Arlie

#2,778 for girls in 2025, 61 births · #5,608 for boys in 2025, 16 births
Given to boys 72.2% of the time

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Peak · boys
#368
1904 · 30 births
Debut · boys
1880
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
6,712
since 1880

Arlie over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201926peak #608, 1887peak #368, 1904girlsboys
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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#2,77861#5,60816
2024#2,77561#5,06719
2023#2,46672#5,07519
2022#2,85659#8,3009
2021#4,01436#4,93619
2020#3,91536#6,29613
2019#4,07235#4,11425
2018#3,55943#5,77015
2017#3,99637#6,68512
2016#4,99027#7,15711
2015#4,85328#10,6446
2014#4,76829#5,25217
2013#5,48624#12,1365
2012#6,87218#8,1589
2011#5,35825#8,0799
2010#9,23112#6,35913
2009#7,67916#7,23611
2008#8,10915#8,3249
2007#8,52014#10,9216
2006#6,12521—
2005#9,45211#5,87513
2004#6,76817#9,9486
2003#9,67110#9,5816
2002#9,48210#7,6438
2001#10,1029#6,01311
2000#8,53411#8,2097
1999#10,3458#6,5309
1998#7,10413#5,15912
1997#13,7245#6,1009
1996#11,8076#6,4968
1995—#6,9927
1994—#5,8689
1993#13,4425#3,81916
1992#8,06510#6,1288
1991—#4,47612
1990—#5,3829
1989—#5,1659
1988#8,3918#2,86019
1987—#4,5739
1986#7,7498#3,88211
1985#6,45710#3,40113
1984#4,73715#2,36421
1983#4,68615#3,63011
1982#8,2247#3,28213
1981#9,1106#2,77916
1980#9,0956#2,72917
1979—#2,46519
1978—#2,66916
1977—#2,36119
1976—#2,05423
1975—#1,88425
1974#7,6806#1,98322
1973—#1,92822
1972—#1,92822
1971—#1,78425
1970—#1,35138
1969—#1,49229
1968—#1,36632
1967—#1,34032
1966—#1,19439
1965—#1,45628
1964#6,7675#1,14745
1963—#1,15145
1962#6,5785#98460
1961—#1,32236
1960—#1,09850
1959—#1,19942
1958#6,1035#1,02655
1957#3,69611#89771
1956#4,8377#1,03253
1955#5,2086#91566
1954#3,9679#86871
1953#3,48011#83973
1952#3,7969#86366
1951#4,0118#93456
1950#3,42310#89958
1949#3,17611#80872
1948#2,58915#70091
1947#3,06112#71193
1946#3,03411#71184
1945#2,45813#73570
1944#3,1399#604103
1943#2,15117#594113
1942#2,53713#67791
1941#2,84610#62893
1940#1,59124#63189
1939#1,63822#57499
1938#2,9409#62890
1937#1,63022#61690
1936#1,80118#573101
1935#1,48325#67878
1934#1,51824#563110
1933#1,60622#512121
1932#1,44827#508129
1931#1,54924#487138
1930#1,37131#523131
1929#1,59824#536118
1928#1,13645#495149
1927#1,33136#485155
1926#1,06949#525132
1925#1,21041#504146
1924#1,32837#514148
1923#1,26738#477162
1922#94961#506149
1921#82879#469170
1920#1,10346#485157
1919#1,07546#503139
1918#93758#492147
1917#84166#488139
1916#94952#461152
1915#1,19033#503122
1914#85547#51291
1913#82341#54563
1912#84635#56151
1911#1,11316#50634
1910#84526#59823
1909#86822#39738
1908#1,00416#48926
1907#79022#45726
1906#81820#40029
1905#1,01114#47722
1904#91016#36830
1903#78919#52717
1902#93614#53616
1901#68422#46617
1900#78022#62316
1899#81416#54813
1898#84016#61113
1897#86714#41121
1896#95012#43820
1895#77017#42621
1894#95011#48017
1893#73916#43518
1892#72616#45818
1891#66916#44116
1890#87210#38921
1889#75712#58111
1888#72413#46417
1887#60814#6798
1886#7789#7587
1885#8427#6419
1884#7938#48815
1883#9205#47914
1882—#8376
1881——
1880—#7457
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Arlie was already there! It came in at #745, and was given to 7 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1881, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Arlie
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 541 spots since 2024 (#5,067 → #5,608)
  • 688 spots since 2020 (#6,296 → #5,608)
  • 5,036 spots since 2015 (#10,644 → #5,608)
  • Biggest jump: 358 spots in 1883 (#837 → #479)
  • Biggest drop: 201 spots in 1910 (#397 → #598)
Rise & fade · boys
24 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1904 at #368 (30 births)
  • Births halved by 1982, 78 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 77 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 77 yrs · run 1882–1955
Share of babies · boys
1 in 4,271
  • Highest: 1 in 4,271 boys born in 1904 were named Arlie (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 106,755 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 22.1% of all boys named Arlie (1,486) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2011
  • Mostly boys until 2010, mostly girls since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s94#464 (1888)#630
1890s178#389 (1890)#464
1900s237#368 (1904)#474
1910s961#461 (1916)#517
1920s1,486#469 (1921)#500
1930s1,087#487 (1931)#566
1940s899#594 (1943)#680
1950s611#839 (1953)#947
1960s396#984 (1962)#1,255
1970s231#1,351 (1970)#2,041
1980s139#2,364 (1984)#3,467
1990s99#3,819 (1993)#5,695
2000s77#5,875 (2005)#8,194
2010s122#4,114 (2019)#7,435
2020s95#4,936 (2021)#5,880

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.

Arlie in 1926

girls
#1,069
49 births · 1 in 24,192 girls
boys
#525
132 births · 1 in 8,413 boys

Top girls' names in 1926

  1. #1Mary67,832
  2. #2Dorothy36,618
  3. #3Betty32,964
  4. #4Helen26,886
  5. #5Margaret23,072
  6. #6Ruth20,225
  7. #7Doris16,295
  8. #8Virginia16,161
  9. #9Mildred13,547
  10. #10Frances13,355
  11. #1,069Arlie49

Top boys' names in 1926

  1. #1Robert61,130
  2. #2John56,108
  3. #3James53,196
  4. #4William51,922
  5. #5Charles29,521
  6. #6George25,910
  7. #7Richard25,143
  8. #8Joseph23,756
  9. #9Donald20,912
  10. #10Edward19,375
  11. #525Arlie132
More about 1926

girls

1,185,401 girls got a published name in 1926; 1 in 24,192 of them was named Arlie, which outranked 81.0% of the 5,622 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Arlie
  1. #1,054Patti50
  2. #1,054Raquel50
  3. #1,054Wanita50
  4. #1,069Arlie49
  5. #1,069Berenice49
  6. #1,069Bernetta49
  7. #1,069Clifford49
  8. #1,079Alba48
  9. #1,079Albert48
  10. #1,079Arla48

Tied with 9 names at #1,069; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1925
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,047Janell#1,795 → #748
  2. ↑ 389Madalyn#1,225 → #836
  3. ↑ 382Evangelina#1,324 → #942
  4. ↑ 379Carla#1,252 → #873
  5. ↑ 351Vilma#1,020 → #669
Fallers
  1. ↓ 597Albertine#944 → #1,541
  2. ↓ 462Cleora#895 → #1,357
  3. ↓ 461Lorrayne#988 → #1,449
  4. ↓ 453Hermina#996 → #1,449
  5. ↓ 307Ethelene#913 → #1,220

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

boys

1,110,505 boys got a published name in 1926; 1 in 8,413 of them was named Arlie, which outranked 89.1% of the 4,837 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Arlie
  1. #521Joesph134
  2. #523Ignacio133
  3. #523Julio133
  4. #525Arlie132
  5. #525Nickolas132
  6. #525Waldo132
  7. #528Clay131
  8. #528Emile131
  9. #528Gaylord131

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

Biggest movers since 1925
Risers
  1. ↑ 477Jonnie#1,332 → #855
  2. ↑ 433Jorge#1,425 → #992
  3. ↑ 410Faustino#1,390 → #980
  4. ↑ 404Adelbert#1,246 → #842
  5. ↑ 381Cameron#1,164 → #783
Fallers
  1. ↓ 531Okey#984 → #1,515
  2. ↓ 459Florentino#973 → #1,432
  3. ↓ 407Rexford#924 → #1,331
  4. ↓ 380Marshal#973 → #1,353
  5. ↓ 378Coolidge#746 → #1,124

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

See the top 100 for 1926 →