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
- 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
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 | #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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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.
Where Arlyn is popular in 1999
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- California#1,331 · 1 in 12,170
- Texas#2,500 · 1 in 29,445
Best ever in a state: #326 in Wisconsin, 1930.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| California | #1,331 | 18 | 1 in 12,170 |
| Texas | #2,500 | 5 | 1 in 29,445 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Arlyn
- 459 spots since 2024 (#3,516 → #3,975)
- 796 spots since 2020 (#3,179 → #3,975)
- 442 spots since 2015 (#3,533 → #3,975)
- Debuted 1914
- Peaked 1937 at #1,580 (23 births)
- Births halved by 1939, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- 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
- 20.9% of all girls named Arlyn (491) were born in this decade
- 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 1999
Top girls' names in 1999
Top boys' names in 1999
More about 1999
girls
1,773,823 girls got a published name in 1999; 1 in 44,346 of them was named Arlyn, which outranked 81.2% of the 16,947 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,148Taylore41
- #3,148Tya41
- #3,148Yehudis41
- #3,188Arlyn40
- #3,188Aries40
- #3,188Ariyanna40
- #3,188Arizona40
- #3,245Adreana39
- #3,245Adriane39
- #3,245Aishah39
Tied with 56 names at #3,188; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,920,150 boys got a published name in 1999; 1 in 384,030 of them was named Arlyn, which outranked 14.7% of the 11,614 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 1,702 names at #9,912; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.