Arlen

Where Arlen comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Arlen.

Arlen through the years
  1. 1909
    First appearance
    #1,440 among boys with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1930
    Arlen Specter born
    American politician
  3. 1934
    Peak, #380
    206 babies named Arlen, the most in any year.
  4. 1942
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #673.
  5. 1980
    Arlen Escarpeta born
    Belizean actor
  6. 2008
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name. From this year on, more boys have.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Arlen Specter · American politician, 1930–2012
  • Arlen Escarpeta · Belizean actor, born 1980
  • Arlen Siú · Nicaraguan poet and Sandinista revolutionary, 1955–1975
  • Arlen Erdahl · American politician, 1931–2023
  • Arlen Ness · American entrepreneur and motorcyclist, 1939–2019

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.