Arlen
#5,554 for girls in 2025, 22 births · #1,585 for boys in 2025, 107 births
Given to boys 90.1% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1934 · 206 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 7,345since 1909
Arlen 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 | #5,554 | 22 | #1,585 | 107 |
| 2024 | #5,962 | 20 | #1,685 | 99 |
| 2023 | #5,549 | 22 | #1,681 | 101 |
| 2022 | #5,309 | 24 | #1,938 | 80 |
| 2021 | #6,691 | 17 | #1,789 | 88 |
| 2020 | #6,629 | 17 | #2,113 | 66 |
| 2019 | #5,306 | 24 | #2,110 | 68 |
| 2018 | #5,785 | 21 | #2,385 | 55 |
| 2017 | #8,299 | 13 | #2,091 | 66 |
| 2016 | #8,875 | 12 | #2,228 | 60 |
| 2015 | #5,833 | 22 | #2,253 | 59 |
| 2014 | #7,302 | 16 | #2,402 | 53 |
| 2013 | #9,612 | 11 | #2,763 | 42 |
| 2012 | #7,804 | 15 | #2,811 | 42 |
| 2011 | #5,728 | 23 | #2,852 | 41 |
| 2010 | #11,246 | 9 | #3,812 | 27 |
| 2009 | #6,091 | 22 | #3,274 | 34 |
| 2008 | #7,408 | 17 | #3,921 | 26 |
| 2007 | #4,675 | 31 | #3,444 | 31 |
| 2006 | #8,237 | 14 | #2,698 | 43 |
| 2005 | #6,245 | 19 | #2,433 | 47 |
| 2004 | #5,555 | 22 | #3,074 | 32 |
| 2003 | #5,586 | 21 | #3,366 | 27 |
| 2002 | #6,392 | 17 | #2,882 | 32 |
| 2001 | #5,009 | 23 | #3,617 | 23 |
| 2000 | #4,527 | 26 | #3,536 | 23 |
| 1999 | #8,805 | 10 | #2,939 | 28 |
| 1998 | #5,363 | 19 | #2,599 | 32 |
| 1997 | #5,626 | 17 | #2,228 | 38 |
| 1996 | #6,064 | 15 | #2,254 | 36 |
| 1995 | #7,514 | 11 | #2,026 | 41 |
| 1994 | #7,604 | 11 | #2,502 | 30 |
| 1993 | #5,673 | 16 | #2,399 | 31 |
| 1992 | #8,065 | 10 | #2,214 | 34 |
| 1991 | — | #2,544 | 27 | |
| 1990 | #7,303 | 11 | #2,308 | 30 |
| 1989 | #6,160 | 13 | #1,891 | 39 |
| 1988 | #10,386 | 6 | #1,790 | 38 |
| 1987 | — | #1,734 | 38 | |
| 1986 | #9,545 | 6 | #1,725 | 36 |
| 1985 | #8,318 | 7 | #1,354 | 51 |
| 1984 | — | #1,842 | 30 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,748 | 32 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,700 | 34 | |
| 1981 | #6,804 | 9 | #1,548 | 39 |
| 1980 | #8,178 | 7 | #1,655 | 35 |
| 1979 | — | #1,991 | 26 | |
| 1978 | #8,562 | 6 | #1,760 | 30 |
| 1977 | #9,652 | 5 | #1,607 | 34 |
| 1976 | — | #1,711 | 30 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,630 | 31 | |
| 1974 | #8,775 | 5 | #1,388 | 38 |
| 1973 | — | #1,871 | 23 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,391 | 37 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,157 | 50 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,192 | 48 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,198 | 43 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,183 | 41 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,003 | 52 | |
| 1966 | #5,273 | 7 | #968 | 56 |
| 1965 | — | #1,031 | 51 | |
| 1964 | — | #895 | 72 | |
| 1963 | — | #971 | 60 | |
| 1962 | — | #912 | 69 | |
| 1961 | — | #859 | 79 | |
| 1960 | — | #852 | 79 | |
| 1959 | — | #718 | 114 | |
| 1958 | #5,408 | 6 | #733 | 102 |
| 1957 | — | #744 | 102 | |
| 1956 | — | #705 | 110 | |
| 1955 | #5,828 | 5 | #608 | 148 |
| 1954 | #5,148 | 6 | #588 | 158 |
| 1953 | — | #642 | 123 | |
| 1952 | — | #622 | 128 | |
| 1951 | — | #620 | 129 | |
| 1950 | — | #674 | 106 | |
| 1949 | #5,244 | 5 | #683 | 100 |
| 1948 | #5,243 | 5 | #708 | 89 |
| 1947 | — | #742 | 86 | |
| 1946 | — | #603 | 114 | |
| 1945 | #4,025 | 6 | #676 | 79 |
| 1944 | — | #679 | 83 | |
| 1943 | — | #721 | 80 | |
| 1942 | — | #673 | 92 | |
| 1941 | — | #535 | 121 | |
| 1940 | — | #555 | 113 | |
| 1939 | #4,250 | 5 | #493 | 136 |
| 1938 | #2,579 | 11 | #470 | 152 |
| 1937 | #2,448 | 12 | #463 | 145 |
| 1936 | — | #399 | 190 | |
| 1935 | #4,204 | 5 | #407 | 181 |
| 1934 | #2,923 | 9 | #380 | 206 |
| 1933 | #4,218 | 5 | #400 | 180 |
| 1932 | #2,644 | 11 | #418 | 178 |
| 1931 | #3,497 | 7 | #473 | 143 |
| 1930 | — | #508 | 137 | |
| 1929 | — | #620 | 96 | |
| 1928 | — | #786 | 68 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,227 | 35 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,219 | 35 | |
| 1925 | #4,973 | 5 | #1,534 | 24 |
| 1924 | #5,061 | 5 | #1,263 | 33 |
| 1923 | — | #1,235 | 34 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,545 | 24 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,904 | 18 | |
| 1920 | #4,975 | 5 | #1,642 | 22 |
| 1919 | — | #1,449 | 25 | |
| 1918 | #4,809 | 5 | #1,998 | 16 |
| 1917 | — | #1,755 | 18 | |
| 1916 | — | #2,259 | 12 | |
| 1915 | — | #2,070 | 13 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,687 | 14 | |
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| 1910 | — | #1,193 | 8 | |
| 1909 | — | #1,440 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Arlen! It came in at #1,440, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1911–1913, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Arlen
- 100 spots since 2024 (#1,685 → #1,585)
- 528 spots since 2020 (#2,113 → #1,585)
- 668 spots since 2015 (#2,253 → #1,585)
- Biggest jump: 441 spots in 1928 (#1,227 → #786)
- Biggest drop: 139 spots in 1947 (#603 → #742)
- Debuted 1909
- Peaked 1934 at #380 (206 births)
- Births halved by 1942, 8 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 38 yrs · run 1928–1964
- Highest: 1 in 5,013 boys born in 1934 were named Arlen (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 15,963 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 22.4% of all boys named Arlen (1,648) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 2007, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 5 | #1,440 (1909) | #1,440 |
| 1910s | 106 | #1,193 (1910) | #1,773 |
| 1920s | 389 | #620 (1929) | #1,298 |
| 1930s | 1,648 | #380 (1934) | #441 |
| 1940s | 957 | #535 (1941) | #658 |
| 1950s | 1,220 | #588 (1954) | #665 |
| 1960s | 602 | #852 (1960) | #987 |
| 1970s | 347 | #1,157 (1971) | #1,570 |
| 1980s | 372 | #1,354 (1985) | #1,699 |
| 1990s | 327 | #2,026 (1995) | #2,401 |
| 2000s | 318 | #2,433 (2005) | #3,225 |
| 2010s | 513 | #2,091 (2017) | #2,571 |
| 2020s | 541 | #1,585 (2025) | #1,799 |
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.
Arlen in 1939
Top girls' names in 1939
Top boys' names in 1939
More about 1939
girls
1,096,612 girls got a published name in 1939; 1 in 219,322 of them was named Arlen, which outranked 14.1% of the 4,950 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 700 names at #4,250; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,106,852 boys got a published name in 1939; 1 in 8,139 of them was named Arlen, which outranked 87.6% of the 3,968 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.