Arlena

#10,917 for girls in 2025, 8 births

Peak · girls
#817
1883 · 6 births
Debut · girls
1883
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
2,830
since 1883

Arlena over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Arlena has never cracked the top 800 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201962peak #817, 1883girls
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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
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#10,9178
2024#7,96713
2023#13,4626
2022#10,3839
2021#10,2929
2020#12,1427
2019#9,11211
2018#11,4278
2017#6,53118
2016#11,7818
2015#13,0067
2014#8,48513
2013#14,5826
2012#14,9626
2011#14,8246
2010#11,2469
2009#12,4298
2008#13,8327
2007#10,81810
2006#11,4179
2005#16,4625
2004#7,82814
2003#6,88516
2002#6,69816
2001#7,72413
2000#6,80815
1999#7,23913
1998#6,36015
1997#4,81921
1996#4,58322
1995#3,67029
1994#3,30234
1993#4,25724
1992#3,26734
1991#3,44331
1990#3,90926
1989#4,84818
1988#4,65318
1987#4,47418
1986#4,96415
1985#4,45517
1984#3,87420
1983#3,55522
1982#3,26026
1981#3,34025
1980#3,50623
1979#3,90319
1978#2,85928
1977#3,08325
1976#3,54019
1975#3,77417
1974#2,68327
1973#3,48118
1972#2,82024
1971#3,06222
1970#2,70526
1969#2,39629
1968#2,53824
1967#4,05311
1966#2,40725
1965#2,46424
1964#2,34827
1963#2,36426
1962#2,35726
1961#2,60822
1960#2,72920
1959#2,33924
1958#1,98531
1957#2,92616
1956#3,32113
1955#3,37712
1954#2,59218
1953#2,36320
1952#2,26621
1951#1,92126
1950#1,72030
1949#2,41017
1948#1,73929
1947#2,35418
1946#1,97022
1945#1,79522
1944#1,91620
1943#1,83422
1942#1,49730
1941#1,61024
1940#1,54925
1939#1,54424
1938#1,50525
1937#1,49325
1936#1,54923
1935#1,77919
1934#1,40927
1933#1,19735
1932#1,26833
1931#1,25833
1930#1,05948
1929#1,30633
1928#1,54127
1927#1,21341
1926#1,38833
1925#1,02054
1924#1,15146
1923#1,35034
1922#1,43032
1921#1,23739
1920#1,11945
1919#90960
1918#1,29934
1917#1,28132
1916#1,10041
1915#1,40526
1914#1,14728
1913#1,12024
1912#1,17820
1911#98220
1910#97020
1909#1,36910
1908#82922
1907#1,03714
1906#1,04313
1905#96815
1904#1,00113
1903#96913
1902#87216
1901#1,3397
1900#91717
1899#1,0999
1898#1,2638
1897#1,1678
1896#1,2138
1895#1,4266
1894#99810
1893#1,2776
1892#83013
1891—
1890#1,0068
1889#1,2795
1888—
1887#1,1475
1886#1,1085
1885#1,0475
1884—
1883#8176
1882—
1881—
1880—
First appearance
1883

The first year at least five girls were named Arlena! It came in at #817, and was given to 6 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1884–1889, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Arlena
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 2,950 spots since 2024 (#7,967 → #10,917)
  • 1,225 spots since 2020 (#12,142 → #10,917)
  • 2,089 spots since 2015 (#13,006 → #10,917)
  • Biggest jump: 467 spots in 1902 (#1,339 → #872)
  • Biggest drop: 540 spots in 1909 (#829 → #1,369)
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1883
  • Peaked 1883 at #817 (6 births)
  • Births halved by 1884, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 11 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 11 yrs · run 1902–1903
Share of babies · girls
1 in 15,196
  • Highest: 1 in 15,196 girls born in 1908 were named Arlena (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 200,908 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #817 in 1883, was only 1 in 18,720 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 13.6% of all girls named Arlena (384) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s26#817 (1883)#1,080
1890s76#830 (1892)#1,142
1900s140#829 (1908)#1,034
1910s305#909 (1919)#1,139
1920s384#1,020 (1925)#1,276
1930s292#1,059 (1930)#1,406
1940s229#1,497 (1942)#1,867
1950s211#1,720 (1950)#2,481
1960s234#2,348 (1964)#2,626
1970s225#2,683 (1974)#3,191
1980s202#3,260 (1982)#4,093
1990s249#3,267 (1992)#4,485
2000s113#6,698 (2002)#10,090
2010s92#6,531 (2017)#11,596
2020s52#7,967 (2024)#10,861

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.

Arlena in 1962

girls
#2,357
26 births · 1 in 75,639 girls

Top girls' names in 1962

  1. #1Lisa46,069
  2. #2Mary43,502
  3. #3Susan35,752
  4. #4Karen35,184
  5. #5Linda31,461
  6. #6Patricia26,532
  7. #7Donna25,719
  8. #8Cynthia24,025
  9. #9Deborah22,889
  10. #10Sandra22,420
  11. #2,357Arlena26
More about 1962

girls

1,966,603 girls got a published name in 1962; 1 in 75,639 of them was named Arlena, which outranked 68.9% of the 7,584 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Arlena
  1. #2,312Virgina27
  2. #2,312Yulonda27
  3. #2,312Zona27
  4. #2,357Arlena26
  5. #2,357Allen26
  6. #2,357Annita26
  7. #2,357Audra26
  8. #2,414Alesa25
  9. #2,414Alyse25
  10. #2,414Ami25

Tied with 56 names at #2,357; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1961
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,281Tiffany#2,070 → #789
  2. ↑ 879Whitney#1,627 → #748
  3. ↑ 541Zina#1,533 → #992
  4. ↑ 414Glynis#1,406 → #992
  5. ↑ 408Lolita#978 → #570
Fallers
  1. ↓ 300Fern#821 → #1,121
  2. ↓ 259Jacklyn#815 → #1,074
  3. ↓ 255Dorthy#929 → #1,184
  4. ↓ 224Laurene#943 → #1,167
  5. ↓ 215Jimmie#911 → #1,126

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

See the top 100 for 1962 →