Arlo
#2,485 for girls in 2025, 71 births · #148 for boys in 2025, 2,443 births
Given to boys 96.5% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2024 · 2,490 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 24,245since 1899
Arlo over time
Rank among boys' names. Arlo has never cracked the top 100 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 | #2,485 | 71 | #148 | 2,443 |
| 2024 | #2,231 | 84 | #146 | 2,490 |
| 2023 | #1,984 | 99 | #158 | 2,307 |
| 2022 | #2,034 | 95 | #169 | 2,220 |
| 2021 | #1,991 | 97 | #190 | 1,990 |
| 2020 | #2,065 | 89 | #220 | 1,701 |
| 2019 | #2,376 | 75 | #271 | 1,323 |
| 2018 | #2,557 | 68 | #277 | 1,268 |
| 2017 | #3,769 | 40 | #316 | 1,092 |
| 2016 | #2,966 | 56 | #349 | 977 |
| 2015 | #4,403 | 32 | #501 | 579 |
| 2014 | #6,207 | 20 | #537 | 518 |
| 2013 | #8,135 | 14 | #681 | 354 |
| 2012 | #11,257 | 9 | #811 | 274 |
| 2011 | #8,614 | 13 | #915 | 220 |
| 2010 | #14,959 | 6 | #1,047 | 184 |
| 2009 | — | #1,156 | 157 | |
| 2008 | #17,504 | 5 | #1,571 | 101 |
| 2007 | — | #1,621 | 95 | |
| 2006 | — | #1,856 | 73 | |
| 2005 | — | #1,967 | 64 | |
| 2004 | — | #2,051 | 58 | |
| 2003 | — | #2,729 | 36 | |
| 2002 | — | #2,428 | 41 | |
| 2001 | — | #2,797 | 33 | |
| 2000 | — | #2,525 | 37 | |
| 1999 | — | #3,103 | 26 | |
| 1998 | — | #2,711 | 30 | |
| 1997 | — | #4,059 | 16 | |
| 1996 | — | #3,293 | 21 | |
| 1995 | — | #3,303 | 20 | |
| 1994 | — | #3,596 | 18 | |
| 1993 | — | #3,368 | 19 | |
| 1992 | — | #4,327 | 13 | |
| 1991 | — | #3,105 | 20 | |
| 1990 | — | #2,432 | 28 | |
| 1989 | — | #2,469 | 26 | |
| 1988 | — | #2,367 | 25 | |
| 1987 | — | #2,272 | 25 | |
| 1986 | — | #2,007 | 29 | |
| 1985 | — | #2,357 | 22 | |
| 1984 | — | #2,613 | 18 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,905 | 28 | |
| 1982 | — | #2,596 | 18 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,942 | 28 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,655 | 35 | |
| 1979 | — | #2,568 | 18 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,537 | 37 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,450 | 40 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,502 | 36 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,429 | 38 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,659 | 29 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,176 | 49 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,210 | 46 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,157 | 50 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,462 | 33 | |
| 1969 | — | #2,046 | 17 | |
| 1968 | — | #3,365 | 7 | |
| 1967 | — | #2,985 | 8 | |
| 1966 | — | #2,216 | 13 | |
| 1965 | — | #2,780 | 9 | |
| 1964 | — | #2,310 | 13 | |
| 1963 | — | #2,414 | 12 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,713 | 22 | |
| 1961 | — | #2,148 | 15 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,910 | 18 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,588 | 25 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,483 | 28 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,436 | 30 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,722 | 21 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,646 | 22 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,408 | 29 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,677 | 21 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,268 | 34 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,195 | 37 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,220 | 35 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,462 | 25 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,079 | 43 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,252 | 34 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,278 | 30 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,078 | 36 | |
| 1944 | — | #991 | 43 | |
| 1943 | — | #956 | 49 | |
| 1942 | — | #991 | 45 | |
| 1941 | — | #751 | 68 | |
| 1940 | — | #904 | 49 | |
| 1939 | — | #776 | 61 | |
| 1938 | — | #730 | 70 | |
| 1937 | — | #751 | 66 | |
| 1936 | — | #756 | 64 | |
| 1935 | — | #702 | 74 | |
| 1934 | #4,286 | 5 | #751 | 66 |
| 1933 | — | #694 | 74 | |
| 1932 | #3,568 | 7 | #703 | 77 |
| 1931 | — | #697 | 75 | |
| 1930 | — | #832 | 61 | |
| 1929 | #4,570 | 5 | #675 | 83 |
| 1928 | — | #722 | 78 | |
| 1927 | — | #825 | 65 | |
| 1926 | — | #831 | 63 | |
| 1925 | — | #801 | 68 | |
| 1924 | — | #823 | 67 | |
| 1923 | — | #698 | 86 | |
| 1922 | — | #759 | 76 | |
| 1921 | — | #920 | 58 | |
| 1920 | — | #718 | 82 | |
| 1919 | — | #799 | 66 | |
| 1918 | — | #700 | 81 | |
| 1917 | — | #749 | 69 | |
| 1916 | — | #750 | 66 | |
| 1915 | — | #667 | 76 | |
| 1914 | — | #788 | 45 | |
| 1913 | — | #897 | 30 | |
| 1912 | — | #876 | 26 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,740 | 5 | |
| 1910 | — | #859 | 13 | |
| 1909 | — | #1,083 | 8 | |
| 1908 | — | #1,217 | 6 | |
| 1907 | — | #1,094 | 7 | |
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | #1,233 | 5 | |
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | #902 | 9 | |
| 1899 | — | #1,051 | 5 | |
| 1898 | — | — | ||
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| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Arlo! It came in at #1,051, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1901–1906, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Arlo
- 2 spots since 2024 (#146 → #148)
- 72 spots since 2020 (#220 → #148)
- 353 spots since 2015 (#501 → #148)
- Biggest jump: 864 spots in 1912 (#1,740 → #876)
- Biggest drop: 881 spots in 1911 (#859 → #1,740)
- Debuted 1899
- Peaked 2024 at #146 (2,490 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 50 yrs · run 1912–1944
- Highest: 1 in 692 boys born in 2024 were named Arlo (0.14%)
- Latest: 1 in 699 boys born in 2025 (0.14%)
- 54.2% of all boys named Arlo (13,151) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 5 | #1,051 (1899) | #1,051 |
| 1900s | 35 | #902 (1900) | #1,106 |
| 1910s | 477 | #667 (1915) | #883 |
| 1920s | 726 | #675 (1929) | #777 |
| 1930s | 688 | #694 (1933) | #739 |
| 1940s | 422 | #751 (1941) | #1,074 |
| 1950s | 282 | #1,195 (1951) | #1,464 |
| 1960s | 134 | #1,713 (1962) | #2,389 |
| 1970s | 376 | #1,157 (1971) | #1,515 |
| 1980s | 254 | #1,655 (1980) | #2,218 |
| 1990s | 211 | #2,432 (1990) | #3,330 |
| 2000s | 695 | #1,156 (2009) | #2,070 |
| 2010s | 6,789 | #271 (2019) | #571 |
| 2020s | 13,151 | #146 (2024) | #172 |
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.
Arlo in 2017
Top girls' names in 2017
Top boys' names in 2017
More about 2017
girls
1,726,461 girls got a published name in 2017; 1 in 43,162 of them was named Arlo, which outranked 79.6% of the 18,448 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,697Vianna41
- #3,697Yoselyn41
- #3,697Zephyr41
- #3,769Arlo40
- #3,769Acadia40
- #3,769Adaly40
- #3,769Adhira40
- #3,848Aerith39
- #3,848Alaynna39
- #3,848Alesia39
Tied with 78 names at #3,769; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 263Julianne#919 → #1,182
- ↓ 243Milania#947 → #1,190
- ↓ 240Wendy#858 → #1,098
- ↓ 238Montserrat#808 → #1,046
- ↓ 224Nathaly#930 → #1,154
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,850,956 boys got a published name in 2017; 1 in 1,695 of them was named Arlo, which outranked 97.8% of the 14,262 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.