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
Showing
- 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
girlsboys
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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 | |
| 1913 | — | — | ||
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| 1910 | — | #1,193 | 8 | |
| 1909 | — | #1,440 | 5 | |
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First appearance
1909
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
Momentum · boys
Rising
- 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)
Rise & fade · boys
25 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1909
- Peaked 1934 at #380 (206 births)
- Births halved by 1942, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 38 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 38 yrs · run 1928–1964
Share of babies · boys
1 in 5,013
- 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%)
Era · boys
The 1930s
- 22.4% of all boys named Arlen (1,648) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2008
- 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 1964
boys
#895
72 births · 1 in 27,676 boys
Top boys' names in 1964
More about 1964
boys
1,992,698 boys got a published name in 1964; 1 in 27,676 of them was named Arlen, which outranked 80.5% of the 4,594 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Ranked beside Arlen
- #891Kory73
- #891Montgomery73
- #891Norberto73
- #895Arlen72
- #895Freeman72
- #895Mauricio72
- #895Merrill72
- #901Alfonzo71
- #901Dee71
- #901Dwaine71
Tied with 5 names at #895; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Biggest movers since 1963
Risers
- ↑ 864Deron#1,548 → #684
- ↑ 653Cassius#1,513 → #860
- ↑ 392Kipp#1,215 → #823
- ↑ 363Fitzgerald#1,052 → #689
- ↑ 334Adrain#1,279 → #945
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.