Arland

Where Arland comes from

Arland hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1901
    First appearance
    #943 among boys, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1935
    Peak, #881
    51 babies named Arland — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1945
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,378.
  4. 1977
    Arland Bruce III born
    American gridiron football player
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Arland Bruce III · American gridiron football player, born 1977

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.