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

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Peak · girls
1936 · 631 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
17,590
since 1883

Arline over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Arline has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201935peak #248, 1936girls
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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
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2025——
2024——
2023#15,1945—
2022#13,5926—
2021#11,1468—
2020#12,1427—
2019#15,5395—
2018#10,5459—
2017——
2016#10,8599—
2015#11,8358—
2014——
2013#9,03612—
2012#10,42910—
2011#9,72311—
2010#16,9925—
2009#8,88813—
2008#11,5999—
2007#8,09815—
2006#9,90111—
2005#6,52818—
2004#6,21619—
2003#6,05519—
2002#6,12918—
2001#5,17422—
2000#5,15122—
1999#3,63933—
1998#4,14227—
1997#4,81921—
1996#10,5677—
1995#5,67716—
1994#6,31914—
1993#8,05210—
1992#5,05119—
1991#7,43011—
1990#8,5019—
1989#4,84818—
1988#4,84017—
1987#6,33511—
1986#6,61210—
1985#5,07714—
1984#6,8109—
1983#5,82411—
1982#6,37110—
1981#4,53216—
1980#4,51716—
1979#8,0617—
1978#5,21412—
1977#4,42515—
1976#8,1566—
1975#6,4848—
1974#3,55818—
1973#3,01522—
1972#3,71416—
1971#3,78916—
1970#3,71216—
1969#2,20833—
1968#2,36027—
1967#2,49224—
1966#1,98234—
1965#1,88737—
1964#1,70846—
1963#1,78742—
1962#1,52554—
1961#1,46558—
1960#1,43059—
1959#1,51651—
1958#1,33363—
1957#1,42755—
1956#1,37857—
1955#1,24666—
1954#1,18671—
1953#904108—
1952#1,03982—
1951#1,06376—
1950#1,01880—
1949#88998—
1948#757127—
1947#697147—
1946#632155—
1945#602143—
1944#547175—
1943#493227—
1942#453264—
1941#423263—
1940#419267—
1939#446227—
1938#344345—
1937#264559—
1936#248631—
1935#277485—
1934#311408#3,2776
1933#332356#3,2686
1932#338350—
1931#376292—
1930#337371—
1929#313456#2,7669
1928#294508—
1927#290531#4,2105
1926#275597—
1925#268608—
1924#253677—
1923#252653—
1922#265589—
1921#263627—
1920#272583—
1919#283513—
1918#290482#4,1795
1917#270533#3,9815
1916#296414—
1915#320343—
1914#326260—
1913#351187—
1912#370156—
1911#344133—
1910#387104—
1909#37796—
1908#37492—
1907#39879—
1906#44260—
1905#39373—
1904#41860—
1903#42855—
1902#51838—
1901#53832—
1900#58935—
1899#56529—
1898#55533—
1897#50933—
1896#51433—
1895#60725—
1894#49433—
1893#71317—
1892#68518—
1891#50626—
1890#61718—
1889#9029—
1888#72413—
1887——
1886#8288—
1885#1,0475—
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1883#7547—
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First appearance
1883

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 1935

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Arline, so not publishedAKMaine: #146 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 788 girlsMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Arline, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: #98 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 446 girlsNHWashington: #170 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 997 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Arline, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Arline, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Arline, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #254 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,417 girlsMNIllinois: #183 for girls · 40 births · 1 in 1,261 girlsILWisconsin: #203 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,742 girlsWIMichigan: #241 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 2,235 girlsMINew York: #133 for girls · 119 births · 1 in 696 girlsNYMassachusetts: #102 for girls · 50 births · 1 in 554 girlsMARhode Island: #128 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 690 girlsRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Arline, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Arline, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Arline, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Arline, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Arline, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Arline, so not publishedINOhio: #281 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 3,051 girlsOHPennsylvania: #241 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 2,386 girlsPANew Jersey: #169 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 1,174 girlsNJConnecticut: #105 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 525 girlsCTCalifornia: #184 for girls · 36 births · 1 in 970 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Arline, so not publishedUTColorado: #236 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,596 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Arline, so not publishedNEMissouri: #209 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 1,254 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Arline, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Arline, so not publishedWVVirginia: #391 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,575 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Arline, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Arline, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Arline, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Arline, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Arline, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Arline, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Arline, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Arline, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Arline, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Arline, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Arline, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Arline, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Arline, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Arline, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Arline, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Arline, so not publishedHITexas: #883 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 11,351 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Arline, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. New Hampshire#98 · 1 in 446
  2. Massachusetts#102 · 1 in 554
  3. Connecticut#105 · 1 in 525
  4. Rhode Island#128 · 1 in 690
  5. New York#133 · 1 in 696

Best ever in a state: #66 in Maine, 1920.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
New Hampshire#9871 in 446
Massachusetts#102501 in 554
Connecticut#105181 in 525
Rhode Island#12861 in 690
New York#1331191 in 696
Maine#14681 in 788
New Jersey#169201 in 1,174
Washington#17091 in 997
Illinois#183401 in 1,261
California#184361 in 970
Wisconsin#203131 in 1,742
Missouri#209211 in 1,254
Colorado#23651 in 1,596
Michigan#241171 in 2,235
Pennsylvania#241301 in 2,386
Minnesota#25481 in 2,417
Ohio#281151 in 3,051
Virginia#39151 in 4,575
Texas#88351 in 11,351
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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 Arline
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
  • Biggest jump: 285 spots in 1890 (#902 → #617)
  • Biggest drop: 282 spots in 1954 (#904 → #1,186)
Rise & fade · girls
53 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1883
  • Peaked 1936 at #248 (631 births)
  • Births halved by 1939, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 65 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 65 yrs · run 1888–1949
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,649
  • 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%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 33.1% of all girls named Arline (5,829) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s42#724 (1888)#851
1890s265#494 (1894)#577
1900s620#374 (1908)#448
1910s3,125#270 (1917)#324
1920s5,829#252 (1923)#275
1930s4,024#248 (1936)#327
1940s1,866#419 (1940)#591
1950s709#904 (1953)#1,211
1960s414#1,430 (1960)#1,884
1970s136#3,015 (1973)#5,013
1980s132#4,517 (1980)#5,577
1990s167#3,639 (1999)#6,420
2000s166#5,151 (2000)#7,374
2010s69#9,036 (2013)#11,870
2020s26#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 1935

girls
#277
485 births · 1 in 2,162 girls

Top girls' names in 1935

  1. #1Mary55,076
  2. #2Shirley42,366
  3. #3Barbara30,698
  4. #4Betty28,674
  5. #5Patricia22,879
  6. #6Dorothy19,406
  7. #7Joan18,220
  8. #8Margaret14,727
  9. #9Nancy14,544
  10. #10Helen12,785
  11. #277Arline485
More about 1935

girls

1,048,577 girls got a published name in 1935; 1 in 2,162 of them was named Arline, which outranked 94.3% of the 4,893 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Arline
  1. #274Cecilia487
  2. #274Lavonne487
  3. #276Valerie486
  4. #277Arline485
  5. #278Glenna479
  6. #279Jewel477
  7. #280Lee474
Biggest movers since 1934
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,736Norita#3,449 → #713
  2. ↑ 1,073Shelby#1,913 → #840
  3. ↑ 672Darla#1,344 → #672
  4. ↑ 396Shirleyann#1,292 → #896
  5. ↑ 375Loris#1,236 → #861
Fallers
  1. ↓ 545Marcelina#938 → #1,483
  2. ↓ 456Tomasa#925 → #1,381
  3. ↓ 393Glendora#938 → #1,331
  4. ↓ 388Marceline#993 → #1,381
  5. ↓ 358Rheta#526 → #884

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

See the top 100 for 1935 →