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

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Peak · boys
1931 · 48 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,972
since 1906

Arlis over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201923peak #1,162, 1935peak #939, 1931girlsboys
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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#4,39623
2024#5,06719
2023#5,66616
2022#6,14714
2021#4,49422
2020#10,6056
2019#9,7567
2018#4,47622
2017#6,06014
2016#8,1469
2015#5,74615
2014#8,1309
2013#10,7286
2012#8,1589
2011#6,25613
2010#10,7666
2009#10,9946
2008#17,5045#12,5535
2007#9,7887
2006#10,6626
2005#9,1157
2004
2003#9,5816
2002#10,6675
2001
2000#9,1126
1999#8,7046
1998#8,4796
1997#6,6188
1996#7,1367
1995
1994#8,8005
1993
1992#4,56412
1991#6,5197
1990#7,1786
1989#6,9416
1988
1987#5,4597
1986
1985#3,59912
1984
1983#4,9077
1982#5,6196
1981#4,1539
1980#4,1349
1979#5,3556
1978#3,40011
1977#5,1236
1976#2,82614
1975#3,42810
1974
1973#3,6948
1972#2,65913
1971
1970#2,89111
1969#2,04617
1968#2,9079
1967#2,35212
1966#2,21613
1965#2,08415
1964#6,0096#2,54611
1963#6,5925#2,53911
1962#6,5785#2,36412
1961#4,8828#2,53811
1960#6,3905#2,12115
1959#4,03110#2,03316
1958#3,54312#1,59324
1957#6,0865#1,71522
1956#4,1619#1,94517
1955#3,09514#1,72520
1954#3,01914#1,76219
1953#2,51618#1,90017
1952#2,50218#1,80418
1951#3,10612#1,51924
1950#2,65215#1,81517
1949#2,27419#1,29731
1948#2,07022#1,70319
1947#2,08922#1,17638
1946#2,39216#1,25731
1945#1,82521#1,29626
1944#2,51113#1,08537
1943#1,55629#1,21432
1942#1,66825#1,13936
1941#1,88219#1,44622
1940#1,84519#99442
1939#1,73120#1,07036
1938#1,43727#1,10934
1937#1,58023#98241
1936#1,41327#94942
1935#1,16237#1,16532
1934#1,77119#97043
1933#1,40027#1,02839
1932#1,75420#1,00443
1931#1,68621#93948
1930#1,46028#1,29930
1929#1,70422#1,27231
1928#1,58926#1,09541
1927#1,72824#1,11241
1926#2,35115#1,56523
1925#2,11918#1,14438
1924#3,14410#1,20436
1923#2,58713#1,15738
1922#2,78012#1,14039
1921#2,63313#1,32931
1920#3,3409#1,32330
1919#1,40826
1918#1,53923
1917#1,52822
1916#4,4175#1,59420
1915#4,2745#1,55320
1914#2,10110
1913#1,44114
1912#2,0457
1911#2,4635#1,7405
1910#2,3985
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1906#1,2535
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First appearance
1906

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
Momentum · boys
Rising
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
25 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1906
  • Peaked 1931 at #939 (48 births)
  • Births halved by 1941, 10 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 5 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 5 yrs · run 1936–1937
Share of babies · boys
1 in 21,660
  • 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%)
Era · boys
The 1930s
  • 19.7% of all boys named Arlis (388) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2009
  • Mostly girls until 2008, mostly boys since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1900s5#1,253 (1906)#1,253
1910s147#1,408 (1919)#1,661
1920s348#1,095 (1928)#1,234
1930s388#939 (1931)#1,052
1940s314#994 (1940)#1,261
1950s194#1,519 (1951)#1,781
1960s126#2,046 (1969)#2,371
1970s79#2,659 (1972)#3,672
1980s56#3,599 (1985)#4,973
1990s57#4,564 (1992)#7,250
2000s48#9,112 (2000)#10,309
2010s110#4,476 (2018)#7,822
2020s100#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 1923

girls
#2,587
13 births · 1 in 92,797 girls
boys
#1,157
38 births · 1 in 28,845 boys

Top girls' names in 1923

  1. #1Mary71,634
  2. #2Dorothy39,043
  3. #3Helen31,486
  4. #4Margaret26,134
  5. #5Betty25,989
  6. #6Ruth23,637
  7. #7Virginia18,325
  8. #8Mildred15,989
  9. #9Elizabeth15,459
  10. #10Frances14,881
  11. #2,587Arlis13

Top boys' names in 1923

  1. #1John57,467
  2. #2Robert56,111
  3. #3William52,136
  4. #4James50,462
  5. #5Charles28,966
  6. #6George27,025
  7. #7Joseph25,561
  8. #8Edward20,597
  9. #9Richard18,887
  10. #10Donald16,433
  11. #1,157Arlis38
More about 1923

girls

1,206,366 girls got a published name in 1923; 1 in 92,797 of them was named Arlis, which outranked 54.9% of the 5,739 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Arlis
  1. #2,465Victorine14
  2. #2,465Vienna14
  3. #2,465Zelphia14
  4. #2,587Arlis13
  5. #2,587Adda13
  6. #2,587Adelyn13
  7. #2,587Agapita13
  8. #2,732Alvenia12
  9. #2,732Andree12
  10. #2,732Annabella12

Tied with 144 names at #2,587; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1922
Risers
  1. 1,834Eris#2,291#457
  2. 619Penny#1,508#889
  3. 317Laurene#1,309#992
  4. 310Cruz#1,103#793
  5. 306Dorene#1,207#901
Fallers
  1. 321Veva#962#1,283
  2. 318Arlie#949#1,267
  3. 305Gaynell#978#1,283
  4. 303Trinidad#449#752
  5. 300Laurine#897#1,197

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

boys

1,096,102 boys got a published name in 1923; 1 in 28,845 of them was named Arlis, which outranked 76.4% of the 4,904 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Arlis
  1. #1,140Stacy39
  2. #1,140Verlon39
  3. #1,140Wilfrid39
  4. #1,157Arlis38
  5. #1,157Anna38
  6. #1,157Conley38
  7. #1,157Darold38
  8. #1,177Arne37
  9. #1,177Caleb37
  10. #1,177Collins37

Tied with 19 names at #1,157; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1922
Risers
  1. 403Marcos#1,333#930
  2. 341Armin#1,333#992
  3. 309Betty#1,222#913
  4. 309Godfrey#1,222#913
  5. 308Val#1,181#873
Fallers
  1. 1,021Harden#999#2,020
  2. 472Buel#850#1,322
  3. 420Trinidad#485#905
  4. 304Gorden#722#1,026
  5. 288Joy#840#1,128

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

See the top 100 for 1923