Arlyn
#3,975 for girls in 2025, 36 births · #5,608 for boys in 2025, 16 births
Given to girls 51.8% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1937 · 23 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,344since 1914
Arlyn over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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 | #3,975 | 36 | #5,608 | 16 |
| 2024 | #3,516 | 44 | #6,199 | 14 |
| 2023 | #3,833 | 39 | #6,517 | 13 |
| 2022 | #3,278 | 49 | #6,479 | 13 |
| 2021 | #4,507 | 30 | #8,166 | 9 |
| 2020 | #3,179 | 49 | #8,067 | 9 |
| 2019 | #3,923 | 37 | #5,340 | 17 |
| 2018 | #3,789 | 39 | #5,770 | 15 |
| 2017 | #3,387 | 46 | #8,140 | 9 |
| 2016 | #3,923 | 38 | #6,349 | 13 |
| 2015 | #3,533 | 44 | #8,744 | 8 |
| 2014 | #4,178 | 35 | #7,562 | 10 |
| 2013 | #3,076 | 53 | #7,537 | 10 |
| 2012 | #3,040 | 55 | #7,559 | 10 |
| 2011 | #3,550 | 44 | #10,808 | 6 |
| 2010 | #3,203 | 51 | #8,803 | 8 |
| 2009 | #3,161 | 53 | #10,994 | 6 |
| 2008 | #3,054 | 56 | #9,871 | 7 |
| 2007 | #2,992 | 59 | #8,173 | 9 |
| 2006 | #3,414 | 47 | — | |
| 2005 | #3,587 | 41 | #8,299 | 8 |
| 2004 | #2,889 | 55 | #9,948 | 6 |
| 2003 | #2,771 | 56 | #9,581 | 6 |
| 2002 | #3,103 | 46 | — | |
| 2001 | #3,549 | 37 | — | |
| 2000 | #3,271 | 41 | #10,349 | 5 |
| 1999 | #3,188 | 40 | #9,912 | 5 |
| 1998 | #2,756 | 48 | #8,479 | 6 |
| 1997 | #3,365 | 34 | — | |
| 1996 | #4,583 | 22 | — | |
| 1995 | #4,677 | 21 | #5,928 | 9 |
| 1994 | #4,687 | 21 | #5,868 | 9 |
| 1993 | #5,673 | 16 | #6,816 | 7 |
| 1992 | #4,686 | 21 | #6,670 | 7 |
| 1991 | #5,004 | 19 | #5,942 | 8 |
| 1990 | #5,835 | 15 | — | |
| 1989 | #4,121 | 23 | #7,905 | 5 |
| 1988 | #7,111 | 10 | #5,200 | 8 |
| 1987 | #6,788 | 10 | — | |
| 1986 | #4,964 | 15 | — | |
| 1985 | #6,457 | 10 | — | |
| 1984 | #4,318 | 17 | — | |
| 1983 | #5,457 | 12 | #4,141 | 9 |
| 1982 | #8,224 | 7 | #4,234 | 9 |
| 1981 | #4,963 | 14 | #4,509 | 8 |
| 1980 | #5,912 | 11 | #3,430 | 12 |
| 1979 | #7,313 | 8 | #3,569 | 11 |
| 1978 | #6,385 | 9 | #2,068 | 23 |
| 1977 | #6,340 | 9 | #3,037 | 13 |
| 1976 | #5,601 | 10 | #2,508 | 17 |
| 1975 | #7,173 | 7 | #2,637 | 15 |
| 1974 | #5,776 | 9 | #2,277 | 18 |
| 1973 | #5,191 | 10 | #2,606 | 14 |
| 1972 | #5,480 | 9 | #2,323 | 16 |
| 1971 | #5,136 | 10 | #2,052 | 20 |
| 1970 | #4,492 | 12 | #2,213 | 17 |
| 1969 | #5,456 | 8 | #2,046 | 17 |
| 1968 | #6,246 | 6 | #3,365 | 7 |
| 1967 | #5,457 | 7 | #2,760 | 9 |
| 1966 | #4,493 | 9 | #1,963 | 16 |
| 1965 | #4,831 | 8 | #1,774 | 20 |
| 1964 | #5,474 | 7 | #1,793 | 20 |
| 1963 | #4,272 | 10 | #1,659 | 23 |
| 1962 | #4,263 | 10 | #1,625 | 24 |
| 1961 | #4,009 | 11 | #1,521 | 28 |
| 1960 | #4,437 | 9 | #1,486 | 29 |
| 1959 | #4,625 | 8 | #1,247 | 39 |
| 1958 | #3,747 | 11 | #1,345 | 33 |
| 1957 | — | #1,511 | 27 | |
| 1956 | #3,910 | 10 | #1,140 | 44 |
| 1955 | #3,095 | 14 | #1,419 | 29 |
| 1954 | #2,889 | 15 | #1,268 | 35 |
| 1953 | #3,687 | 10 | #1,331 | 32 |
| 1952 | #3,040 | 13 | #1,268 | 34 |
| 1951 | #2,245 | 20 | #1,052 | 46 |
| 1950 | #2,781 | 14 | #1,181 | 37 |
| 1949 | #2,620 | 15 | #1,144 | 38 |
| 1948 | #2,828 | 13 | #1,194 | 36 |
| 1947 | #2,354 | 18 | #1,036 | 48 |
| 1946 | #2,153 | 19 | #944 | 50 |
| 1945 | #2,598 | 12 | #995 | 41 |
| 1944 | #3,139 | 9 | #1,085 | 37 |
| 1943 | #3,040 | 10 | #1,053 | 41 |
| 1942 | #2,311 | 15 | #958 | 48 |
| 1941 | #3,954 | 6 | #905 | 49 |
| 1940 | #2,424 | 12 | #929 | 47 |
| 1939 | #3,429 | 7 | #738 | 66 |
| 1938 | #2,225 | 14 | #977 | 42 |
| 1937 | #1,580 | 23 | #1,031 | 38 |
| 1936 | #1,801 | 18 | #882 | 48 |
| 1935 | #1,779 | 19 | #1,078 | 36 |
| 1934 | #1,603 | 22 | #860 | 53 |
| 1933 | #1,773 | 19 | #1,028 | 39 |
| 1932 | #2,130 | 15 | #1,056 | 40 |
| 1931 | #2,205 | 14 | #1,128 | 36 |
| 1930 | #1,815 | 20 | #1,215 | 34 |
| 1929 | #2,921 | 10 | #1,173 | 35 |
| 1928 | #2,194 | 16 | #1,647 | 21 |
| 1927 | #1,935 | 20 | #1,647 | 22 |
| 1926 | #2,351 | 15 | #1,404 | 27 |
| 1925 | #2,489 | 14 | #1,451 | 26 |
| 1924 | #1,872 | 22 | #1,577 | 24 |
| 1923 | #3,350 | 9 | #2,224 | 14 |
| 1922 | #3,152 | 10 | #2,347 | 13 |
| 1921 | #2,762 | 12 | #2,502 | 12 |
| 1920 | #3,340 | 9 | #1,747 | 20 |
| 1919 | #3,219 | 9 | #4,168 | 5 |
| 1918 | #3,244 | 9 | #2,882 | 9 |
| 1917 | #4,083 | 6 | #3,217 | 7 |
| 1916 | #2,833 | 10 | #2,259 | 12 |
| 1915 | #2,900 | 9 | #3,082 | 7 |
| 1914 | #3,618 | 5 | #2,457 | 8 |
| 1913 | — | #2,821 | 5 | |
| 1912 | — | #2,544 | 5 | |
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First appearance
1914
The first year at least five girls were named Arlyn! It came in at #3,618, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1957, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
See more about Arlyn
Momentum · girls
Falling
- 459 spots since 2024 (#3,516 → #3,975)
- 796 spots since 2020 (#3,179 → #3,975)
- 442 spots since 2015 (#3,533 → #3,975)
Rise & fade · girls
23 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1914
- Peaked 1937 at #1,580 (23 births)
- Births halved by 1939, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 32,019
- Highest: 1 in 32,019 girls born in 2012 were named Arlyn (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 44,646 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,580 in 1937, was only 1 in 46,262 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2000s
- 20.9% of all girls named Arlyn (491) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1983
- Mostly boys until 1982, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 48 | #2,833 (1916) | #3,316 |
| 1920s | 137 | #1,872 (1924) | #2,637 |
| 1930s | 171 | #1,580 (1937) | #2,034 |
| 1940s | 129 | #2,153 (1946) | #2,742 |
| 1950s | 115 | #2,245 (1951) | #3,335 |
| 1960s | 85 | #4,009 (1961) | #4,894 |
| 1970s | 93 | #4,492 (1970) | #5,889 |
| 1980s | 129 | #4,121 (1989) | #5,832 |
| 1990s | 257 | #2,756 (1998) | #4,445 |
| 2000s | 491 | #2,771 (2003) | #3,179 |
| 2010s | 442 | #3,040 (2012) | #3,560 |
| 2020s | 247 | #3,179 (2020) | #3,715 |
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.
Arlyn in 1957
boys
#1,511
27 births · 1 in 79,898 boys
Top boys' names in 1957
More about 1957
boys
2,157,236 boys got a published name in 1957; 1 in 79,898 of them was named Arlyn, which outranked 66.8% of the 4,552 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Ranked beside Arlyn
- #1,487Seymour28
- #1,487Verlyn28
- #1,487Vester28
- #1,511Arlyn27
- #1,511Agapito27
- #1,511Burley27
- #1,511Catherine27
- #1,547Albin26
- #1,547Blain26
- #1,547Braxton26
Tied with 35 names at #1,511; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Biggest movers since 1956
Risers
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.