Arlean
Last seen for girls in 1989 at #12,362
- Peak · girls
- 1914 · 30 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,673since 1892
Arlean over time
Rank among girls' names. Arlean has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1989 | #12,362 | 5 |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | #9,825 | 6 |
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| 1975 | #7,984 | 6 |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | #6,080 | 8 |
| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | #8,324 | 5 |
| 1970 | #7,995 | 5 |
| 1969 | — | |
| 1968 | #4,222 | 11 |
| 1967 | #6,042 | 6 |
| 1966 | #4,866 | 8 |
| 1965 | #3,733 | 12 |
| 1964 | #3,692 | 13 |
| 1963 | #3,176 | 16 |
| 1962 | #2,814 | 19 |
| 1961 | #2,411 | 25 |
| 1960 | #2,097 | 30 |
| 1959 | #2,339 | 24 |
| 1958 | #2,073 | 29 |
| 1957 | #2,347 | 23 |
| 1956 | #2,151 | 26 |
| 1955 | #1,978 | 29 |
| 1954 | #2,027 | 27 |
| 1953 | #1,834 | 30 |
| 1952 | #2,921 | 14 |
| 1951 | #2,116 | 22 |
| 1950 | #2,002 | 23 |
| 1949 | #2,013 | 23 |
| 1948 | #2,416 | 17 |
| 1947 | #1,946 | 25 |
| 1946 | #1,617 | 30 |
| 1945 | #1,621 | 26 |
| 1944 | #1,609 | 26 |
| 1943 | #1,625 | 27 |
| 1942 | #1,804 | 22 |
| 1941 | #1,810 | 20 |
| 1940 | #1,518 | 26 |
| 1939 | #1,797 | 19 |
| 1938 | #1,505 | 25 |
| 1937 | #1,180 | 37 |
| 1936 | #1,245 | 33 |
| 1935 | #1,356 | 29 |
| 1934 | #1,603 | 22 |
| 1933 | #1,364 | 28 |
| 1932 | #1,293 | 32 |
| 1931 | #1,127 | 40 |
| 1930 | #1,347 | 32 |
| 1929 | #1,306 | 33 |
| 1928 | #1,290 | 35 |
| 1927 | #1,456 | 31 |
| 1926 | #1,243 | 39 |
| 1925 | #1,296 | 37 |
| 1924 | #1,301 | 38 |
| 1923 | #1,245 | 39 |
| 1922 | #1,309 | 36 |
| 1921 | #1,237 | 39 |
| 1920 | #1,255 | 37 |
| 1919 | #1,325 | 34 |
| 1918 | #1,102 | 44 |
| 1917 | #1,552 | 24 |
| 1916 | #1,298 | 31 |
| 1915 | #1,367 | 27 |
| 1914 | #1,098 | 30 |
| 1913 | #1,274 | 20 |
| 1912 | #1,117 | 22 |
| 1911 | #1,372 | 12 |
| 1910 | #1,935 | 7 |
| 1909 | #1,607 | 8 |
| 1908 | #1,676 | 7 |
| 1907 | #1,512 | 8 |
| 1906 | #1,101 | 12 |
| 1905 | #1,696 | 6 |
| 1904 | #1,659 | 6 |
| 1903 | #1,440 | 7 |
| 1902 | #1,438 | 7 |
| 1901 | #1,136 | 9 |
| 1900 | #1,319 | 9 |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | #1,385 | 6 |
| 1896 | — | |
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| 1894 | #1,237 | 7 |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | #1,450 | 5 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Arlean! It came in at #1,450, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1892–1893, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Arlean is popular in 1949
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Virginia#499 · 1 in 7,147
Best ever in a state: #350 in Alabama, 1931.
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| Virginia | #499 | 5 | 1 in 7,147 |
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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 Arlean
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1989
- Debuted 1892
- Peaked 1914 at #1,098 (30 births)
- Births halved by 1952, 38 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 24,608 girls born in 1906 were named Arlean (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 368,710 girls born in 1989 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,098 in 1914, was only 1 in 25,386 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 21.8% of all girls named Arlean (364) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 18 | #1,237 (1894) | #1,357 |
| 1900s | 79 | #1,101 (1906) | #1,458 |
| 1910s | 251 | #1,098 (1914) | #1,344 |
| 1920s | 364 | #1,237 (1921) | #1,294 |
| 1930s | 297 | #1,127 (1931) | #1,382 |
| 1940s | 242 | #1,518 (1940) | #1,798 |
| 1950s | 247 | #1,834 (1953) | #2,179 |
| 1960s | 140 | #2,097 (1960) | #3,673 |
| 1970s | 24 | #6,080 (1973) | #7,596 |
| 1980s | 11 | #9,825 (1987) | #11,094 |
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.
Arlean in 1949
Top girls' names in 1949
More about 1949
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1,710,877 girls got a published name in 1949; 1 in 74,386 of them was named Arlean, which outranked 66.8% of the 6,066 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,967Verlie24
- #1,967Vernelle24
- #1,967Vernette24
- #2,013Arlean23
- #2,013Adriane23
- #2,013Arden23
- #2,013Armandina23
- #2,069Almeta22
- #2,069Andrew22
- #2,069Betti22
Tied with 55 names at #2,013; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.