Arlis
Last seen for girls in 2008 at #17,504 · #4,396 for boys in 2025, 23 births
Given to boys 71.2% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1931 · 48 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,972since 1906
Arlis 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 | — | #4,396 | 23 | |
| 2024 | — | #5,067 | 19 | |
| 2023 | — | #5,666 | 16 | |
| 2022 | — | #6,147 | 14 | |
| 2021 | — | #4,494 | 22 | |
| 2020 | — | #10,605 | 6 | |
| 2019 | — | #9,756 | 7 | |
| 2018 | — | #4,476 | 22 | |
| 2017 | — | #6,060 | 14 | |
| 2016 | — | #8,146 | 9 | |
| 2015 | — | #5,746 | 15 | |
| 2014 | — | #8,130 | 9 | |
| 2013 | — | #10,728 | 6 | |
| 2012 | — | #8,158 | 9 | |
| 2011 | — | #6,256 | 13 | |
| 2010 | — | #10,766 | 6 | |
| 2009 | — | #10,994 | 6 | |
| 2008 | #17,504 | 5 | #12,553 | 5 |
| 2007 | — | #9,788 | 7 | |
| 2006 | — | #10,662 | 6 | |
| 2005 | — | #9,115 | 7 | |
| 2004 | — | — | ||
| 2003 | — | #9,581 | 6 | |
| 2002 | — | #10,667 | 5 | |
| 2001 | — | — | ||
| 2000 | — | #9,112 | 6 | |
| 1999 | — | #8,704 | 6 | |
| 1998 | — | #8,479 | 6 | |
| 1997 | — | #6,618 | 8 | |
| 1996 | — | #7,136 | 7 | |
| 1995 | — | — | ||
| 1994 | — | #8,800 | 5 | |
| 1993 | — | — | ||
| 1992 | — | #4,564 | 12 | |
| 1991 | — | #6,519 | 7 | |
| 1990 | — | #7,178 | 6 | |
| 1989 | — | #6,941 | 6 | |
| 1988 | — | — | ||
| 1987 | — | #5,459 | 7 | |
| 1986 | — | — | ||
| 1985 | — | #3,599 | 12 | |
| 1984 | — | — | ||
| 1983 | — | #4,907 | 7 | |
| 1982 | — | #5,619 | 6 | |
| 1981 | — | #4,153 | 9 | |
| 1980 | — | #4,134 | 9 | |
| 1979 | — | #5,355 | 6 | |
| 1978 | — | #3,400 | 11 | |
| 1977 | — | #5,123 | 6 | |
| 1976 | — | #2,826 | 14 | |
| 1975 | — | #3,428 | 10 | |
| 1974 | — | — | ||
| 1973 | — | #3,694 | 8 | |
| 1972 | — | #2,659 | 13 | |
| 1971 | — | — | ||
| 1970 | — | #2,891 | 11 | |
| 1969 | — | #2,046 | 17 | |
| 1968 | — | #2,907 | 9 | |
| 1967 | — | #2,352 | 12 | |
| 1966 | — | #2,216 | 13 | |
| 1965 | — | #2,084 | 15 | |
| 1964 | #6,009 | 6 | #2,546 | 11 |
| 1963 | #6,592 | 5 | #2,539 | 11 |
| 1962 | #6,578 | 5 | #2,364 | 12 |
| 1961 | #4,882 | 8 | #2,538 | 11 |
| 1960 | #6,390 | 5 | #2,121 | 15 |
| 1959 | #4,031 | 10 | #2,033 | 16 |
| 1958 | #3,543 | 12 | #1,593 | 24 |
| 1957 | #6,086 | 5 | #1,715 | 22 |
| 1956 | #4,161 | 9 | #1,945 | 17 |
| 1955 | #3,095 | 14 | #1,725 | 20 |
| 1954 | #3,019 | 14 | #1,762 | 19 |
| 1953 | #2,516 | 18 | #1,900 | 17 |
| 1952 | #2,502 | 18 | #1,804 | 18 |
| 1951 | #3,106 | 12 | #1,519 | 24 |
| 1950 | #2,652 | 15 | #1,815 | 17 |
| 1949 | #2,274 | 19 | #1,297 | 31 |
| 1948 | #2,070 | 22 | #1,703 | 19 |
| 1947 | #2,089 | 22 | #1,176 | 38 |
| 1946 | #2,392 | 16 | #1,257 | 31 |
| 1945 | #1,825 | 21 | #1,296 | 26 |
| 1944 | #2,511 | 13 | #1,085 | 37 |
| 1943 | #1,556 | 29 | #1,214 | 32 |
| 1942 | #1,668 | 25 | #1,139 | 36 |
| 1941 | #1,882 | 19 | #1,446 | 22 |
| 1940 | #1,845 | 19 | #994 | 42 |
| 1939 | #1,731 | 20 | #1,070 | 36 |
| 1938 | #1,437 | 27 | #1,109 | 34 |
| 1937 | #1,580 | 23 | #982 | 41 |
| 1936 | #1,413 | 27 | #949 | 42 |
| 1935 | #1,162 | 37 | #1,165 | 32 |
| 1934 | #1,771 | 19 | #970 | 43 |
| 1933 | #1,400 | 27 | #1,028 | 39 |
| 1932 | #1,754 | 20 | #1,004 | 43 |
| 1931 | #1,686 | 21 | #939 | 48 |
| 1930 | #1,460 | 28 | #1,299 | 30 |
| 1929 | #1,704 | 22 | #1,272 | 31 |
| 1928 | #1,589 | 26 | #1,095 | 41 |
| 1927 | #1,728 | 24 | #1,112 | 41 |
| 1926 | #2,351 | 15 | #1,565 | 23 |
| 1925 | #2,119 | 18 | #1,144 | 38 |
| 1924 | #3,144 | 10 | #1,204 | 36 |
| 1923 | #2,587 | 13 | #1,157 | 38 |
| 1922 | #2,780 | 12 | #1,140 | 39 |
| 1921 | #2,633 | 13 | #1,329 | 31 |
| 1920 | #3,340 | 9 | #1,323 | 30 |
| 1919 | — | #1,408 | 26 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,539 | 23 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,528 | 22 | |
| 1916 | #4,417 | 5 | #1,594 | 20 |
| 1915 | #4,274 | 5 | #1,553 | 20 |
| 1914 | — | #2,101 | 10 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,441 | 14 | |
| 1912 | — | #2,045 | 7 | |
| 1911 | #2,463 | 5 | #1,740 | 5 |
| 1910 | #2,398 | 5 | — | |
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | #1,253 | 5 | |
| 1905 | — | — | ||
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| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Arlis! It came in at #1,253, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1906–1911, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Arlis
- 671 spots since 2024 (#5,067 → #4,396)
- 6,209 spots since 2020 (#10,605 → #4,396)
- 1,350 spots since 2015 (#5,746 → #4,396)
- Biggest jump: 360 spots in 1931 (#1,299 → #939)
- Biggest drop: 452 spots in 1941 (#994 → #1,446)
- Debuted 1906
- Peaked 1931 at #939 (48 births)
- Births halved by 1941, 10 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 5 yrs · run 1936–1937
- Highest: 1 in 21,660 boys born in 1931 were named Arlis (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 74,264 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 19.7% of all boys named Arlis (388) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 2008, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 5 | #1,253 (1906) | #1,253 |
| 1910s | 147 | #1,408 (1919) | #1,661 |
| 1920s | 348 | #1,095 (1928) | #1,234 |
| 1930s | 388 | #939 (1931) | #1,052 |
| 1940s | 314 | #994 (1940) | #1,261 |
| 1950s | 194 | #1,519 (1951) | #1,781 |
| 1960s | 126 | #2,046 (1969) | #2,371 |
| 1970s | 79 | #2,659 (1972) | #3,672 |
| 1980s | 56 | #3,599 (1985) | #4,973 |
| 1990s | 57 | #4,564 (1992) | #7,250 |
| 2000s | 48 | #9,112 (2000) | #10,309 |
| 2010s | 110 | #4,476 (2018) | #7,822 |
| 2020s | 100 | #4,396 (2025) | #6,063 |
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.
Arlis in 1919
Top boys' names in 1919
More about 1919
boys
980,122 boys got a published name in 1919; 1 in 37,697 of them was named Arlis, which outranked 70.7% of the 4,810 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,386Shigeru27
- #1,386Susumu27
- #1,386Terrance27
- #1,408Arlis26
- #1,408Almond26
- #1,408Arnett26
- #1,408Augustin26
- #1,449Adron25
- #1,449Allyn25
- #1,449Anastacio25
Tied with 40 names at #1,408; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.