Arlen
#5,554 for girls in 2025, 22 births · #1,585 for boys in 2025, 107 births
Given to boys 90.1% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1934 · 206 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 7,345since 1909
Arlen over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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 | #5,554 | 22 | #1,585 | 107 |
| 2024 | #5,962 | 20 | #1,685 | 99 |
| 2023 | #5,549 | 22 | #1,681 | 101 |
| 2022 | #5,309 | 24 | #1,938 | 80 |
| 2021 | #6,691 | 17 | #1,789 | 88 |
| 2020 | #6,629 | 17 | #2,113 | 66 |
| 2019 | #5,306 | 24 | #2,110 | 68 |
| 2018 | #5,785 | 21 | #2,385 | 55 |
| 2017 | #8,299 | 13 | #2,091 | 66 |
| 2016 | #8,875 | 12 | #2,228 | 60 |
| 2015 | #5,833 | 22 | #2,253 | 59 |
| 2014 | #7,302 | 16 | #2,402 | 53 |
| 2013 | #9,612 | 11 | #2,763 | 42 |
| 2012 | #7,804 | 15 | #2,811 | 42 |
| 2011 | #5,728 | 23 | #2,852 | 41 |
| 2010 | #11,246 | 9 | #3,812 | 27 |
| 2009 | #6,091 | 22 | #3,274 | 34 |
| 2008 | #7,408 | 17 | #3,921 | 26 |
| 2007 | #4,675 | 31 | #3,444 | 31 |
| 2006 | #8,237 | 14 | #2,698 | 43 |
| 2005 | #6,245 | 19 | #2,433 | 47 |
| 2004 | #5,555 | 22 | #3,074 | 32 |
| 2003 | #5,586 | 21 | #3,366 | 27 |
| 2002 | #6,392 | 17 | #2,882 | 32 |
| 2001 | #5,009 | 23 | #3,617 | 23 |
| 2000 | #4,527 | 26 | #3,536 | 23 |
| 1999 | #8,805 | 10 | #2,939 | 28 |
| 1998 | #5,363 | 19 | #2,599 | 32 |
| 1997 | #5,626 | 17 | #2,228 | 38 |
| 1996 | #6,064 | 15 | #2,254 | 36 |
| 1995 | #7,514 | 11 | #2,026 | 41 |
| 1994 | #7,604 | 11 | #2,502 | 30 |
| 1993 | #5,673 | 16 | #2,399 | 31 |
| 1992 | #8,065 | 10 | #2,214 | 34 |
| 1991 | — | #2,544 | 27 | |
| 1990 | #7,303 | 11 | #2,308 | 30 |
| 1989 | #6,160 | 13 | #1,891 | 39 |
| 1988 | #10,386 | 6 | #1,790 | 38 |
| 1987 | — | #1,734 | 38 | |
| 1986 | #9,545 | 6 | #1,725 | 36 |
| 1985 | #8,318 | 7 | #1,354 | 51 |
| 1984 | — | #1,842 | 30 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,748 | 32 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,700 | 34 | |
| 1981 | #6,804 | 9 | #1,548 | 39 |
| 1980 | #8,178 | 7 | #1,655 | 35 |
| 1979 | — | #1,991 | 26 | |
| 1978 | #8,562 | 6 | #1,760 | 30 |
| 1977 | #9,652 | 5 | #1,607 | 34 |
| 1976 | — | #1,711 | 30 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,630 | 31 | |
| 1974 | #8,775 | 5 | #1,388 | 38 |
| 1973 | — | #1,871 | 23 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,391 | 37 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,157 | 50 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,192 | 48 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,198 | 43 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,183 | 41 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,003 | 52 | |
| 1966 | #5,273 | 7 | #968 | 56 |
| 1965 | — | #1,031 | 51 | |
| 1964 | — | #895 | 72 | |
| 1963 | — | #971 | 60 | |
| 1962 | — | #912 | 69 | |
| 1961 | — | #859 | 79 | |
| 1960 | — | #852 | 79 | |
| 1959 | — | #718 | 114 | |
| 1958 | #5,408 | 6 | #733 | 102 |
| 1957 | — | #744 | 102 | |
| 1956 | — | #705 | 110 | |
| 1955 | #5,828 | 5 | #608 | 148 |
| 1954 | #5,148 | 6 | #588 | 158 |
| 1953 | — | #642 | 123 | |
| 1952 | — | #622 | 128 | |
| 1951 | — | #620 | 129 | |
| 1950 | — | #674 | 106 | |
| 1949 | #5,244 | 5 | #683 | 100 |
| 1948 | #5,243 | 5 | #708 | 89 |
| 1947 | — | #742 | 86 | |
| 1946 | — | #603 | 114 | |
| 1945 | #4,025 | 6 | #676 | 79 |
| 1944 | — | #679 | 83 | |
| 1943 | — | #721 | 80 | |
| 1942 | — | #673 | 92 | |
| 1941 | — | #535 | 121 | |
| 1940 | — | #555 | 113 | |
| 1939 | #4,250 | 5 | #493 | 136 |
| 1938 | #2,579 | 11 | #470 | 152 |
| 1937 | #2,448 | 12 | #463 | 145 |
| 1936 | — | #399 | 190 | |
| 1935 | #4,204 | 5 | #407 | 181 |
| 1934 | #2,923 | 9 | #380 | 206 |
| 1933 | #4,218 | 5 | #400 | 180 |
| 1932 | #2,644 | 11 | #418 | 178 |
| 1931 | #3,497 | 7 | #473 | 143 |
| 1930 | — | #508 | 137 | |
| 1929 | — | #620 | 96 | |
| 1928 | — | #786 | 68 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,227 | 35 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,219 | 35 | |
| 1925 | #4,973 | 5 | #1,534 | 24 |
| 1924 | #5,061 | 5 | #1,263 | 33 |
| 1923 | — | #1,235 | 34 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,545 | 24 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,904 | 18 | |
| 1920 | #4,975 | 5 | #1,642 | 22 |
| 1919 | — | #1,449 | 25 | |
| 1918 | #4,809 | 5 | #1,998 | 16 |
| 1917 | — | #1,755 | 18 | |
| 1916 | — | #2,259 | 12 | |
| 1915 | — | #2,070 | 13 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,687 | 14 | |
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| 1910 | — | #1,193 | 8 | |
| 1909 | — | #1,440 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Arlen! It came in at #1,440, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1911–1913, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Arlen is popular in 1985
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Washington#475 · 1 in 6,302
- California#1,101 · 1 in 22,338
Best ever in a state: #109 in North Dakota, 1937.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Washington | #475 | 5 | 1 in 6,302 |
| California | #1,101 | 10 | 1 in 22,338 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys 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 Arlen
- 100 spots since 2024 (#1,685 → #1,585)
- 528 spots since 2020 (#2,113 → #1,585)
- 668 spots since 2015 (#2,253 → #1,585)
- Biggest jump: 441 spots in 1928 (#1,227 → #786)
- Biggest drop: 139 spots in 1947 (#603 → #742)
- Debuted 1909
- Peaked 1934 at #380 (206 births)
- Births halved by 1942, 8 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 38 yrs · run 1928–1964
- Highest: 1 in 5,013 boys born in 1934 were named Arlen (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 15,963 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 22.4% of all boys named Arlen (1,648) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 2007, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 5 | #1,440 (1909) | #1,440 |
| 1910s | 106 | #1,193 (1910) | #1,773 |
| 1920s | 389 | #620 (1929) | #1,298 |
| 1930s | 1,648 | #380 (1934) | #441 |
| 1940s | 957 | #535 (1941) | #658 |
| 1950s | 1,220 | #588 (1954) | #665 |
| 1960s | 602 | #852 (1960) | #987 |
| 1970s | 347 | #1,157 (1971) | #1,570 |
| 1980s | 372 | #1,354 (1985) | #1,699 |
| 1990s | 327 | #2,026 (1995) | #2,401 |
| 2000s | 318 | #2,433 (2005) | #3,225 |
| 2010s | 513 | #2,091 (2017) | #2,571 |
| 2020s | 541 | #1,585 (2025) | #1,799 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Arlen in 1985
Top girls' names in 1985
Top boys' names in 1985
More about 1985
girls
1,720,828 girls got a published name in 1985; 1 in 245,833 of them was named Arlen, which outranked 33.5% of the 12,505 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #7,563Yumiko8
- #7,563Zeina8
- #7,563Zuleika8
- #8,318Arlen7
- #8,318Aaren7
- #8,318Abrianna7
- #8,318Adah7
- #9,307Abi6
- #9,307Adaline6
- #9,307Adana6
Tied with 988 names at #8,318; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,848,210 boys got a published name in 1985; 1 in 36,239 of them was named Arlen, which outranked 82.2% of the 7,586 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,333Truman52
- #1,333Tyshawn52
- #1,333Yoel52
- #1,354Arlen51
- #1,354Alessandro51
- #1,354Amar51
- #1,354Brandy51
- #1,371Anwar50
- #1,371Charley50
- #1,371Charlton50
Tied with 16 names at #1,354; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.