Arline

Last seen for girls in 2023 at #15,194 · Last seen for boys in 1934 at #3,277
Given to girls 99.8% of the time

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Peak · girls
1936 · 631 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
17,590
since 1883

Arline over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Arline has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201914peak #248, 1936girls
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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
2024
2023#15,1945
2022#13,5926
2021#11,1468
2020#12,1427
2019#15,5395
2018#10,5459
2017
2016#10,8599
2015#11,8358
2014
2013#9,03612
2012#10,42910
2011#9,72311
2010#16,9925
2009#8,88813
2008#11,5999
2007#8,09815
2006#9,90111
2005#6,52818
2004#6,21619
2003#6,05519
2002#6,12918
2001#5,17422
2000#5,15122
1999#3,63933
1998#4,14227
1997#4,81921
1996#10,5677
1995#5,67716
1994#6,31914
1993#8,05210
1992#5,05119
1991#7,43011
1990#8,5019
1989#4,84818
1988#4,84017
1987#6,33511
1986#6,61210
1985#5,07714
1984#6,8109
1983#5,82411
1982#6,37110
1981#4,53216
1980#4,51716
1979#8,0617
1978#5,21412
1977#4,42515
1976#8,1566
1975#6,4848
1974#3,55818
1973#3,01522
1972#3,71416
1971#3,78916
1970#3,71216
1969#2,20833
1968#2,36027
1967#2,49224
1966#1,98234
1965#1,88737
1964#1,70846
1963#1,78742
1962#1,52554
1961#1,46558
1960#1,43059
1959#1,51651
1958#1,33363
1957#1,42755
1956#1,37857
1955#1,24666
1954#1,18671
1953#904108
1952#1,03982
1951#1,06376
1950#1,01880
1949#88998
1948#757127
1947#697147
1946#632155
1945#602143
1944#547175
1943#493227
1942#453264
1941#423263
1940#419267
1939#446227
1938#344345
1937#264559
1936#248631
1935#277485
1934#311408#3,2776
1933#332356#3,2686
1932#338350
1931#376292
1930#337371
1929#313456#2,7669
1928#294508
1927#290531#4,2105
1926#275597
1925#268608
1924#253677
1923#252653
1922#265589
1921#263627
1920#272583
1919#283513
1918#290482#4,1795
1917#270533#3,9815
1916#296414
1915#320343
1914#326260
1913#351187
1912#370156
1911#344133
1910#387104
1909#37796
1908#37492
1907#39879
1906#44260
1905#39373
1904#41860
1903#42855
1902#51838
1901#53832
1900#58935
1899#56529
1898#55533
1897#50933
1896#51433
1895#60725
1894#49433
1893#71317
1892#68518
1891#50626
1890#61718
1889#9029
1888#72413
1887
1886#8288
1885#1,0475
1884
1883#7547
1882
1881
1880
First appearance
1883

The first year at least five girls were named Arline! It came in at #754, and was given to 7 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1884–1885, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Arline is popular in 1914

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Arline, so not publishedAKMaine: #88 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 314 girlsMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Arline, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: #99 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 368 girlsNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Arline, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Arline, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Arline, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Arline, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #207 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,467 girlsMNIllinois: #260 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 2,444 girlsILWisconsin: #152 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 848 girlsWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Arline, so not publishedMINew York: #283 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 3,188 girlsNYMassachusetts: #181 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 1,388 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Arline, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Arline, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Arline, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Arline, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Arline, so not publishedSDIowa: #179 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,004 girlsIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Arline, so not publishedINOhio: #205 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 1,503 girlsOHPennsylvania: #251 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 2,871 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Arline, so not publishedNJConnecticut: #165 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,069 girlsCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Arline, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Arline, so not publishedUTColorado: #174 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 882 girlsCONebraska: #204 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,228 girlsNEMissouri: #306 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,404 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Arline, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Arline, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Arline, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Arline, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Arline, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Arline, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Arline, so not publishedNMKansas: #267 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,846 girlsKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Arline, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Arline, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Arline, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: #330 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,040 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Arline, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Arline, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Arline, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Arline, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Arline, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Arline, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Arline, so not publishedHITexas: #554 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 4,420 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Arline, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Maine#88 · 1 in 314
  2. New Hampshire#99 · 1 in 368
  3. Wisconsin#152 · 1 in 848
  4. Connecticut#165 · 1 in 1,069
  5. Colorado#174 · 1 in 882

Best ever in a state: #66 in Maine, 1920.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Maine#88151 in 314
New Hampshire#9971 in 368
Wisconsin#152171 in 848
Connecticut#16591 in 1,069
Colorado#17451 in 882
Iowa#179131 in 1,004
Massachusetts#181201 in 1,388
Nebraska#20461 in 1,228
Ohio#205221 in 1,503
Minnesota#20791 in 1,467
Pennsylvania#251231 in 2,871
Illinois#260161 in 2,444
Kansas#26751 in 1,846
New York#283231 in 3,188
Missouri#30681 in 2,404
South Carolina#33051 in 3,040
Texas#55481 in 4,420
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Arline
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
  • Biggest jump: 285 spots in 1890 (#902#617)
  • Biggest drop: 282 spots in 1954 (#904#1,186)
Rise & fade · girls
53 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1883
  • Peaked 1936 at #248 (631 births)
  • Births halved by 1939, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 65 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 65 yrs · run 1888–1949
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,649
  • Highest: 1 in 1,649 girls born in 1936 were named Arline (0.06%)
  • Latest: 1 in 320,916 girls born in 2023 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 33.1% of all girls named Arline (5,829) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s42#724 (1888)#851
1890s265#494 (1894)#577
1900s620#374 (1908)#448
1910s3,125#270 (1917)#324
1920s5,829#252 (1923)#275
1930s4,024#248 (1936)#327
1940s1,866#419 (1940)#591
1950s709#904 (1953)#1,211
1960s414#1,430 (1960)#1,884
1970s136#3,015 (1973)#5,013
1980s132#4,517 (1980)#5,577
1990s167#3,639 (1999)#6,420
2000s166#5,151 (2000)#7,374
2010s69#9,036 (2013)#11,870
2020s26#11,146 (2021)#13,019

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.

Arline in 1914

girls
#326
260 births · 1 in 2,929 girls

Top girls' names in 1914

  1. #1Mary45,346
  2. #2Helen23,221
  3. #3Dorothy18,782
  4. #4Margaret17,763
  5. #5Ruth15,839
  6. #6Anna11,865
  7. #7Mildred11,649
  8. #8Elizabeth11,367
  9. #9Frances9,677
  10. #10Marie8,829
  11. #326Arline260
More about 1914

girls

761,581 girls got a published name in 1914; 1 in 2,929 of them was named Arline, which outranked 92.2% of the 4,206 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Arline
  1. #323Augusta266
  2. #323Rhoda266
  3. #325Odessa264
  4. #326Arline260
  5. #327Leila259
  6. #328Bettie256
  7. #328Johanna256
Biggest movers since 1913
Risers
  1. 589Rilla#1,358#769
  2. 587Venita#1,465#878
  3. 509Orene#1,465#956
  4. 486Vonnie#1,405#919
  5. 463Kathlyn#1,020#557
Fallers
  1. 837Christena#981#1,818
  2. 642Tiny#961#1,603
  3. 504Dominga#881#1,385
  4. 504Florrie#881#1,385
  5. 419Veola#925#1,344

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

See the top 100 for 1914