Arlington

#11,932 for girls in 2025, 7 births · #5,608 for boys in 2025, 16 births
Given to boys 93.2% of the time

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Peak · boys
1884 · 8 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,586
since 1880

Arlington over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201920peak #701, 1884girlsat peakboys
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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
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#11,9327#5,60816
2024#12,1617#4,57122
2023#7,64014#4,34324
2022#13,5926#5,87415
2021#13,4646#6,03214
2020#12,1427#4,69820
2019#8,13813#7,64310
2018#15,6825#4,91819
2017#9,94310#5,29717
2016#10,11310#6,34913
2015#11,8358#6,67612
2014#14,5586#7,56210
2013—#7,53710
2012#10,42910#7,05011
2011#14,8246#9,6007
2010—#12,2315
2009—#12,4915
2008——
2007——
2006—#7,42710
2005—#11,4725
2004—#11,3565
2003—#8,6437
2002——
2001—#7,5368
2000—#10,3495
1999—#7,1398
1998——
1997—#8,1106
1996—#5,18711
1995—#6,9927
1994—#8,8005
1993—#8,7005
1992——
1991—#7,2716
1990—#3,97114
1989—#6,2297
1988——
1987—#5,4597
1986—#4,4579
1985—#4,05210
1984—#5,5616
1983—#4,9077
1982—#3,48212
1981—#4,1539
1980——
1979—#3,81010
1978——
1977—#4,5827
1976—#3,7249
1975—#4,3097
1974—#3,5589
1973—#4,5056
1972—#4,9865
1971—#3,6588
1970—#4,2306
1969—#4,4045
1968——
1967—#2,9858
1966—#3,9485
1965—#2,08415
1964—#3,0508
1963—#3,3187
1962—#2,27913
1961—#3,6526
1960—#3,6656
1959—#3,6196
1958—#2,02616
1957—#2,49411
1956—#2,26313
1955—#2,13914
1954—#2,59210
1953—#2,53110
1952—#2,8758
1951—#2,36711
1950—#1,94115
1949—#2,12313
1948—#2,44310
1947—#1,98815
1946—#1,88415
1945—#2,5748
1944—#1,98813
1943—#1,34327
1942—#2,14512
1941—#1,90314
1940—#1,57319
1939—#1,87914
1938—#1,74116
1937—#1,37224
1936—#2,4529
1935—#1,70817
1934—#1,60819
1933—#1,82915
1932—#1,46523
1931—#1,33327
1930—#1,82117
1929—#2,19913
1928—#1,96016
1927—#1,46826
1926—#1,60522
1925—#1,33230
1924—#1,41428
1923—#1,50225
1922—#1,19636
1921—#1,36030
1920—#1,22535
1919—#1,35128
1918—#1,15236
1917—#98244
1916—#1,15732
1915—#1,30626
1914—#1,18824
1913—#1,11221
1912—#1,26814
1911—#1,5376
1910—#85913
1909——
1908—#9469
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1905—#1,2335
1904—#8748
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1902—#1,0136
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1900—#1,0507
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1898—#1,0026
1897——
1896—#8268
1895——
1894—#1,0745
1893——
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1890—#9945
1889——
1888—#1,0315
1887—#9215
1886—#7587
1885——
1884—#7018
1883—#7996
1882——
1881—#8665
1880—#8096
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Arlington was already there! It came in at #809, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1881–1882, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Arlington is popular in 1920

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Arlington, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Arlington, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Arlington, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Arlington, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Arlington, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Arlington, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Arlington, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Arlington, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Arlington, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Arlington, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Arlington, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Arlington, so not publishedMINew York: #597 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 18,083 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Arlington, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Arlington, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Arlington, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Arlington, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Arlington, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Arlington, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Arlington, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Arlington, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Arlington, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: #301 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 4,992 boysPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Arlington, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Arlington, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Arlington, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Arlington, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Arlington, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Arlington, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Arlington, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Arlington, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Arlington, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Arlington, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Arlington, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Arlington, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Arlington, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Arlington, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Arlington, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Arlington, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Arlington, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Arlington, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Arlington, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Arlington, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Arlington, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Arlington, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Arlington, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Arlington, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Arlington, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Arlington, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Arlington, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Arlington, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Pennsylvania#301 · 1 in 4,992
  2. New York#597 · 1 in 18,083

Best ever in a state: #301 in Pennsylvania, 1920.

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StateRankBirthsShare
Pennsylvania#301171 in 4,992
New York#59751 in 18,083
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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 Arlington
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 1,037 spots since 2024 (#4,571 → #5,608)
  • 910 spots since 2020 (#4,698 → #5,608)
  • 1,068 spots since 2015 (#6,676 → #5,608)
  • Biggest jump: 175 spots in 1917 (#1,157 → #982)
  • Biggest drop: 678 spots in 1911 (#859 → #1,537)
Rise & fade · boys
4 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1884 at #701 (8 births)
  • Births halved by 1885, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 12 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 12 yrs · run 1880–1881
Share of babies · boys
1 in 14,305
  • Highest: 1 in 14,305 boys born in 1884 were named Arlington (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 106,755 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 16.5% of all boys named Arlington (261) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2020
  • Mostly girls until 2019, mostly boys since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s42#701 (1884)#841
1890s24#826 (1896)#974
1900s35#874 (1904)#1,023
1910s244#859 (1910)#1,191
1920s261#1,196 (1922)#1,526
1930s181#1,333 (1931)#1,721
1940s146#1,343 (1943)#1,996
1950s114#1,941 (1950)#2,485
1960s73#2,084 (1965)#3,265
1970s67#3,558 (1974)#4,151
1980s67#3,482 (1982)#4,788
1990s62#3,971 (1990)#7,021
2000s45#7,427 (2006)#9,896
2010s114#4,918 (2018)#7,486
2020s111#4,343 (2023)#5,188

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.

Arlington in 1920

boys
#1,225
35 births · 1 in 30,410 boys

Top boys' names in 1920

  1. #1John56,913
  2. #2William50,146
  3. #3Robert48,679
  4. #4James47,908
  5. #5Charles28,309
  6. #6George26,891
  7. #7Joseph25,587
  8. #8Edward20,097
  9. #9Frank16,430
  10. #10Richard15,010
  11. #1,225Arlington35
More about 1920

boys

1,064,356 boys got a published name in 1920; 1 in 30,410 of them was named Arlington, which outranked 75.4% of the 4,989 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Arlington
  1. #1,208Page36
  2. #1,208Reece36
  3. #1,208Rosco36
  4. #1,225Arlington35
  5. #1,225Adrien35
  6. #1,225Ancil35
  7. #1,225Delos35
  8. #1,234Adell34
  9. #1,234Aubry34
  10. #1,234Bart34

Tied with 8 names at #1,225; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1919
Risers
  1. ↑ 960Harding#1,351 → #391
  2. ↑ 607Cameron#1,351 → #744
  3. ↑ 566Hardin#1,531 → #965
  4. ↑ 392Laurel#1,321 → #929
  5. ↑ 368Terrence#1,297 → #929
Fallers
  1. ↓ 789Pershing#593 → #1,382
  2. ↓ 580Woodroe#877 → #1,457
  3. ↓ 385Quinten#867 → #1,252
  4. ↓ 383Orvel#890 → #1,273
  5. ↓ 373Rexford#927 → #1,300

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

See the top 100 for 1920 →