Arlan
#2,390 for boys in 2025, 57 births
- Peak · boys
- 1936 · 87 births
- Debut · boys
- 8 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,434since 1912
Arlan over time
Rank among boys' names. Arlan has never cracked the top 600 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,390 | 57 |
| 2024 | #2,750 | 47 |
| 2023 | #2,660 | 49 |
| 2022 | #3,412 | 34 |
| 2021 | #3,021 | 40 |
| 2020 | #2,806 | 43 |
| 2019 | #3,347 | 34 |
| 2018 | #3,106 | 37 |
| 2017 | #3,678 | 29 |
| 2016 | #4,098 | 25 |
| 2015 | #4,179 | 24 |
| 2014 | #5,066 | 18 |
| 2013 | #4,463 | 21 |
| 2012 | #5,482 | 16 |
| 2011 | #4,356 | 22 |
| 2010 | #4,848 | 19 |
| 2009 | #5,554 | 16 |
| 2008 | #6,763 | 12 |
| 2007 | #5,434 | 16 |
| 2006 | #4,223 | 22 |
| 2005 | #5,278 | 15 |
| 2004 | #6,138 | 12 |
| 2003 | #6,258 | 11 |
| 2002 | #5,395 | 13 |
| 2001 | #8,339 | 7 |
| 2000 | #6,316 | 10 |
| 1999 | #7,139 | 8 |
| 1998 | #5,159 | 12 |
| 1997 | #4,668 | 13 |
| 1996 | #7,136 | 7 |
| 1995 | #8,868 | 5 |
| 1994 | #5,452 | 10 |
| 1993 | #4,697 | 12 |
| 1992 | #4,872 | 11 |
| 1991 | #4,231 | 13 |
| 1990 | #4,167 | 13 |
| 1989 | #4,527 | 11 |
| 1988 | #3,523 | 14 |
| 1987 | #3,339 | 14 |
| 1986 | #3,653 | 12 |
| 1985 | #4,333 | 9 |
| 1984 | #3,925 | 10 |
| 1983 | #3,884 | 10 |
| 1982 | #3,692 | 11 |
| 1981 | #2,779 | 16 |
| 1980 | #2,965 | 15 |
| 1979 | #3,168 | 13 |
| 1978 | #2,799 | 15 |
| 1977 | #3,386 | 11 |
| 1976 | #3,264 | 11 |
| 1975 | #2,902 | 13 |
| 1974 | #1,983 | 22 |
| 1973 | #2,216 | 18 |
| 1972 | #2,020 | 20 |
| 1971 | #1,745 | 26 |
| 1970 | #1,989 | 20 |
| 1969 | #1,861 | 20 |
| 1968 | #1,788 | 20 |
| 1967 | #1,476 | 27 |
| 1966 | #1,510 | 26 |
| 1965 | #1,386 | 31 |
| 1964 | #1,350 | 34 |
| 1963 | #1,455 | 29 |
| 1962 | #1,341 | 34 |
| 1961 | #1,222 | 42 |
| 1960 | #1,152 | 46 |
| 1959 | #939 | 67 |
| 1958 | #1,049 | 53 |
| 1957 | #1,050 | 52 |
| 1956 | #1,106 | 47 |
| 1955 | #1,054 | 51 |
| 1954 | #1,007 | 55 |
| 1953 | #1,214 | 38 |
| 1952 | #968 | 54 |
| 1951 | #963 | 53 |
| 1950 | #1,022 | 47 |
| 1949 | #967 | 51 |
| 1948 | #838 | 66 |
| 1947 | #916 | 58 |
| 1946 | #890 | 55 |
| 1945 | #761 | 65 |
| 1944 | #814 | 59 |
| 1943 | #846 | 61 |
| 1942 | #876 | 56 |
| 1941 | #746 | 69 |
| 1940 | #758 | 66 |
| 1939 | #745 | 65 |
| 1938 | #736 | 69 |
| 1937 | #817 | 56 |
| 1936 | #625 | 87 |
| 1935 | #814 | 58 |
| 1934 | #762 | 65 |
| 1933 | #770 | 63 |
| 1932 | #1,056 | 40 |
| 1931 | #939 | 48 |
| 1930 | #915 | 53 |
| 1929 | #1,214 | 33 |
| 1928 | #1,382 | 28 |
| 1927 | #1,267 | 33 |
| 1926 | #1,661 | 21 |
| 1925 | #1,493 | 25 |
| 1924 | #1,414 | 28 |
| 1923 | #1,589 | 23 |
| 1922 | #1,470 | 26 |
| 1921 | #1,448 | 27 |
| 1920 | #1,747 | 20 |
| 1919 | #2,265 | 13 |
| 1918 | #1,998 | 16 |
| 1917 | #2,732 | 9 |
| 1916 | #1,949 | 15 |
| 1915 | #2,310 | 11 |
| 1914 | #2,271 | 9 |
| 1913 | #1,945 | 9 |
| 1912 | #1,885 | 8 |
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The first year at least five boys were named Arlan! It came in at #1,885, and was given to 8 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1995–1996, when fewer than 8 boys a year got the name.
Where Arlan is popular in 1965
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Ohio#600 · 1 in 18,842
Best ever in a state: #135 in North Dakota, 1944.
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| Ohio | #600 | 5 | 1 in 18,842 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys 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 Arlan
- 360 spots since 2024 (#2,750 → #2,390)
- 416 spots since 2020 (#2,806 → #2,390)
- 1,789 spots since 2015 (#4,179 → #2,390)
- Biggest jump: 299 spots in 1930 (#1,214 → #915)
- Biggest drop: 246 spots in 1953 (#968 → #1,214)
- Debuted 1912
- Peaked 1936 at #625 (87 births)
- Births halved by 1953, 17 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 22 yrs · run 1933–1949
- Highest: 1 in 11,922 boys born in 1936 were named Arlan (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 29,966 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 17.6% of all boys named Arlan (606) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 90 | #1,885 (1912) | #2,169 |
| 1920s | 264 | #1,214 (1929) | #1,469 |
| 1930s | 604 | #625 (1936) | #818 |
| 1940s | 606 | #746 (1941) | #841 |
| 1950s | 517 | #939 (1959) | #1,037 |
| 1960s | 309 | #1,152 (1960) | #1,454 |
| 1970s | 169 | #1,745 (1971) | #2,547 |
| 1980s | 122 | #2,779 (1981) | #3,662 |
| 1990s | 104 | #4,167 (1990) | #5,639 |
| 2000s | 134 | #4,223 (2006) | #5,970 |
| 2010s | 245 | #3,106 (2018) | #4,262 |
| 2020s | 270 | #2,390 (2025) | #2,840 |
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.
Arlan in 1965
Top boys' names in 1965
More about 1965
boys
1,860,143 boys got a published name in 1965; 1 in 60,005 of them was named Arlan, which outranked 68.7% of the 4,425 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,360Willam32
- #1,360Winford32
- #1,360Wylie32
- #1,386Arlan31
- #1,386Brenden31
- #1,386Britton31
- #1,386Danniel31
- #1,405Arnaldo30
- #1,405Arnie30
- #1,405Bartley30
Tied with 18 names at #1,386; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.