Arline
Last seen for girls in 2023 at #15,194 · Last seen for boys in 1934 at #3,277
Given to girls 99.8% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1936 · 631 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 17,590since 1883
Arline over time
Rank among girls' names. Arline has never cracked the top 200 here.
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 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | #15,194 | 5 | — | |
| 2022 | #13,592 | 6 | — | |
| 2021 | #11,146 | 8 | — | |
| 2020 | #12,142 | 7 | — | |
| 2019 | #15,539 | 5 | — | |
| 2018 | #10,545 | 9 | — | |
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | #10,859 | 9 | — | |
| 2015 | #11,835 | 8 | — | |
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | #9,036 | 12 | — | |
| 2012 | #10,429 | 10 | — | |
| 2011 | #9,723 | 11 | — | |
| 2010 | #16,992 | 5 | — | |
| 2009 | #8,888 | 13 | — | |
| 2008 | #11,599 | 9 | — | |
| 2007 | #8,098 | 15 | — | |
| 2006 | #9,901 | 11 | — | |
| 2005 | #6,528 | 18 | — | |
| 2004 | #6,216 | 19 | — | |
| 2003 | #6,055 | 19 | — | |
| 2002 | #6,129 | 18 | — | |
| 2001 | #5,174 | 22 | — | |
| 2000 | #5,151 | 22 | — | |
| 1999 | #3,639 | 33 | — | |
| 1998 | #4,142 | 27 | — | |
| 1997 | #4,819 | 21 | — | |
| 1996 | #10,567 | 7 | — | |
| 1995 | #5,677 | 16 | — | |
| 1994 | #6,319 | 14 | — | |
| 1993 | #8,052 | 10 | — | |
| 1992 | #5,051 | 19 | — | |
| 1991 | #7,430 | 11 | — | |
| 1990 | #8,501 | 9 | — | |
| 1989 | #4,848 | 18 | — | |
| 1988 | #4,840 | 17 | — | |
| 1987 | #6,335 | 11 | — | |
| 1986 | #6,612 | 10 | — | |
| 1985 | #5,077 | 14 | — | |
| 1984 | #6,810 | 9 | — | |
| 1983 | #5,824 | 11 | — | |
| 1982 | #6,371 | 10 | — | |
| 1981 | #4,532 | 16 | — | |
| 1980 | #4,517 | 16 | — | |
| 1979 | #8,061 | 7 | — | |
| 1978 | #5,214 | 12 | — | |
| 1977 | #4,425 | 15 | — | |
| 1976 | #8,156 | 6 | — | |
| 1975 | #6,484 | 8 | — | |
| 1974 | #3,558 | 18 | — | |
| 1973 | #3,015 | 22 | — | |
| 1972 | #3,714 | 16 | — | |
| 1971 | #3,789 | 16 | — | |
| 1970 | #3,712 | 16 | — | |
| 1969 | #2,208 | 33 | — | |
| 1968 | #2,360 | 27 | — | |
| 1967 | #2,492 | 24 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,982 | 34 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,887 | 37 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,708 | 46 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,787 | 42 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,525 | 54 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,465 | 58 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,430 | 59 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,516 | 51 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,333 | 63 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,427 | 55 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,378 | 57 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,246 | 66 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,186 | 71 | — | |
| 1953 | #904 | 108 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,039 | 82 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,063 | 76 | — | |
| 1950 | #1,018 | 80 | — | |
| 1949 | #889 | 98 | — | |
| 1948 | #757 | 127 | — | |
| 1947 | #697 | 147 | — | |
| 1946 | #632 | 155 | — | |
| 1945 | #602 | 143 | — | |
| 1944 | #547 | 175 | — | |
| 1943 | #493 | 227 | — | |
| 1942 | #453 | 264 | — | |
| 1941 | #423 | 263 | — | |
| 1940 | #419 | 267 | — | |
| 1939 | #446 | 227 | — | |
| 1938 | #344 | 345 | — | |
| 1937 | #264 | 559 | — | |
| 1936 | #248 | 631 | — | |
| 1935 | #277 | 485 | — | |
| 1934 | #311 | 408 | #3,277 | 6 |
| 1933 | #332 | 356 | #3,268 | 6 |
| 1932 | #338 | 350 | — | |
| 1931 | #376 | 292 | — | |
| 1930 | #337 | 371 | — | |
| 1929 | #313 | 456 | #2,766 | 9 |
| 1928 | #294 | 508 | — | |
| 1927 | #290 | 531 | #4,210 | 5 |
| 1926 | #275 | 597 | — | |
| 1925 | #268 | 608 | — | |
| 1924 | #253 | 677 | — | |
| 1923 | #252 | 653 | — | |
| 1922 | #265 | 589 | — | |
| 1921 | #263 | 627 | — | |
| 1920 | #272 | 583 | — | |
| 1919 | #283 | 513 | — | |
| 1918 | #290 | 482 | #4,179 | 5 |
| 1917 | #270 | 533 | #3,981 | 5 |
| 1916 | #296 | 414 | — | |
| 1915 | #320 | 343 | — | |
| 1914 | #326 | 260 | — | |
| 1913 | #351 | 187 | — | |
| 1912 | #370 | 156 | — | |
| 1911 | #344 | 133 | — | |
| 1910 | #387 | 104 | — | |
| 1909 | #377 | 96 | — | |
| 1908 | #374 | 92 | — | |
| 1907 | #398 | 79 | — | |
| 1906 | #442 | 60 | — | |
| 1905 | #393 | 73 | — | |
| 1904 | #418 | 60 | — | |
| 1903 | #428 | 55 | — | |
| 1902 | #518 | 38 | — | |
| 1901 | #538 | 32 | — | |
| 1900 | #589 | 35 | — | |
| 1899 | #565 | 29 | — | |
| 1898 | #555 | 33 | — | |
| 1897 | #509 | 33 | — | |
| 1896 | #514 | 33 | — | |
| 1895 | #607 | 25 | — | |
| 1894 | #494 | 33 | — | |
| 1893 | #713 | 17 | — | |
| 1892 | #685 | 18 | — | |
| 1891 | #506 | 26 | — | |
| 1890 | #617 | 18 | — | |
| 1889 | #902 | 9 | — | |
| 1888 | #724 | 13 | — | |
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | #828 | 8 | — | |
| 1885 | #1,047 | 5 | — | |
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | #754 | 7 | — | |
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Arline! It came in at #754, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1884–1885, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Arline is popular in 1897
The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.
See more about Arline
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
- Biggest jump: 285 spots in 1890 (#902 → #617)
- Biggest drop: 282 spots in 1954 (#904 → #1,186)
- Debuted 1883
- Peaked 1936 at #248 (631 births)
- Births halved by 1939, 3 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 65 yrs · run 1888–1949
- Highest: 1 in 1,649 girls born in 1936 were named Arline (0.06%)
- Latest: 1 in 320,916 girls born in 2023 (0.00%)
- 33.1% of all girls named Arline (5,829) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 42 | #724 (1888) | #851 |
| 1890s | 265 | #494 (1894) | #577 |
| 1900s | 620 | #374 (1908) | #448 |
| 1910s | 3,125 | #270 (1917) | #324 |
| 1920s | 5,829 | #252 (1923) | #275 |
| 1930s | 4,024 | #248 (1936) | #327 |
| 1940s | 1,866 | #419 (1940) | #591 |
| 1950s | 709 | #904 (1953) | #1,211 |
| 1960s | 414 | #1,430 (1960) | #1,884 |
| 1970s | 136 | #3,015 (1973) | #5,013 |
| 1980s | 132 | #4,517 (1980) | #5,577 |
| 1990s | 167 | #3,639 (1999) | #6,420 |
| 2000s | 166 | #5,151 (2000) | #7,374 |
| 2010s | 69 | #9,036 (2013) | #11,870 |
| 2020s | 26 | #11,146 (2021) | #13,019 |
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.
Arline in 1897
Top girls' names in 1897
More about 1897
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234,200 girls got a published name in 1897; 1 in 7,097 of them was named Arline, which outranked 71.7% of the 1,799 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #497Robbie34
- #497Rowena34
- #497Vallie34
- #509Arline33
- #509Celestine33
- #509Delphia33
- #509Eda33
- #521Anastasia32
- #521Carmela32
- #521Easter32
Tied with 11 names at #509; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.