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 1940
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Nebraska#220 · 1 in 1,941
- Oklahoma#264 · 1 in 2,131
- Iowa#271 · 1 in 3,507
- Texas#637 · 1 in 7,779
Best ever in a state: #190 in North Dakota, 1930.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Nebraska | #220 | 5 | 1 in 1,941 |
| Oklahoma | #264 | 10 | 1 in 2,131 |
| Iowa | #271 | 6 | 1 in 3,507 |
| Texas | #637 | 8 | 1 in 7,779 |
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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 1940
Top girls' names in 1940
Top boys' names in 1940
More about 1940
girls
1,143,528 girls got a published name in 1940; 1 in 228,706 of them was named Arlin, which outranked 13.5% of the 5,028 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 679 names at #4,349; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,159,172 boys got a published name in 1940; 1 in 16,560 of them was named Arlin, which outranked 81.5% of the 3,937 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).