Arleen
- #6,116 for girls in 2025, 19 births
- Last seen for boys in 1942 at #3,212
- Given to girls >99.9% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1939 · 415 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 12,611since 1898
Arleen over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Arleen has never cracked the top 300 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
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 | #6,116 | 19 | — | |
| 2024 | #4,772 | 28 | — | |
| 2023 | #4,191 | 34 | — | |
| 2022 | #3,416 | 46 | — | |
| 2021 | #3,678 | 41 | — | |
| 2020 | #3,676 | 40 | — | |
| 2019 | #4,653 | 29 | — | |
| 2018 | #2,782 | 61 | — | |
| 2017 | #3,305 | 48 | — | |
| 2016 | #3,229 | 50 | — | |
| 2015 | #2,964 | 58 | — | |
| 2014 | #2,739 | 63 | — | |
| 2013 | #3,573 | 43 | — | |
| 2012 | #3,006 | 56 | — | |
| 2011 | #2,838 | 61 | — | |
| 2010 | #2,938 | 58 | — | |
| 2009 | #3,361 | 49 | — | |
| 2008 | #2,690 | 68 | — | |
| 2007 | #3,214 | 53 | — | |
| 2006 | #2,631 | 68 | — | |
| 2005 | #2,407 | 73 | — | |
| 2004 | #3,033 | 51 | — | |
| 2003 | #2,999 | 50 | — | |
| 2002 | #3,014 | 48 | — | |
| 2001 | #3,009 | 47 | — | |
| 2000 | #3,334 | 40 | — | |
| 1999 | #2,812 | 48 | — | |
| 1998 | #2,889 | 45 | — | |
| 1997 | #3,547 | 32 | — | |
| 1996 | #3,237 | 36 | — | |
| 1995 | #3,357 | 33 | — | |
| 1994 | #3,098 | 37 | — | |
| 1993 | #3,108 | 37 | — | |
| 1992 | #3,581 | 30 | — | |
| 1991 | #2,935 | 39 | — | |
| 1990 | #3,156 | 35 | — | |
| 1989 | #3,477 | 29 | — | |
| 1988 | #2,931 | 35 | — | |
| 1987 | #3,424 | 26 | — | |
| 1986 | #2,512 | 39 | — | |
| 1985 | #2,860 | 32 | — | |
| 1984 | #3,069 | 28 | — | |
| 1983 | #2,853 | 30 | — | |
| 1982 | #2,959 | 30 | — | |
| 1981 | #3,147 | 27 | — | |
| 1980 | #3,069 | 28 | — | |
| 1979 | #3,903 | 19 | — | |
| 1978 | #2,859 | 28 | — | |
| 1977 | #2,715 | 30 | — | |
| 1976 | #3,002 | 24 | — | |
| 1975 | #2,811 | 26 | — | |
| 1974 | #2,757 | 26 | — | |
| 1973 | #2,064 | 39 | — | |
| 1972 | #2,057 | 38 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,966 | 43 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,619 | 58 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,338 | 72 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,147 | 88 | — | |
| 1967 | #984 | 107 | — | |
| 1966 | #879 | 130 | — | |
| 1965 | #718 | 190 | — | |
| 1964 | #762 | 186 | — | |
| 1963 | #678 | 220 | — | |
| 1962 | #595 | 280 | — | |
| 1961 | #594 | 286 | — | |
| 1960 | #636 | 253 | — | |
| 1959 | #647 | 239 | — | |
| 1958 | #728 | 184 | — | |
| 1957 | #658 | 224 | — | |
| 1956 | #645 | 218 | — | |
| 1955 | #607 | 232 | — | |
| 1954 | #652 | 198 | — | |
| 1953 | #573 | 236 | — | |
| 1952 | #594 | 215 | — | |
| 1951 | #585 | 214 | — | |
| 1950 | #557 | 222 | — | |
| 1949 | #742 | 133 | — | |
| 1948 | #569 | 214 | — | |
| 1947 | #474 | 301 | — | |
| 1946 | #484 | 262 | — | |
| 1945 | #557 | 174 | — | |
| 1944 | #465 | 241 | — | |
| 1943 | #388 | 353 | — | |
| 1942 | #414 | 298 | #3,212 | 6 |
| 1941 | #386 | 316 | — | |
| 1940 | #417 | 268 | — | |
| 1939 | #303 | 415 | — | |
| 1938 | #375 | 310 | — | |
| 1937 | #688 | 98 | — | |
| 1936 | #666 | 98 | — | |
| 1935 | #693 | 93 | — | |
| 1934 | #709 | 88 | — | |
| 1933 | #693 | 88 | — | |
| 1932 | #656 | 104 | — | |
| 1931 | #667 | 99 | — | |
| 1930 | #566 | 144 | — | |
| 1929 | #571 | 143 | — | |
| 1928 | #555 | 159 | — | |
| 1927 | #507 | 191 | — | |
| 1926 | #562 | 161 | — | |
| 1925 | #519 | 185 | — | |
| 1924 | #543 | 178 | — | |
| 1923 | #539 | 176 | — | |
| 1922 | #579 | 152 | — | |
| 1921 | #646 | 131 | — | |
| 1920 | #617 | 134 | — | |
| 1919 | #721 | 94 | — | |
| 1918 | #747 | 91 | — | |
| 1917 | #792 | 76 | — | |
| 1916 | #796 | 73 | — | |
| 1915 | #787 | 70 | — | |
| 1914 | #878 | 44 | — | |
| 1913 | #1,120 | 24 | — | |
| 1912 | #1,003 | 26 | — | |
| 1911 | #875 | 24 | — | |
| 1910 | #1,207 | 14 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,471 | 9 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,135 | 13 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,289 | 10 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,416 | 8 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,298 | 9 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,877 | 5 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,204 | 9 | — | |
| 1902 | #1,793 | 5 | — | |
| 1901 | #1,679 | 5 | — | |
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| 1899 | #1,278 | 7 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,700 | 5 | — | |
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First appearance
1898
The first year at least five girls were named Arleen! It came in at #1,700, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1900–1902, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Arleen is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| California | #2,276 | 8 | 1 in 20,216 |
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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 Arleen
Momentum · girls
Falling
- 2,440 spots since 2020 (#3,676 → #6,116)
- Biggest jump: 332 spots in 1911
- Biggest drop: 173 spots in 1949
Rise & fade · girls
41 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1898
- Peaked 1939 at #303 (415 births)
- Births halved by 1945, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 55 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 55 yrs · run 1914–1967
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,642
- Highest: 1 in 2,642 girls born in 1939 were named Arleen (0.04%)
- Latest: 1 in 84,593 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1940s
- 20.3% of all girls named Arleen (2,560) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 12 | #1,278 (1899) | #1,489 |
| 1900s | 73 | #1,135 (1908) | #1,462 |
| 1910s | 536 | #721 (1919) | #893 |
| 1920s | 1,610 | #507 (1927) | #564 |
| 1930s | 1,537 | #303 (1939) | #602 |
| 1940s | 2,560 | #386 (1941) | #490 |
| 1950s | 2,182 | #557 (1950) | #625 |
| 1960s | 1,812 | #594 (1961) | #833 |
| 1970s | 331 | #1,619 (1970) | #2,575 |
| 1980s | 304 | #2,512 (1986) | #3,030 |
| 1990s | 372 | #2,812 (1999) | #3,172 |
| 2000s | 547 | #2,407 (2005) | #2,969 |
| 2010s | 527 | #2,739 (2014) | #3,203 |
| 2020s | 208 | #3,416 (2022) | #4,308 |
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.
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