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
- Peak · girls
- 1936 · 631 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 17,590since 1883
Arline over time
Rank among girls' names. Arline has never cracked the top 200 here.
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 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | #15,194 | 5 | — | |
| 2022 | #13,592 | 6 | — | |
| 2021 | #11,146 | 8 | — | |
| 2020 | #12,142 | 7 | — | |
| 2019 | #15,539 | 5 | — | |
| 2018 | #10,545 | 9 | — | |
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | #10,859 | 9 | — | |
| 2015 | #11,835 | 8 | — | |
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | #9,036 | 12 | — | |
| 2012 | #10,429 | 10 | — | |
| 2011 | #9,723 | 11 | — | |
| 2010 | #16,992 | 5 | — | |
| 2009 | #8,888 | 13 | — | |
| 2008 | #11,599 | 9 | — | |
| 2007 | #8,098 | 15 | — | |
| 2006 | #9,901 | 11 | — | |
| 2005 | #6,528 | 18 | — | |
| 2004 | #6,216 | 19 | — | |
| 2003 | #6,055 | 19 | — | |
| 2002 | #6,129 | 18 | — | |
| 2001 | #5,174 | 22 | — | |
| 2000 | #5,151 | 22 | — | |
| 1999 | #3,639 | 33 | — | |
| 1998 | #4,142 | 27 | — | |
| 1997 | #4,819 | 21 | — | |
| 1996 | #10,567 | 7 | — | |
| 1995 | #5,677 | 16 | — | |
| 1994 | #6,319 | 14 | — | |
| 1993 | #8,052 | 10 | — | |
| 1992 | #5,051 | 19 | — | |
| 1991 | #7,430 | 11 | — | |
| 1990 | #8,501 | 9 | — | |
| 1989 | #4,848 | 18 | — | |
| 1988 | #4,840 | 17 | — | |
| 1987 | #6,335 | 11 | — | |
| 1986 | #6,612 | 10 | — | |
| 1985 | #5,077 | 14 | — | |
| 1984 | #6,810 | 9 | — | |
| 1983 | #5,824 | 11 | — | |
| 1982 | #6,371 | 10 | — | |
| 1981 | #4,532 | 16 | — | |
| 1980 | #4,517 | 16 | — | |
| 1979 | #8,061 | 7 | — | |
| 1978 | #5,214 | 12 | — | |
| 1977 | #4,425 | 15 | — | |
| 1976 | #8,156 | 6 | — | |
| 1975 | #6,484 | 8 | — | |
| 1974 | #3,558 | 18 | — | |
| 1973 | #3,015 | 22 | — | |
| 1972 | #3,714 | 16 | — | |
| 1971 | #3,789 | 16 | — | |
| 1970 | #3,712 | 16 | — | |
| 1969 | #2,208 | 33 | — | |
| 1968 | #2,360 | 27 | — | |
| 1967 | #2,492 | 24 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,982 | 34 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,887 | 37 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,708 | 46 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,787 | 42 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,525 | 54 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,465 | 58 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,430 | 59 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,516 | 51 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,333 | 63 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,427 | 55 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,378 | 57 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,246 | 66 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,186 | 71 | — | |
| 1953 | #904 | 108 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,039 | 82 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,063 | 76 | — | |
| 1950 | #1,018 | 80 | — | |
| 1949 | #889 | 98 | — | |
| 1948 | #757 | 127 | — | |
| 1947 | #697 | 147 | — | |
| 1946 | #632 | 155 | — | |
| 1945 | #602 | 143 | — | |
| 1944 | #547 | 175 | — | |
| 1943 | #493 | 227 | — | |
| 1942 | #453 | 264 | — | |
| 1941 | #423 | 263 | — | |
| 1940 | #419 | 267 | — | |
| 1939 | #446 | 227 | — | |
| 1938 | #344 | 345 | — | |
| 1937 | #264 | 559 | — | |
| 1936 | #248 | 631 | — | |
| 1935 | #277 | 485 | — | |
| 1934 | #311 | 408 | #3,277 | 6 |
| 1933 | #332 | 356 | #3,268 | 6 |
| 1932 | #338 | 350 | — | |
| 1931 | #376 | 292 | — | |
| 1930 | #337 | 371 | — | |
| 1929 | #313 | 456 | #2,766 | 9 |
| 1928 | #294 | 508 | — | |
| 1927 | #290 | 531 | #4,210 | 5 |
| 1926 | #275 | 597 | — | |
| 1925 | #268 | 608 | — | |
| 1924 | #253 | 677 | — | |
| 1923 | #252 | 653 | — | |
| 1922 | #265 | 589 | — | |
| 1921 | #263 | 627 | — | |
| 1920 | #272 | 583 | — | |
| 1919 | #283 | 513 | — | |
| 1918 | #290 | 482 | #4,179 | 5 |
| 1917 | #270 | 533 | #3,981 | 5 |
| 1916 | #296 | 414 | — | |
| 1915 | #320 | 343 | — | |
| 1914 | #326 | 260 | — | |
| 1913 | #351 | 187 | — | |
| 1912 | #370 | 156 | — | |
| 1911 | #344 | 133 | — | |
| 1910 | #387 | 104 | — | |
| 1909 | #377 | 96 | — | |
| 1908 | #374 | 92 | — | |
| 1907 | #398 | 79 | — | |
| 1906 | #442 | 60 | — | |
| 1905 | #393 | 73 | — | |
| 1904 | #418 | 60 | — | |
| 1903 | #428 | 55 | — | |
| 1902 | #518 | 38 | — | |
| 1901 | #538 | 32 | — | |
| 1900 | #589 | 35 | — | |
| 1899 | #565 | 29 | — | |
| 1898 | #555 | 33 | — | |
| 1897 | #509 | 33 | — | |
| 1896 | #514 | 33 | — | |
| 1895 | #607 | 25 | — | |
| 1894 | #494 | 33 | — | |
| 1893 | #713 | 17 | — | |
| 1892 | #685 | 18 | — | |
| 1891 | #506 | 26 | — | |
| 1890 | #617 | 18 | — | |
| 1889 | #902 | 9 | — | |
| 1888 | #724 | 13 | — | |
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | #828 | 8 | — | |
| 1885 | #1,047 | 5 | — | |
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | #754 | 7 | — | |
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
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.
See more about Arline
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
- Biggest jump: 285 spots in 1890 (#902 → #617)
- Biggest drop: 282 spots in 1954 (#904 → #1,186)
- Debuted 1883
- Peaked 1936 at #248 (631 births)
- Births halved by 1939, 3 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 65 yrs · run 1888–1949
- 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%)
- 33.1% of all girls named Arline (5,829) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 42 | #724 (1888) | #851 |
| 1890s | 265 | #494 (1894) | #577 |
| 1900s | 620 | #374 (1908) | #448 |
| 1910s | 3,125 | #270 (1917) | #324 |
| 1920s | 5,829 | #252 (1923) | #275 |
| 1930s | 4,024 | #248 (1936) | #327 |
| 1940s | 1,866 | #419 (1940) | #591 |
| 1950s | 709 | #904 (1953) | #1,211 |
| 1960s | 414 | #1,430 (1960) | #1,884 |
| 1970s | 136 | #3,015 (1973) | #5,013 |
| 1980s | 132 | #4,517 (1980) | #5,577 |
| 1990s | 167 | #3,639 (1999) | #6,420 |
| 2000s | 166 | #5,151 (2000) | #7,374 |
| 2010s | 69 | #9,036 (2013) | #11,870 |
| 2020s | 26 | #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 1927
Top girls' names in 1927
Top boys' names in 1927
More about 1927
girls
1,192,431 girls got a published name in 1927; 1 in 2,246 of them was named Arline, which outranked 94.8% of the 5,602 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,126,915 boys got a published name in 1927; 1 in 225,383 of them was named Arline, which outranked 12.3% of the 4,802 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 592 names at #4,210; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.