Arlena
#10,917 for girls in 2025, 8 births
- Peak · girls
- 1883 · 6 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,830since 1883
Arlena over time
Rank among girls' names. Arlena has never cracked the top 800 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #10,917 | 8 |
| 2024 | #7,967 | 13 |
| 2023 | #13,462 | 6 |
| 2022 | #10,383 | 9 |
| 2021 | #10,292 | 9 |
| 2020 | #12,142 | 7 |
| 2019 | #9,112 | 11 |
| 2018 | #11,427 | 8 |
| 2017 | #6,531 | 18 |
| 2016 | #11,781 | 8 |
| 2015 | #13,006 | 7 |
| 2014 | #8,485 | 13 |
| 2013 | #14,582 | 6 |
| 2012 | #14,962 | 6 |
| 2011 | #14,824 | 6 |
| 2010 | #11,246 | 9 |
| 2009 | #12,429 | 8 |
| 2008 | #13,832 | 7 |
| 2007 | #10,818 | 10 |
| 2006 | #11,417 | 9 |
| 2005 | #16,462 | 5 |
| 2004 | #7,828 | 14 |
| 2003 | #6,885 | 16 |
| 2002 | #6,698 | 16 |
| 2001 | #7,724 | 13 |
| 2000 | #6,808 | 15 |
| 1999 | #7,239 | 13 |
| 1998 | #6,360 | 15 |
| 1997 | #4,819 | 21 |
| 1996 | #4,583 | 22 |
| 1995 | #3,670 | 29 |
| 1994 | #3,302 | 34 |
| 1993 | #4,257 | 24 |
| 1992 | #3,267 | 34 |
| 1991 | #3,443 | 31 |
| 1990 | #3,909 | 26 |
| 1989 | #4,848 | 18 |
| 1988 | #4,653 | 18 |
| 1987 | #4,474 | 18 |
| 1986 | #4,964 | 15 |
| 1985 | #4,455 | 17 |
| 1984 | #3,874 | 20 |
| 1983 | #3,555 | 22 |
| 1982 | #3,260 | 26 |
| 1981 | #3,340 | 25 |
| 1980 | #3,506 | 23 |
| 1979 | #3,903 | 19 |
| 1978 | #2,859 | 28 |
| 1977 | #3,083 | 25 |
| 1976 | #3,540 | 19 |
| 1975 | #3,774 | 17 |
| 1974 | #2,683 | 27 |
| 1973 | #3,481 | 18 |
| 1972 | #2,820 | 24 |
| 1971 | #3,062 | 22 |
| 1970 | #2,705 | 26 |
| 1969 | #2,396 | 29 |
| 1968 | #2,538 | 24 |
| 1967 | #4,053 | 11 |
| 1966 | #2,407 | 25 |
| 1965 | #2,464 | 24 |
| 1964 | #2,348 | 27 |
| 1963 | #2,364 | 26 |
| 1962 | #2,357 | 26 |
| 1961 | #2,608 | 22 |
| 1960 | #2,729 | 20 |
| 1959 | #2,339 | 24 |
| 1958 | #1,985 | 31 |
| 1957 | #2,926 | 16 |
| 1956 | #3,321 | 13 |
| 1955 | #3,377 | 12 |
| 1954 | #2,592 | 18 |
| 1953 | #2,363 | 20 |
| 1952 | #2,266 | 21 |
| 1951 | #1,921 | 26 |
| 1950 | #1,720 | 30 |
| 1949 | #2,410 | 17 |
| 1948 | #1,739 | 29 |
| 1947 | #2,354 | 18 |
| 1946 | #1,970 | 22 |
| 1945 | #1,795 | 22 |
| 1944 | #1,916 | 20 |
| 1943 | #1,834 | 22 |
| 1942 | #1,497 | 30 |
| 1941 | #1,610 | 24 |
| 1940 | #1,549 | 25 |
| 1939 | #1,544 | 24 |
| 1938 | #1,505 | 25 |
| 1937 | #1,493 | 25 |
| 1936 | #1,549 | 23 |
| 1935 | #1,779 | 19 |
| 1934 | #1,409 | 27 |
| 1933 | #1,197 | 35 |
| 1932 | #1,268 | 33 |
| 1931 | #1,258 | 33 |
| 1930 | #1,059 | 48 |
| 1929 | #1,306 | 33 |
| 1928 | #1,541 | 27 |
| 1927 | #1,213 | 41 |
| 1926 | #1,388 | 33 |
| 1925 | #1,020 | 54 |
| 1924 | #1,151 | 46 |
| 1923 | #1,350 | 34 |
| 1922 | #1,430 | 32 |
| 1921 | #1,237 | 39 |
| 1920 | #1,119 | 45 |
| 1919 | #909 | 60 |
| 1918 | #1,299 | 34 |
| 1917 | #1,281 | 32 |
| 1916 | #1,100 | 41 |
| 1915 | #1,405 | 26 |
| 1914 | #1,147 | 28 |
| 1913 | #1,120 | 24 |
| 1912 | #1,178 | 20 |
| 1911 | #982 | 20 |
| 1910 | #970 | 20 |
| 1909 | #1,369 | 10 |
| 1908 | #829 | 22 |
| 1907 | #1,037 | 14 |
| 1906 | #1,043 | 13 |
| 1905 | #968 | 15 |
| 1904 | #1,001 | 13 |
| 1903 | #969 | 13 |
| 1902 | #872 | 16 |
| 1901 | #1,339 | 7 |
| 1900 | #917 | 17 |
| 1899 | #1,099 | 9 |
| 1898 | #1,263 | 8 |
| 1897 | #1,167 | 8 |
| 1896 | #1,213 | 8 |
| 1895 | #1,426 | 6 |
| 1894 | #998 | 10 |
| 1893 | #1,277 | 6 |
| 1892 | #830 | 13 |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | #1,006 | 8 |
| 1889 | #1,279 | 5 |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | #1,147 | 5 |
| 1886 | #1,108 | 5 |
| 1885 | #1,047 | 5 |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | #817 | 6 |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five girls were named Arlena! It came in at #817, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1884–1889, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Arlena is popular in 1916
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Mississippi#426 · 1 in 3,601
- Georgia#471 · 1 in 5,225
- Texas#839 · 1 in 9,009
Best ever in a state: #329 in Mississippi, 1930.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Mississippi | #426 | 5 | 1 in 3,601 |
| Georgia | #471 | 6 | 1 in 5,225 |
| Texas | #839 | 5 | 1 in 9,009 |
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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 Arlena
- 2,950 spots since 2024 (#7,967 → #10,917)
- 1,225 spots since 2020 (#12,142 → #10,917)
- 2,089 spots since 2015 (#13,006 → #10,917)
- Biggest jump: 467 spots in 1902 (#1,339 → #872)
- Biggest drop: 540 spots in 1909 (#829 → #1,369)
- Debuted 1883
- Peaked 1883 at #817 (6 births)
- Births halved by 1884, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 11 yrs · run 1902–1903
- Highest: 1 in 15,196 girls born in 1908 were named Arlena (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 200,908 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #817 in 1883, was only 1 in 18,720 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 13.6% of all girls named Arlena (384) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 26 | #817 (1883) | #1,080 |
| 1890s | 76 | #830 (1892) | #1,142 |
| 1900s | 140 | #829 (1908) | #1,034 |
| 1910s | 305 | #909 (1919) | #1,139 |
| 1920s | 384 | #1,020 (1925) | #1,276 |
| 1930s | 292 | #1,059 (1930) | #1,406 |
| 1940s | 229 | #1,497 (1942) | #1,867 |
| 1950s | 211 | #1,720 (1950) | #2,481 |
| 1960s | 234 | #2,348 (1964) | #2,626 |
| 1970s | 225 | #2,683 (1974) | #3,191 |
| 1980s | 202 | #3,260 (1982) | #4,093 |
| 1990s | 249 | #3,267 (1992) | #4,485 |
| 2000s | 113 | #6,698 (2002) | #10,090 |
| 2010s | 92 | #6,531 (2017) | #11,596 |
| 2020s | 52 | #7,967 (2024) | #10,861 |
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.
Arlena in 1916
Top girls' names in 1916
More about 1916
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1,044,334 girls got a published name in 1916; 1 in 25,472 of them was named Arlena, which outranked 78.7% of the 5,161 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,087Signe42
- #1,087Valda42
- #1,087Veola42
- #1,100Arlena41
- #1,100Aleta41
- #1,100Allean41
- #1,100Beula41
- #1,114Arbutus40
- #1,114Celesta40
- #1,114Clora40
Tied with 13 names at #1,100; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.