2,812 (1999)#3,172
2000s547#2,407 (2005)#2,969
2010s527#2,739 (2014)#3,203
2020s208#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 1959

girls
#647
239 births · 1 in 8,466 girls

Top girls' names in 1959

  1. #1Mary54,502
  2. #2Susan41,617
  3. #3Linda40,410
  4. #4Karen36,784
  5. #5Donna36,468
  6. #6Patricia35,223
  7. #7Debra31,388
  8. #8Cynthia30,186
  9. #9Deborah29,546
  10. #10Lisa25,699
  11. #647Arleen239
More about 1959

girls

2,023,462 girls got a published name in 1959; 1 in 8,466 of them was named Arleen, which outranked 91.0% of the 7,202 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Arleen
  1. #641Twila241
  2. #645Angelina240
  3. #645Lourdes240
  4. #647Arleen239
  5. #647Inez239
  6. #647Libby239
  7. #650Deidre237
  8. #650Lula237
  9. #652Deb236

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1958
Risers
  1. 1,090Alesia#1,985#895
  2. 948Tori#1,791#843
  3. 440Taryn#1,211#771
  4. 437Venus#1,007#570
  5. 393Vilma#1,364#971
Fallers
  1. 283Dani#961#1,244
  2. 257Nicki#973#1,230
  3. 235Lanita#973#1,208
  4. 219Concetta#973#1,192
  5. 197Gisele#766#963

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

See the top 100 for 1959