Arlington
#11,932 for girls in 2025, 7 births · #5,608 for boys in 2025, 16 births
Given to boys 93.2% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1884 · 8 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,586since 1880
Arlington 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 | #11,932 | 7 | #5,608 | 16 |
| 2024 | #12,161 | 7 | #4,571 | 22 |
| 2023 | #7,640 | 14 | #4,343 | 24 |
| 2022 | #13,592 | 6 | #5,874 | 15 |
| 2021 | #13,464 | 6 | #6,032 | 14 |
| 2020 | #12,142 | 7 | #4,698 | 20 |
| 2019 | #8,138 | 13 | #7,643 | 10 |
| 2018 | #15,682 | 5 | #4,918 | 19 |
| 2017 | #9,943 | 10 | #5,297 | 17 |
| 2016 | #10,113 | 10 | #6,349 | 13 |
| 2015 | #11,835 | 8 | #6,676 | 12 |
| 2014 | #14,558 | 6 | #7,562 | 10 |
| 2013 | — | #7,537 | 10 | |
| 2012 | #10,429 | 10 | #7,050 | 11 |
| 2011 | #14,824 | 6 | #9,600 | 7 |
| 2010 | — | #12,231 | 5 | |
| 2009 | — | #12,491 | 5 | |
| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | — | #7,427 | 10 | |
| 2005 | — | #11,472 | 5 | |
| 2004 | — | #11,356 | 5 | |
| 2003 | — | #8,643 | 7 | |
| 2002 | — | — | ||
| 2001 | — | #7,536 | 8 | |
| 2000 | — | #10,349 | 5 | |
| 1999 | — | #7,139 | 8 | |
| 1998 | — | — | ||
| 1997 | — | #8,110 | 6 | |
| 1996 | — | #5,187 | 11 | |
| 1995 | — | #6,992 | 7 | |
| 1994 | — | #8,800 | 5 | |
| 1993 | — | #8,700 | 5 | |
| 1992 | — | — | ||
| 1991 | — | #7,271 | 6 | |
| 1990 | — | #3,971 | 14 | |
| 1989 | — | #6,229 | 7 | |
| 1988 | — | — | ||
| 1987 | — | #5,459 | 7 | |
| 1986 | — | #4,457 | 9 | |
| 1985 | — | #4,052 | 10 | |
| 1984 | — | #5,561 | 6 | |
| 1983 | — | #4,907 | 7 | |
| 1982 | — | #3,482 | 12 | |
| 1981 | — | #4,153 | 9 | |
| 1980 | — | — | ||
| 1979 | — | #3,810 | 10 | |
| 1978 | — | — | ||
| 1977 | — | #4,582 | 7 | |
| 1976 | — | #3,724 | 9 | |
| 1975 | — | #4,309 | 7 | |
| 1974 | — | #3,558 | 9 | |
| 1973 | — | #4,505 | 6 | |
| 1972 | — | #4,986 | 5 | |
| 1971 | — | #3,658 | 8 | |
| 1970 | — | #4,230 | 6 | |
| 1969 | — | #4,404 | 5 | |
| 1968 | — | — | ||
| 1967 | — | #2,985 | 8 | |
| 1966 | — | #3,948 | 5 | |
| 1965 | — | #2,084 | 15 | |
| 1964 | — | #3,050 | 8 | |
| 1963 | — | #3,318 | 7 | |
| 1962 | — | #2,279 | 13 | |
| 1961 | — | #3,652 | 6 | |
| 1960 | — | #3,665 | 6 | |
| 1959 | — | #3,619 | 6 | |
| 1958 | — | #2,026 | 16 | |
| 1957 | — | #2,494 | 11 | |
| 1956 | — | #2,263 | 13 | |
| 1955 | — | #2,139 | 14 | |
| 1954 | — | #2,592 | 10 | |
| 1953 | — | #2,531 | 10 | |
| 1952 | — | #2,875 | 8 | |
| 1951 | — | #2,367 | 11 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,941 | 15 | |
| 1949 | — | #2,123 | 13 | |
| 1948 | — | #2,443 | 10 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,988 | 15 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,884 | 15 | |
| 1945 | — | #2,574 | 8 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,988 | 13 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,343 | 27 | |
| 1942 | — | #2,145 | 12 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,903 | 14 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,573 | 19 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,879 | 14 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,741 | 16 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,372 | 24 | |
| 1936 | — | #2,452 | 9 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,708 | 17 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,608 | 19 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,829 | 15 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,465 | 23 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,333 | 27 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,821 | 17 | |
| 1929 | — | #2,199 | 13 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,960 | 16 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,468 | 26 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,605 | 22 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,332 | 30 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,414 | 28 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,502 | 25 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,196 | 36 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,360 | 30 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,225 | 35 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,351 | 28 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,152 | 36 | |
| 1917 | — | #982 | 44 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,157 | 32 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,306 | 26 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,188 | 24 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,112 | 21 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,268 | 14 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,537 | 6 | |
| 1910 | — | #859 | 13 | |
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | #946 | 9 | |
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | #1,233 | 5 | |
| 1904 | — | #874 | 8 | |
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | #1,013 | 6 | |
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | #1,050 | 7 | |
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | #1,002 | 6 | |
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | #826 | 8 | |
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | #1,074 | 5 | |
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | #994 | 5 | |
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | #1,031 | 5 | |
| 1887 | — | #921 | 5 | |
| 1886 | — | #758 | 7 | |
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | #701 | 8 | |
| 1883 | — | #799 | 6 | |
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | #866 | 5 | |
| 1880 | — | #809 | 6 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Arlington was already there! It came in at #809, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1881–1882, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Arlington
- 1,037 spots since 2024 (#4,571 → #5,608)
- 910 spots since 2020 (#4,698 → #5,608)
- 1,068 spots since 2015 (#6,676 → #5,608)
- Biggest jump: 175 spots in 1917 (#1,157 → #982)
- Biggest drop: 678 spots in 1911 (#859 → #1,537)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1884 at #701 (8 births)
- Births halved by 1885, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 12 yrs · run 1880–1881
- Highest: 1 in 14,305 boys born in 1884 were named Arlington (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 106,755 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 16.5% of all boys named Arlington (261) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 2019, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 42 | #701 (1884) | #841 |
| 1890s | 24 | #826 (1896) | #974 |
| 1900s | 35 | #874 (1904) | #1,023 |
| 1910s | 244 | #859 (1910) | #1,191 |
| 1920s | 261 | #1,196 (1922) | #1,526 |
| 1930s | 181 | #1,333 (1931) | #1,721 |
| 1940s | 146 | #1,343 (1943) | #1,996 |
| 1950s | 114 | #1,941 (1950) | #2,485 |
| 1960s | 73 | #2,084 (1965) | #3,265 |
| 1970s | 67 | #3,558 (1974) | #4,151 |
| 1980s | 67 | #3,482 (1982) | #4,788 |
| 1990s | 62 | #3,971 (1990) | #7,021 |
| 2000s | 45 | #7,427 (2006) | #9,896 |
| 2010s | 114 | #4,918 (2018) | #7,486 |
| 2020s | 111 | #4,343 (2023) | #5,188 |
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.
Arlington in 1921
Top boys' names in 1921
More about 1921
boys
1,101,449 boys got a published name in 1921; 1 in 36,715 of them was named Arlington, which outranked 72.7% of the 4,985 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,329Primo31
- #1,329Shigeo31
- #1,329Wash31
- #1,360Arlington30
- #1,360Alpha30
- #1,360Bedford30
- #1,360Belton30
- #1,390Alger29
- #1,390Ancil29
- #1,390Augustin29
Tied with 29 names at #1,360; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.