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

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Peak · girls
1939 · 415 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
12,611
since 1898

Arleen over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Arleen has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201908peak #303, 1939girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#6,11619—
2024#4,77228—
2023#4,19134—
2022#3,41646—
2021#3,67841—
2020#3,67640—
2019#4,65329—
2018#2,78261—
2017#3,30548—
2016#3,22950—
2015#2,96458—
2014#2,73963—
2013#3,57343—
2012#3,00656—
2011#2,83861—
2010#2,93858—
2009#3,36149—
2008#2,69068—
2007#3,21453—
2006#2,63168—
2005#2,40773—
2004#3,03351—
2003#2,99950—
2002#3,01448—
2001#3,00947—
2000#3,33440—
1999#2,81248—
1998#2,88945—
1997#3,54732—
1996#3,23736—
1995#3,35733—
1994#3,09837—
1993#3,10837—
1992#3,58130—
1991#2,93539—
1990#3,15635—
1989#3,47729—
1988#2,93135—
1987#3,42426—
1986#2,51239—
1985#2,86032—
1984#3,06928—
1983#2,85330—
1982#2,95930—
1981#3,14727—
1980#3,06928—
1979#3,90319—
1978#2,85928—
1977#2,71530—
1976#3,00224—
1975#2,81126—
1974#2,75726—
1973#2,06439—
1972#2,05738—
1971#1,96643—
1970#1,61958—
1969#1,33872—
1968#1,14788—
1967#984107—
1966#879130—
1965#718190—
1964#762186—
1963#678220—
1962#595280—
1961#594286—
1960#636253—
1959#647239—
1958#728184—
1957#658224—
1956#645218—
1955#607232—
1954#652198—
1953#573236—
1952#594215—
1951#585214—
1950#557222—
1949#742133—
1948#569214—
1947#474301—
1946#484262—
1945#557174—
1944#465241—
1943#388353—
1942#414298#3,2126
1941#386316—
1940#417268—
1939#303415—
1938#375310—
1937#68898—
1936#66698—
1935#69393—
1934#70988—
1933#69388—
1932#656104—
1931#66799—
1930#566144—
1929#571143—
1928#555159—
1927#507191—
1926#562161—
1925#519185—
1924#543178—
1923#539176—
1922#579152—
1921#646131—
1920#617134—
1919#72194—
1918#74791—
1917#79276—
1916#79673—
1915#78770—
1914#87844—
1913#1,12024—
1912#1,00326—
1911#87524—
1910#1,20714—
1909#1,4719—
1908#1,13513—
1907#1,28910—
1906#1,4168—
1905#1,2989—
1904#1,8775—
1903#1,2049—
1902#1,7935—
1901#1,6795—
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1899#1,2787—
1898#1,7005—
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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 1908

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Arleen
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 1,344 spots since 2024 (#4,772 → #6,116)
  • 2,440 spots since 2020 (#3,676 → #6,116)
  • 3,152 spots since 2015 (#2,964 → #6,116)
  • Biggest jump: 332 spots in 1911 (#1,207 → #875)
  • Biggest drop: 173 spots in 1949 (#569 → #742)
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
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s12#1,278 (1899)#1,489
1900s73#1,135 (1908)#1,462
1910s536#721 (1919)#893
1920s1,610#507 (1927)#564
1930s1,537#303 (1939)#602
1940s2,560#386 (1941)#490
1950s2,182#557 (1950)#625
1960s1,812#594 (1961)#833
1970s331#1,619 (1970)#2,575
1980s304#2,512 (1986)#3,030
1990s372#2,812 (1999)#3,172
2000s547#2,407 (2005)#2,969
2010s527#2,739 (2014)#3,203
2020s208#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.

Arleen in 1908

girls
#1,135
13 births · 1 in 25,716 girls

Top girls' names in 1908

  1. #1Mary18,665
  2. #2Helen8,439
  3. #3Margaret6,976
  4. #4Ruth6,180
  5. #5Anna5,860
  6. #6Dorothy5,703
  7. #7Elizabeth4,904
  8. #8Mildred4,624
  9. #9Alice4,270
  10. #10Marie4,076
  11. #1,135Arleen13
More about 1908

girls

334,312 girls got a published name in 1908; 1 in 25,716 of them was named Arleen, which outranked 53.4% of the 2,434 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Arleen
  1. #1,084Tomasa14
  2. #1,084Vira14
  3. #1,084Yvette14
  4. #1,135Arleen13
  5. #1,135Abigail13
  6. #1,135Alleen13
  7. #1,135Alverda13
  8. #1,203Agness12
  9. #1,203Ailene12
  10. #1,203Albena12

Tied with 67 names at #1,135; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1907
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,122Bernetta#2,061 → #939
  2. ↑ 1,122Nila#2,061 → #939
  3. ↑ 909Arnetta#1,821 → #912
  4. ↑ 703Edra#1,512 → #809
  5. ↑ 703Hertha#1,512 → #809
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,261Aurore#840 → #2,101
  2. ↓ 1,178Tula#923 → #2,101
  3. ↓ 1,111Oneida#990 → #2,101
  4. ↓ 1,043Walter#819 → #1,862
  5. ↓ 1,022Gayle#840 → #1,862

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1908 →