Arlie

#2,778 for girls in 2025, 61 births · #5,608 for boys in 2025, 16 births
Given to boys 72.2% of the time

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Peak · boys
1904 · 30 births
Debut · boys
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
6,712
since 1880

Arlie over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201915peak #608, 1887peak #368, 1904girlsboys
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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#2,77861#5,60816
2024#2,77561#5,06719
2023#2,46672#5,07519
2022#2,85659#8,3009
2021#4,01436#4,93619
2020#3,91536#6,29613
2019#4,07235#4,11425
2018#3,55943#5,77015
2017#3,99637#6,68512
2016#4,99027#7,15711
2015#4,85328#10,6446
2014#4,76829#5,25217
2013#5,48624#12,1365
2012#6,87218#8,1589
2011#5,35825#8,0799
2010#9,23112#6,35913
2009#7,67916#7,23611
2008#8,10915#8,3249
2007#8,52014#10,9216
2006#6,12521
2005#9,45211#5,87513
2004#6,76817#9,9486
2003#9,67110#9,5816
2002#9,48210#7,6438
2001#10,1029#6,01311
2000#8,53411#8,2097
1999#10,3458#6,5309
1998#7,10413#5,15912
1997#13,7245#6,1009
1996#11,8076#6,4968
1995#6,9927
1994#5,8689
1993#13,4425#3,81916
1992#8,06510#6,1288
1991#4,47612
1990#5,3829
1989#5,1659
1988#8,3918#2,86019
1987#4,5739
1986#7,7498#3,88211
1985#6,45710#3,40113
1984#4,73715#2,36421
1983#4,68615#3,63011
1982#8,2247#3,28213
1981#9,1106#2,77916
1980#9,0956#2,72917
1979#2,46519
1978#2,66916
1977#2,36119
1976#2,05423
1975#1,88425
1974#7,6806#1,98322
1973#1,92822
1972#1,92822
1971#1,78425
1970#1,35138
1969#1,49229
1968#1,36632
1967#1,34032
1966#1,19439
1965#1,45628
1964#6,7675#1,14745
1963#1,15145
1962#6,5785#98460
1961#1,32236
1960#1,09850
1959#1,19942
1958#6,1035#1,02655
1957#3,69611#89771
1956#4,8377#1,03253
1955#5,2086#91566
1954#3,9679#86871
1953#3,48011#83973
1952#3,7969#86366
1951#4,0118#93456
1950#3,42310#89958
1949#3,17611#80872
1948#2,58915#70091
1947#3,06112#71193
1946#3,03411#71184
1945#2,45813#73570
1944#3,1399#604103
1943#2,15117#594113
1942#2,53713#67791
1941#2,84610#62893
1940#1,59124#63189
1939#1,63822#57499
1938#2,9409#62890
1937#1,63022#61690
1936#1,80118#573101
1935#1,48325#67878
1934#1,51824#563110
1933#1,60622#512121
1932#1,44827#508129
1931#1,54924#487138
1930#1,37131#523131
1929#1,59824#536118
1928#1,13645#495149
1927#1,33136#485155
1926#1,06949#525132
1925#1,21041#504146
1924#1,32837#514148
1923#1,26738#477162
1922#94961#506149
1921#82879#469170
1920#1,10346#485157
1919#1,07546#503139
1918#93758#492147
1917#84166#488139
1916#94952#461152
1915#1,19033#503122
1914#85547#51291
1913#82341#54563
1912#84635#56151
1911#1,11316#50634
1910#84526#59823
1909#86822#39738
1908#1,00416#48926
1907#79022#45726
1906#81820#40029
1905#1,01114#47722
1904#91016#36830
1903#78919#52717
1902#93614#53616
1901#68422#46617
1900#78022#62316
1899#81416#54813
1898#84016#61113
1897#86714#41121
1896#95012#43820
1895#77017#42621
1894#95011#48017
1893#73916#43518
1892#72616#45818
1891#66916#44116
1890#87210#38921
1889#75712#58111
1888#72413#46417
1887#60814#6798
1886#7789#7587
1885#8427#6419
1884#7938#48815
1883#9205#47914
1882#8376
1881
1880#7457
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Arlie was already there! It came in at #745, and was given to 7 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1881, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Arlie is popular in 1915

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Arlie, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Arlie, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Arlie, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Arlie, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Arlie, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Arlie, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Arlie, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Arlie, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Arlie, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Arlie, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Arlie, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Arlie, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Arlie, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Arlie, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Arlie, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Arlie, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Arlie, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Arlie, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Arlie, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Arlie, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Arlie, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Arlie, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Arlie, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Arlie, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Arlie, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Arlie, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Arlie, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Arlie, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Arlie, so not publishedNEMissouri: #332 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 3,387 boysMOKentucky: #233 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 1,705 boysKYWest Virginia: #160 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 1,011 boysWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Arlie, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Arlie, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Arlie, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Arlie, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Arlie, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Arlie, so not publishedKSArkansas: #280 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 1,857 boysARTennessee: #264 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 2,198 boysTNNorth Carolina: #326 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 2,957 boysNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Arlie, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Arlie, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #230 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 1,516 boysOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Arlie, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Arlie, so not publishedMSAlabama: #341 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 2,796 boysALGeorgia: #330 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 3,080 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Arlie, so not publishedHITexas: #454 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 3,702 boysTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Arlie, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. West Virginia#160 · 1 in 1,011
  2. Oklahoma#230 · 1 in 1,516
  3. Kentucky#233 · 1 in 1,705
  4. Tennessee#264 · 1 in 2,198
  5. Arkansas#280 · 1 in 1,857

Best ever in a state: #98 in West Virginia, 1911.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
West Virginia#160111 in 1,011
Oklahoma#230101 in 1,516
Kentucky#233111 in 1,705
Tennessee#26481 in 2,198
Arkansas#28071 in 1,857
North Carolina#32681 in 2,957
Georgia#33081 in 3,080
Missouri#33271 in 3,387
Alabama#34171 in 2,796
Texas#454101 in 3,702
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Wyoming

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 Arlie
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 541 spots since 2024 (#5,067#5,608)
  • 688 spots since 2020 (#6,296#5,608)
  • 5,036 spots since 2015 (#10,644#5,608)
  • Biggest jump: 358 spots in 1883 (#837#479)
  • Biggest drop: 201 spots in 1910 (#397#598)
Rise & fade · boys
24 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1904 at #368 (30 births)
  • Births halved by 1982, 78 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 77 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 77 yrs · run 1882–1955
Share of babies · boys
1 in 4,271
  • Highest: 1 in 4,271 boys born in 1904 were named Arlie (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 106,755 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 22.1% of all boys named Arlie (1,486) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2011
  • Mostly boys until 2010, mostly girls since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s94#464 (1888)#630
1890s178#389 (1890)#464
1900s237#368 (1904)#474
1910s961#461 (1916)#517
1920s1,486#469 (1921)#500
1930s1,087#487 (1931)#566
1940s899#594 (1943)#680
1950s611#839 (1953)#947
1960s396#984 (1962)#1,255
1970s231#1,351 (1970)#2,041
1980s139#2,364 (1984)#3,467
1990s99#3,819 (1993)#5,695
2000s77#5,875 (2005)#8,194
2010s122#4,114 (2019)#7,435
2020s95#4,936 (2021)#5,880

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.

Arlie in 1915

girls
#1,190
33 births · 1 in 29,814 girls
boys
#503
122 births · 1 in 6,956 boys

Top girls' names in 1915

  1. #1Mary58,187
  2. #2Helen30,866
  3. #3Dorothy25,154
  4. #4Margaret23,054
  5. #5Ruth21,878
  6. #6Mildred15,254
  7. #7Anna15,119
  8. #8Elizabeth14,103
  9. #9Frances12,786
  10. #10Evelyn11,595
  11. #1,190Arlie33

Top boys' names in 1915

  1. #1John47,576
  2. #2William38,563
  3. #3James33,773
  4. #4Robert28,737
  5. #5Joseph23,051
  6. #6George22,307
  7. #7Charles21,960
  8. #8Edward15,889
  9. #9Frank15,006
  10. #10Thomas11,490
  11. #503Arlie122
More about 1915

girls

983,852 girls got a published name in 1915; 1 in 29,814 of them was named Arlie, which outranked 76.0% of the 4,967 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Arlie
  1. #1,173Silvia34
  2. #1,173Virgil34
  3. #1,173Vonda34
  4. #1,190Arlie33
  5. #1,190Albert33
  6. #1,190Aleene33
  7. #1,190Alexandria33
  8. #1,231Aliene32
  9. #1,231Ardelle32
  10. #1,231Clementina32

Tied with 40 names at #1,190; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1914
Risers
  1. 500Gerda#1,444#944
  2. 451Theda#1,034#583
  3. 441Dominga#1,385#944
  4. 354Vernon#1,344#990
  5. 308Loyce#1,147#839
Fallers
  1. 383Drusilla#956#1,339
  2. 342Rossie#798#1,140
  3. 335Arlie#855#1,190
  4. 329Orene#956#1,285
  5. 329Margot#988#1,317

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

boys

848,575 boys got a published name in 1915; 1 in 6,956 of them was named Arlie, which outranked 88.5% of the 4,390 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Arlie
  1. #497Raleigh124
  2. #497Verne124
  3. #497Walton124
  4. #503Arlie122
  5. #503Dewitt122
  6. #503Justin122
  7. #506Anderson121
  8. #507Dee120
  9. #507Phil120

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1914
Risers
  1. 691Eston#1,687#996
  2. 565Estill#1,545#980
  3. 545Garth#1,260#715
  4. 474Hiroshi#1,342#868
  5. 439Domingo#1,101#662
Fallers
  1. 674Gilmore#986#1,660
  2. 667Barnett#933#1,600
  3. 526Rose#884#1,410
  4. 517Toivo#855#1,372
  5. 461Sampson#949#1,410

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

See the top 100 for 1915