Arlan

Where Arlan comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Arlan.

Arlan through the years
  1. 1912
    First appearance
    #1,885 among boys with 8 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1930
    Arlan Stangeland born
    American politician
  3. 1936
    Peak, #625
    87 babies named Arlan, the most in any year.
  4. 1953
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,214.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Arlan Stangeland · American politician, 1930–2013

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.