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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201934peak #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.

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 1934

girls
#311
408 births · 1 in 2,559 girls
boys
#3,277
6 births · 1 in 172,099 boys

Top girls' names in 1934

  1. #1Mary56,929
  2. #2Betty31,089
  3. #3Barbara29,239
  4. #4Shirley22,841
  5. #5Dorothy21,281
  6. #6Patricia20,844
  7. #7Joan19,465
  8. #8Margaret15,144
  9. #9Helen14,100
  10. #10Nancy13,520
  11. #311Arline408

Top boys' names in 1934

  1. #1Robert55,843
  2. #2James54,270
  3. #3John46,743
  4. #4William40,175
  5. #5Richard33,167
  6. #6Donald30,408
  7. #7Charles29,790
  8. #8George18,500
  9. #9Thomas17,373
  10. #10Joseph17,111
  11. #3,277Arline6
More about 1934

girls

1,044,225 girls got a published name in 1934; 1 in 2,559 of them was named Arline, which outranked 93.7% of the 4,973 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Arline
  1. #308Leola414
  2. #309Janis412
  3. #310Elinor409
  4. #311Arline408
  5. #312Rosetta398
  6. #313Helene397
  7. #314Adele396
Biggest movers since 1933
Risers
  1. 571Luann#1,442#871
  2. 469Alison#1,442#973
  3. 439Golda#1,364#925
  4. 350Ronald#1,244#894
  5. 346Gale#1,102#756
Fallers
  1. 685Nira#463#1,148
  2. 342Vina#782#1,124
  3. 316Zita#947#1,263
  4. 299Myrtie#834#1,133
  5. 278Theola#985#1,263

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

boys

1,032,596 boys got a published name in 1934; 1 in 172,099 of them was named Arline, which outranked 22.1% of the 4,205 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Arline
  1. #2,973Wirt7
  2. #2,973Woodford7
  3. #2,973Zeke7
  4. #3,277Arline6
  5. #3,277Adalbert6
  6. #3,277Add6
  7. #3,277Adolphe6
  8. #3,679Abb5
  9. #3,679Acencion5
  10. #3,679Achille5

Tied with 401 names at #3,277; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1933
Risers
  1. 746Lanny#1,361#615
  2. 630Kerry#1,586#956
  3. 620Marland#1,456#836
  4. 404Kirk#1,202#798
  5. 350Valentin#1,281#931
Fallers
  1. 730Neville#995#1,725
  2. 616Garner#770#1,386
  3. 520Vivian#905#1,425
  4. 488Finis#869#1,357
  5. 464Malcom#961#1,425

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

See the top 100 for 1934