Arlin
#13,208 for girls in 2025, 6 births · #2,765 for boys in 2025, 46 births
Given to boys 83.4% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1935 · 85 births
- Debut · boys
- 9 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 4,072since 1910
Arlin 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 | #13,208 | 6 | #2,765 | 46 |
| 2024 | #10,271 | 9 | #2,418 | 57 |
| 2023 | #6,169 | 19 | #3,055 | 40 |
| 2022 | #6,229 | 19 | #2,830 | 45 |
| 2021 | #8,024 | 13 | #3,121 | 38 |
| 2020 | #8,953 | 11 | #3,025 | 38 |
| 2019 | #6,698 | 17 | #4,003 | 26 |
| 2018 | #9,151 | 11 | #4,226 | 24 |
| 2017 | #8,299 | 13 | #4,746 | 20 |
| 2016 | #8,875 | 12 | #5,318 | 17 |
| 2015 | #10,148 | 10 | #3,591 | 30 |
| 2014 | #6,207 | 20 | #4,138 | 24 |
| 2013 | #7,372 | 16 | #4,463 | 21 |
| 2012 | #6,576 | 19 | #4,003 | 25 |
| 2011 | #7,783 | 15 | #5,200 | 17 |
| 2010 | #6,904 | 18 | #4,517 | 21 |
| 2009 | #7,066 | 18 | #5,800 | 15 |
| 2008 | #6,559 | 20 | #4,540 | 21 |
| 2007 | #4,475 | 33 | #4,996 | 18 |
| 2006 | #4,073 | 36 | #5,525 | 15 |
| 2005 | #3,730 | 39 | #5,034 | 16 |
| 2004 | #5,969 | 20 | #4,005 | 22 |
| 2003 | #4,307 | 30 | #5,035 | 15 |
| 2002 | #3,241 | 43 | #5,131 | 14 |
| 2001 | #4,834 | 24 | #3,228 | 27 |
| 2000 | #4,185 | 29 | #4,389 | 17 |
| 1999 | #5,896 | 17 | #6,042 | 10 |
| 1998 | #6,360 | 15 | #4,197 | 16 |
| 1997 | #6,844 | 13 | #5,642 | 10 |
| 1996 | #6,064 | 15 | #3,107 | 23 |
| 1995 | #7,041 | 12 | #6,407 | 8 |
| 1994 | #4,521 | 22 | #4,290 | 14 |
| 1993 | #5,955 | 15 | #5,002 | 11 |
| 1992 | #5,484 | 17 | #3,220 | 20 |
| 1991 | #4,650 | 21 | #3,636 | 16 |
| 1990 | #5,549 | 16 | #3,971 | 14 |
| 1989 | #6,160 | 13 | #2,690 | 23 |
| 1988 | #8,391 | 8 | #2,509 | 23 |
| 1987 | #7,987 | 8 | #4,573 | 9 |
| 1986 | #5,757 | 12 | #2,891 | 17 |
| 1985 | #6,955 | 9 | #3,216 | 14 |
| 1984 | #4,478 | 16 | #4,552 | 8 |
| 1983 | #8,047 | 7 | #2,408 | 20 |
| 1982 | #7,469 | 8 | #3,282 | 13 |
| 1981 | #9,110 | 6 | #3,858 | 10 |
| 1980 | — | #2,617 | 18 | |
| 1979 | #10,210 | 5 | #2,669 | 17 |
| 1978 | — | #2,473 | 18 | |
| 1977 | — | #2,556 | 17 | |
| 1976 | — | #2,826 | 14 | |
| 1975 | — | #2,361 | 18 | |
| 1974 | — | #2,050 | 21 | |
| 1973 | — | #2,216 | 18 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,928 | 22 | |
| 1971 | — | #2,052 | 20 | |
| 1970 | #7,995 | 5 | #1,416 | 35 |
| 1969 | — | #1,642 | 25 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,282 | 35 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,609 | 23 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,428 | 29 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,271 | 36 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,371 | 33 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,195 | 42 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,242 | 39 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,406 | 32 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,131 | 48 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,172 | 44 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,114 | 47 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,130 | 46 | |
| 1956 | — | #986 | 57 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,084 | 48 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,382 | 30 | |
| 1953 | — | #878 | 67 | |
| 1952 | — | #994 | 52 | |
| 1951 | — | #919 | 58 | |
| 1950 | — | #948 | 53 | |
| 1949 | — | #967 | 51 | |
| 1948 | — | #933 | 55 | |
| 1947 | — | #822 | 71 | |
| 1946 | — | #935 | 51 | |
| 1945 | — | #860 | 53 | |
| 1944 | — | #964 | 45 | |
| 1943 | — | #787 | 69 | |
| 1942 | — | #888 | 55 | |
| 1941 | — | #778 | 64 | |
| 1940 | #4,349 | 5 | #729 | 70 |
| 1939 | — | #685 | 75 | |
| 1938 | — | #652 | 84 | |
| 1937 | — | #817 | 56 | |
| 1936 | #4,181 | 5 | #729 | 68 |
| 1935 | — | #641 | 85 | |
| 1934 | — | #673 | 81 | |
| 1933 | — | #642 | 81 | |
| 1932 | — | #746 | 70 | |
| 1931 | — | #794 | 62 | |
| 1930 | #4,550 | 5 | #873 | 57 |
| 1929 | — | #888 | 56 | |
| 1928 | — | #806 | 66 | |
| 1927 | — | #924 | 55 | |
| 1926 | — | #894 | 56 | |
| 1925 | #4,973 | 5 | #1,121 | 39 |
| 1924 | #4,002 | 7 | #960 | 53 |
| 1923 | — | #976 | 50 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,023 | 48 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,199 | 36 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,139 | 39 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,122 | 38 | |
| 1918 | #4,809 | 5 | #1,079 | 40 |
| 1917 | — | #1,291 | 28 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,120 | 34 | |
| 1915 | — | #916 | 46 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,073 | 28 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,023 | 24 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,885 | 8 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,537 | 6 | |
| 1910 | — | #1,118 | 9 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Arlin! It came in at #1,118, and was given to 9 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1910–1912, when fewer than 10 boys a year got the name.
Where Arlin is popular in 1917
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Alabama#425 · 1 in 4,048
Best ever in a state: #190 in North Dakota, 1930.
Show every state
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| Alabama | #425 | 5 | 1 in 4,048 |
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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 Arlin
- 347 spots since 2024 (#2,418 → #2,765)
- 260 spots since 2020 (#3,025 → #2,765)
- 826 spots since 2015 (#3,591 → #2,765)
- Biggest jump: 227 spots in 1926 (#1,121 → #894)
- Biggest drop: 504 spots in 1954 (#878 → #1,382)
- Debuted 1910
- Peaked 1935 at #641 (85 births)
- Births halved by 1954, 19 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 32 yrs · run 1926–1953
- Highest: 1 in 12,241 boys born in 1933 were named Arlin (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 37,132 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #641 in 1935, was only 1 in 12,251 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 17.7% of all boys named Arlin (719) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 2009, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 261 | #916 (1915) | #1,216 |
| 1920s | 498 | #806 (1928) | #993 |
| 1930s | 719 | #641 (1935) | #725 |
| 1940s | 584 | #729 (1940) | #866 |
| 1950s | 502 | #878 (1953) | #1,061 |
| 1960s | 342 | #1,131 (1960) | #1,358 |
| 1970s | 200 | #1,416 (1970) | #2,255 |
| 1980s | 155 | #2,408 (1983) | #3,260 |
| 1990s | 142 | #3,107 (1996) | #4,551 |
| 2000s | 180 | #3,228 (2001) | #4,768 |
| 2010s | 225 | #3,591 (2015) | #4,421 |
| 2020s | 264 | #2,418 (2024) | #2,869 |
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.
Arlin in 1917
Top boys' names in 1917
More about 1917
boys
925,482 boys got a published name in 1917; 1 in 33,053 of them was named Arlin, which outranked 71.9% of the 4,602 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,264Reynaldo29
- #1,264Ruel29
- #1,264Woodson29
- #1,291Arlin28
- #1,291Alphonsus28
- #1,291Arvo28
- #1,291Barry28
- #1,322Alfons27
- #1,322Andre27
- #1,322Anson27
Tied with 30 names at #1,291; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.