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
- Peak · boys
- 1904 · 30 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 6,712since 1880
Arlie 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 | #2,778 | 61 | #5,608 | 16 |
| 2024 | #2,775 | 61 | #5,067 | 19 |
| 2023 | #2,466 | 72 | #5,075 | 19 |
| 2022 | #2,856 | 59 | #8,300 | 9 |
| 2021 | #4,014 | 36 | #4,936 | 19 |
| 2020 | #3,915 | 36 | #6,296 | 13 |
| 2019 | #4,072 | 35 | #4,114 | 25 |
| 2018 | #3,559 | 43 | #5,770 | 15 |
| 2017 | #3,996 | 37 | #6,685 | 12 |
| 2016 | #4,990 | 27 | #7,157 | 11 |
| 2015 | #4,853 | 28 | #10,644 | 6 |
| 2014 | #4,768 | 29 | #5,252 | 17 |
| 2013 | #5,486 | 24 | #12,136 | 5 |
| 2012 | #6,872 | 18 | #8,158 | 9 |
| 2011 | #5,358 | 25 | #8,079 | 9 |
| 2010 | #9,231 | 12 | #6,359 | 13 |
| 2009 | #7,679 | 16 | #7,236 | 11 |
| 2008 | #8,109 | 15 | #8,324 | 9 |
| 2007 | #8,520 | 14 | #10,921 | 6 |
| 2006 | #6,125 | 21 | — | |
| 2005 | #9,452 | 11 | #5,875 | 13 |
| 2004 | #6,768 | 17 | #9,948 | 6 |
| 2003 | #9,671 | 10 | #9,581 | 6 |
| 2002 | #9,482 | 10 | #7,643 | 8 |
| 2001 | #10,102 | 9 | #6,013 | 11 |
| 2000 | #8,534 | 11 | #8,209 | 7 |
| 1999 | #10,345 | 8 | #6,530 | 9 |
| 1998 | #7,104 | 13 | #5,159 | 12 |
| 1997 | #13,724 | 5 | #6,100 | 9 |
| 1996 | #11,807 | 6 | #6,496 | 8 |
| 1995 | — | #6,992 | 7 | |
| 1994 | — | #5,868 | 9 | |
| 1993 | #13,442 | 5 | #3,819 | 16 |
| 1992 | #8,065 | 10 | #6,128 | 8 |
| 1991 | — | #4,476 | 12 | |
| 1990 | — | #5,382 | 9 | |
| 1989 | — | #5,165 | 9 | |
| 1988 | #8,391 | 8 | #2,860 | 19 |
| 1987 | — | #4,573 | 9 | |
| 1986 | #7,749 | 8 | #3,882 | 11 |
| 1985 | #6,457 | 10 | #3,401 | 13 |
| 1984 | #4,737 | 15 | #2,364 | 21 |
| 1983 | #4,686 | 15 | #3,630 | 11 |
| 1982 | #8,224 | 7 | #3,282 | 13 |
| 1981 | #9,110 | 6 | #2,779 | 16 |
| 1980 | #9,095 | 6 | #2,729 | 17 |
| 1979 | — | #2,465 | 19 | |
| 1978 | — | #2,669 | 16 | |
| 1977 | — | #2,361 | 19 | |
| 1976 | — | #2,054 | 23 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,884 | 25 | |
| 1974 | #7,680 | 6 | #1,983 | 22 |
| 1973 | — | #1,928 | 22 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,928 | 22 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,784 | 25 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,351 | 38 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,492 | 29 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,366 | 32 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,340 | 32 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,194 | 39 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,456 | 28 | |
| 1964 | #6,767 | 5 | #1,147 | 45 |
| 1963 | — | #1,151 | 45 | |
| 1962 | #6,578 | 5 | #984 | 60 |
| 1961 | — | #1,322 | 36 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,098 | 50 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,199 | 42 | |
| 1958 | #6,103 | 5 | #1,026 | 55 |
| 1957 | #3,696 | 11 | #897 | 71 |
| 1956 | #4,837 | 7 | #1,032 | 53 |
| 1955 | #5,208 | 6 | #915 | 66 |
| 1954 | #3,967 | 9 | #868 | 71 |
| 1953 | #3,480 | 11 | #839 | 73 |
| 1952 | #3,796 | 9 | #863 | 66 |
| 1951 | #4,011 | 8 | #934 | 56 |
| 1950 | #3,423 | 10 | #899 | 58 |
| 1949 | #3,176 | 11 | #808 | 72 |
| 1948 | #2,589 | 15 | #700 | 91 |
| 1947 | #3,061 | 12 | #711 | 93 |
| 1946 | #3,034 | 11 | #711 | 84 |
| 1945 | #2,458 | 13 | #735 | 70 |
| 1944 | #3,139 | 9 | #604 | 103 |
| 1943 | #2,151 | 17 | #594 | 113 |
| 1942 | #2,537 | 13 | #677 | 91 |
| 1941 | #2,846 | 10 | #628 | 93 |
| 1940 | #1,591 | 24 | #631 | 89 |
| 1939 | #1,638 | 22 | #574 | 99 |
| 1938 | #2,940 | 9 | #628 | 90 |
| 1937 | #1,630 | 22 | #616 | 90 |
| 1936 | #1,801 | 18 | #573 | 101 |
| 1935 | #1,483 | 25 | #678 | 78 |
| 1934 | #1,518 | 24 | #563 | 110 |
| 1933 | #1,606 | 22 | #512 | 121 |
| 1932 | #1,448 | 27 | #508 | 129 |
| 1931 | #1,549 | 24 | #487 | 138 |
| 1930 | #1,371 | 31 | #523 | 131 |
| 1929 | #1,598 | 24 | #536 | 118 |
| 1928 | #1,136 | 45 | #495 | 149 |
| 1927 | #1,331 | 36 | #485 | 155 |
| 1926 | #1,069 | 49 | #525 | 132 |
| 1925 | #1,210 | 41 | #504 | 146 |
| 1924 | #1,328 | 37 | #514 | 148 |
| 1923 | #1,267 | 38 | #477 | 162 |
| 1922 | #949 | 61 | #506 | 149 |
| 1921 | #828 | 79 | #469 | 170 |
| 1920 | #1,103 | 46 | #485 | 157 |
| 1919 | #1,075 | 46 | #503 | 139 |
| 1918 | #937 | 58 | #492 | 147 |
| 1917 | #841 | 66 | #488 | 139 |
| 1916 | #949 | 52 | #461 | 152 |
| 1915 | #1,190 | 33 | #503 | 122 |
| 1914 | #855 | 47 | #512 | 91 |
| 1913 | #823 | 41 | #545 | 63 |
| 1912 | #846 | 35 | #561 | 51 |
| 1911 | #1,113 | 16 | #506 | 34 |
| 1910 | #845 | 26 | #598 | 23 |
| 1909 | #868 | 22 | #397 | 38 |
| 1908 | #1,004 | 16 | #489 | 26 |
| 1907 | #790 | 22 | #457 | 26 |
| 1906 | #818 | 20 | #400 | 29 |
| 1905 | #1,011 | 14 | #477 | 22 |
| 1904 | #910 | 16 | #368 | 30 |
| 1903 | #789 | 19 | #527 | 17 |
| 1902 | #936 | 14 | #536 | 16 |
| 1901 | #684 | 22 | #466 | 17 |
| 1900 | #780 | 22 | #623 | 16 |
| 1899 | #814 | 16 | #548 | 13 |
| 1898 | #840 | 16 | #611 | 13 |
| 1897 | #867 | 14 | #411 | 21 |
| 1896 | #950 | 12 | #438 | 20 |
| 1895 | #770 | 17 | #426 | 21 |
| 1894 | #950 | 11 | #480 | 17 |
| 1893 | #739 | 16 | #435 | 18 |
| 1892 | #726 | 16 | #458 | 18 |
| 1891 | #669 | 16 | #441 | 16 |
| 1890 | #872 | 10 | #389 | 21 |
| 1889 | #757 | 12 | #581 | 11 |
| 1888 | #724 | 13 | #464 | 17 |
| 1887 | #608 | 14 | #679 | 8 |
| 1886 | #778 | 9 | #758 | 7 |
| 1885 | #842 | 7 | #641 | 9 |
| 1884 | #793 | 8 | #488 | 15 |
| 1883 | #920 | 5 | #479 | 14 |
| 1882 | — | #837 | 6 | |
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | #745 | 7 | |
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1904 at #368 (30 births)
- Births halved by 1982, 78 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 77 yrs · run 1882–1955
- 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%)
- 22.1% of all boys named Arlie (1,486) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 2010, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 94 | #464 (1888) | #630 |
| 1890s | 178 | #389 (1890) | #464 |
| 1900s | 237 | #368 (1904) | #474 |
| 1910s | 961 | #461 (1916) | #517 |
| 1920s | 1,486 | #469 (1921) | #500 |
| 1930s | 1,087 | #487 (1931) | #566 |
| 1940s | 899 | #594 (1943) | #680 |
| 1950s | 611 | #839 (1953) | #947 |
| 1960s | 396 | #984 (1962) | #1,255 |
| 1970s | 231 | #1,351 (1970) | #2,041 |
| 1980s | 139 | #2,364 (1984) | #3,467 |
| 1990s | 99 | #3,819 (1993) | #5,695 |
| 2000s | 77 | #5,875 (2005) | #8,194 |
| 2010s | 122 | #4,114 (2019) | #7,435 |
| 2020s | 95 | #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 1953
Top girls' names in 1953
Top boys' names in 1953
More about 1953
girls
1,881,301 girls got a published name in 1953; 1 in 171,027 of them was named Arlie, which outranked 46.4% of the 6,497 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,269Wenonah12
- #3,269Yvetta12
- #3,269Zula12
- #3,480Arlie11
- #3,480Abbey11
- #3,480Adina11
- #3,480Alan11
- #3,687Adora10
- #3,687Aleatha10
- #3,687Aleene10
Tied with 206 names at #3,480; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,972,299 boys got a published name in 1953; 1 in 27,018 of them was named Arlie, which outranked 80.7% of the 4,341 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).