Arlin
#13,208 for girls in 2025, 6 births · #2,765 for boys in 2025, 46 births
Given to boys 83.4% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1935 · 85 births
- Debut · boys
- 9 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 4,072since 1910
Arlin 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 | #13,208 | 6 | #2,765 | 46 |
| 2024 | #10,271 | 9 | #2,418 | 57 |
| 2023 | #6,169 | 19 | #3,055 | 40 |
| 2022 | #6,229 | 19 | #2,830 | 45 |
| 2021 | #8,024 | 13 | #3,121 | 38 |
| 2020 | #8,953 | 11 | #3,025 | 38 |
| 2019 | #6,698 | 17 | #4,003 | 26 |
| 2018 | #9,151 | 11 | #4,226 | 24 |
| 2017 | #8,299 | 13 | #4,746 | 20 |
| 2016 | #8,875 | 12 | #5,318 | 17 |
| 2015 | #10,148 | 10 | #3,591 | 30 |
| 2014 | #6,207 | 20 | #4,138 | 24 |
| 2013 | #7,372 | 16 | #4,463 | 21 |
| 2012 | #6,576 | 19 | #4,003 | 25 |
| 2011 | #7,783 | 15 | #5,200 | 17 |
| 2010 | #6,904 | 18 | #4,517 | 21 |
| 2009 | #7,066 | 18 | #5,800 | 15 |
| 2008 | #6,559 | 20 | #4,540 | 21 |
| 2007 | #4,475 | 33 | #4,996 | 18 |
| 2006 | #4,073 | 36 | #5,525 | 15 |
| 2005 | #3,730 | 39 | #5,034 | 16 |
| 2004 | #5,969 | 20 | #4,005 | 22 |
| 2003 | #4,307 | 30 | #5,035 | 15 |
| 2002 | #3,241 | 43 | #5,131 | 14 |
| 2001 | #4,834 | 24 | #3,228 | 27 |
| 2000 | #4,185 | 29 | #4,389 | 17 |
| 1999 | #5,896 | 17 | #6,042 | 10 |
| 1998 | #6,360 | 15 | #4,197 | 16 |
| 1997 | #6,844 | 13 | #5,642 | 10 |
| 1996 | #6,064 | 15 | #3,107 | 23 |
| 1995 | #7,041 | 12 | #6,407 | 8 |
| 1994 | #4,521 | 22 | #4,290 | 14 |
| 1993 | #5,955 | 15 | #5,002 | 11 |
| 1992 | #5,484 | 17 | #3,220 | 20 |
| 1991 | #4,650 | 21 | #3,636 | 16 |
| 1990 | #5,549 | 16 | #3,971 | 14 |
| 1989 | #6,160 | 13 | #2,690 | 23 |
| 1988 | #8,391 | 8 | #2,509 | 23 |
| 1987 | #7,987 | 8 | #4,573 | 9 |
| 1986 | #5,757 | 12 | #2,891 | 17 |
| 1985 | #6,955 | 9 | #3,216 | 14 |
| 1984 | #4,478 | 16 | #4,552 | 8 |
| 1983 | #8,047 | 7 | #2,408 | 20 |
| 1982 | #7,469 | 8 | #3,282 | 13 |
| 1981 | #9,110 | 6 | #3,858 | 10 |
| 1980 | — | #2,617 | 18 | |
| 1979 | #10,210 | 5 | #2,669 | 17 |
| 1978 | — | #2,473 | 18 | |
| 1977 | — | #2,556 | 17 | |
| 1976 | — | #2,826 | 14 | |
| 1975 | — | #2,361 | 18 | |
| 1974 | — | #2,050 | 21 | |
| 1973 | — | #2,216 | 18 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,928 | 22 | |
| 1971 | — | #2,052 | 20 | |
| 1970 | #7,995 | 5 | #1,416 | 35 |
| 1969 | — | #1,642 | 25 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,282 | 35 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,609 | 23 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,428 | 29 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,271 | 36 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,371 | 33 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,195 | 42 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,242 | 39 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,406 | 32 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,131 | 48 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,172 | 44 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,114 | 47 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,130 | 46 | |
| 1956 | — | #986 | 57 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,084 | 48 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,382 | 30 | |
| 1953 | — | #878 | 67 | |
| 1952 | — | #994 | 52 | |
| 1951 | — | #919 | 58 | |
| 1950 | — | #948 | 53 | |
| 1949 | — | #967 | 51 | |
| 1948 | — | #933 | 55 | |
| 1947 | — | #822 | 71 | |
| 1946 | — | #935 | 51 | |
| 1945 | — | #860 | 53 | |
| 1944 | — | #964 | 45 | |
| 1943 | — | #787 | 69 | |
| 1942 | — | #888 | 55 | |
| 1941 | — | #778 | 64 | |
| 1940 | #4,349 | 5 | #729 | 70 |
| 1939 | — | #685 | 75 | |
| 1938 | — | #652 | 84 | |
| 1937 | — | #817 | 56 | |
| 1936 | #4,181 | 5 | #729 | 68 |
| 1935 | — | #641 | 85 | |
| 1934 | — | #673 | 81 | |
| 1933 | — | #642 | 81 | |
| 1932 | — | #746 | 70 | |
| 1931 | — | #794 | 62 | |
| 1930 | #4,550 | 5 | #873 | 57 |
| 1929 | — | #888 | 56 | |
| 1928 | — | #806 | 66 | |
| 1927 | — | #924 | 55 | |
| 1926 | — | #894 | 56 | |
| 1925 | #4,973 | 5 | #1,121 | 39 |
| 1924 | #4,002 | 7 | #960 | 53 |
| 1923 | — | #976 | 50 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,023 | 48 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,199 | 36 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,139 | 39 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,122 | 38 | |
| 1918 | #4,809 | 5 | #1,079 | 40 |
| 1917 | — | #1,291 | 28 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,120 | 34 | |
| 1915 | — | #916 | 46 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,073 | 28 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,023 | 24 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,885 | 8 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,537 | 6 | |
| 1910 | — | #1,118 | 9 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Arlin! It came in at #1,118, and was given to 9 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1910–1912, when fewer than 10 boys a year got the name.
See more about Arlin
- 347 spots since 2024 (#2,418 → #2,765)
- 260 spots since 2020 (#3,025 → #2,765)
- 826 spots since 2015 (#3,591 → #2,765)
- Biggest jump: 227 spots in 1926 (#1,121 → #894)
- Biggest drop: 504 spots in 1954 (#878 → #1,382)
- Debuted 1910
- Peaked 1935 at #641 (85 births)
- Births halved by 1954, 19 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 32 yrs · run 1926–1953
- Highest: 1 in 12,241 boys born in 1933 were named Arlin (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 37,132 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #641 in 1935, was only 1 in 12,251 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 17.7% of all boys named Arlin (719) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 2009, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 261 | #916 (1915) | #1,216 |
| 1920s | 498 | #806 (1928) | #993 |
| 1930s | 719 | #641 (1935) | #725 |
| 1940s | 584 | #729 (1940) | #866 |
| 1950s | 502 | #878 (1953) | #1,061 |
| 1960s | 342 | #1,131 (1960) | #1,358 |
| 1970s | 200 | #1,416 (1970) | #2,255 |
| 1980s | 155 | #2,408 (1983) | #3,260 |
| 1990s | 142 | #3,107 (1996) | #4,551 |
| 2000s | 180 | #3,228 (2001) | #4,768 |
| 2010s | 225 | #3,591 (2015) | #4,421 |
| 2020s | 264 | #2,418 (2024) | #2,869 |
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.
Arlin in 2025
Top girls' names in 2025
Top boys' names in 2025
More about 2025
girls
1,607,267 girls got a published name in 2025; 1 in 267,878 of them was named Arlin, which outranked 23.6% of the 17,297 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880).
- #11,932Zyaria7
- #11,932Zyleigh7
- #11,932Zyniah7
- #13,208Arlin6
- #13,208Aadhirai6
- #13,208Aadhyasri6
- #13,208Aafia6
- #14,942Aadhini5
- #14,942Aadriti5
- #14,942Aaima5
Tied with 1,733 names at #13,208; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,708,076 boys got a published name in 2025; 1 in 37,132 of them was named Arlin, which outranked 80.2% of the 13,930 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880).
- #2,718Yamir47
- #2,718Yasser47
- #2,718Yassin47
- #2,765Arlin46
- #2,765Abimael46
- #2,765Adin46
- #2,765Arch46
- #2,798Ammon45
- #2,798Amor45
- #2,798Avyukt45
Tied with 32 names at #2,765; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.