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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201940peak #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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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—
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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 1940

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Arline, so not publishedAKMaine: #145 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 769 girlsMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Arline, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Arline, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Arline, so not publishedWAIdaho: 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: #359 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,540 girlsMNIllinois: #300 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 3,126 girlsILWisconsin: #340 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,837 girlsWIMichigan: #498 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 8,746 girlsMINew York: #169 for girls · 85 births · 1 in 1,055 girlsNYMassachusetts: #175 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 1,633 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Arline, so not publishedRIOregon: 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: #368 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 4,791 girlsOHPennsylvania: #343 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 4,412 girlsPANew Jersey: #217 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,723 girlsNJConnecticut: #179 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,521 girlsCTCalifornia: #311 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 2,377 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Arline, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Arline, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Arline, so not publishedNEMissouri: #432 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,594 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Arline, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Arline, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Arline, so not publishedVAMaryland: 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: #881 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 12,020 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Arline, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Maine#145 · 1 in 769
  2. New York#169 · 1 in 1,055
  3. Massachusetts#175 · 1 in 1,633
  4. Connecticut#179 · 1 in 1,521
  5. New Jersey#217 · 1 in 1,723

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Maine#14581 in 769
New York#169851 in 1,055
Massachusetts#175181 in 1,633
Connecticut#17971 in 1,521
New Jersey#217151 in 1,723
Illinois#300181 in 3,126
California#311211 in 2,377
Wisconsin#34051 in 4,837
Pennsylvania#343171 in 4,412
Minnesota#35951 in 4,540
Ohio#368111 in 4,791
Missouri#43251 in 5,594
Michigan#49851 in 8,746
Texas#88151 in 12,020
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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 1940

girls
#419
267 births · 1 in 4,283 girls

Top girls' names in 1940

  1. #1Mary56,216
  2. #2Barbara36,736
  3. #3Patricia32,665
  4. #4Judith22,385
  5. #5Betty22,077
  6. #6Carol21,759
  7. #7Nancy19,737
  8. #8Linda18,370
  9. #9Shirley17,881
  10. #10Sandra16,153
  11. #419Arline267
More about 1940

girls

1,143,528 girls got a published name in 1940; 1 in 4,283 of them was named Arline, which outranked 91.7% 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).

Ranked beside Arline
  1. #416Dolly271
  2. #417Arleen268
  3. #417Johanna268
  4. #419Arline267
  5. #419Dona267
  6. #421Edwina266
  7. #421Goldie266
  8. #423Margarita262

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

Biggest movers since 1939
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,494Scarlett#3,429 → #935
  2. ↑ 1,465Lonna#2,206 → #741
  3. ↑ 834Pam#1,797 → #963
  4. ↑ 659Jody#1,638 → #979
  5. ↑ 633Laraine#1,474 → #841
Fallers
  1. ↓ 481Fredia#996 → #1,477
  2. ↓ 430Eleanora#974 → #1,404
  3. ↓ 375Danielle#811 → #1,186
  4. ↓ 342Eloisa#930 → #1,272
  5. ↓ 298Coral#996 → #1,294

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

See the top 100 for 1940 →