Arlo

#2,485 for girls in 2025, 71 births · #148 for boys in 2025, 2,443 births
Given to boys 96.5% of the time

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Peak · boys
2024 · 2,490 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
24,245
since 1899

Arlo over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Arlo has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201949boysat peak
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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#2,48571#1482,443
2024#2,23184#1462,490
2023#1,98499#1582,307
2022#2,03495#1692,220
2021#1,99197#1901,990
2020#2,06589#2201,701
2019#2,37675#2711,323
2018#2,55768#2771,268
2017#3,76940#3161,092
2016#2,96656#349977
2015#4,40332#501579
2014#6,20720#537518
2013#8,13514#681354
2012#11,2579#811274
2011#8,61413#915220
2010#14,9596#1,047184
2009—#1,156157
2008#17,5045#1,571101
2007—#1,62195
2006—#1,85673
2005—#1,96764
2004—#2,05158
2003—#2,72936
2002—#2,42841
2001—#2,79733
2000—#2,52537
1999—#3,10326
1998—#2,71130
1997—#4,05916
1996—#3,29321
1995—#3,30320
1994—#3,59618
1993—#3,36819
1992—#4,32713
1991—#3,10520
1990—#2,43228
1989—#2,46926
1988—#2,36725
1987—#2,27225
1986—#2,00729
1985—#2,35722
1984—#2,61318
1983—#1,90528
1982—#2,59618
1981—#1,94228
1980—#1,65535
1979—#2,56818
1978—#1,53737
1977—#1,45040
1976—#1,50236
1975—#1,42938
1974—#1,65929
1973—#1,17649
1972—#1,21046
1971—#1,15750
1970—#1,46233
1969—#2,04617
1968—#3,3657
1967—#2,9858
1966—#2,21613
1965—#2,7809
1964—#2,31013
1963—#2,41412
1962—#1,71322
1961—#2,14815
1960—#1,91018
1959—#1,58825
1958—#1,48328
1957—#1,43630
1956—#1,72221
1955—#1,64622
1954—#1,40829
1953—#1,67721
1952—#1,26834
1951—#1,19537
1950—#1,22035
1949—#1,46225
1948—#1,07943
1947—#1,25234
1946—#1,27830
1945—#1,07836
1944—#99143
1943—#95649
1942—#99145
1941—#75168
1940—#90449
1939—#77661
1938—#73070
1937—#75166
1936—#75664
1935—#70274
1934#4,2865#75166
1933—#69474
1932#3,5687#70377
1931—#69775
1930—#83261
1929#4,5705#67583
1928—#72278
1927—#82565
1926—#83163
1925—#80168
1924—#82367
1923—#69886
1922—#75976
1921—#92058
1920—#71882
1919—#79966
1918—#70081
1917—#74969
1916—#75066
1915—#66776
1914—#78845
1913—#89730
1912—#87626
1911—#1,7405
1910—#85913
1909—#1,0838
1908—#1,2176
1907—#1,0947
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First appearance
1899

The first year at least five boys were named Arlo! It came in at #1,051, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1901–1906, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Arlo is popular in 1949

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Arlo, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Arlo, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Arlo, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Arlo, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Arlo, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Arlo, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Arlo, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Arlo, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #292 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 5,824 boysMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Arlo, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Arlo, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Arlo, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Arlo, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Arlo, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Arlo, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Arlo, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Arlo, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Arlo, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Arlo, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Arlo, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Arlo, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Arlo, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Arlo, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Arlo, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Arlo, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Arlo, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Arlo, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Arlo, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Arlo, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Arlo, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Arlo, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Arlo, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Arlo, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Arlo, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Arlo, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Arlo, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Arlo, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Arlo, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Arlo, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Arlo, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Arlo, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Arlo, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Arlo, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Arlo, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Arlo, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Arlo, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Arlo, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Arlo, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Arlo, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Arlo, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Arlo, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Minnesota#292 · 1 in 5,824

Best ever in a state: #18 in Vermont, 2021.

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Minnesota#29261 in 5,824
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See more about Arlo
Momentum · boys
Rising
  • 2 spots since 2024 (#146 → #148)
  • 72 spots since 2020 (#220 → #148)
  • 353 spots since 2015 (#501 → #148)
  • Biggest jump: 864 spots in 1912 (#1,740 → #876)
  • Biggest drop: 881 spots in 1911 (#859 → #1,740)
Rise & fade · boys
125 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1899
  • Peaked 2024 at #146 (2,490 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 50 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 50 yrs · run 1912–1944
Share of babies · boys
1 in 692
  • Highest: 1 in 692 boys born in 2024 were named Arlo (0.14%)
  • Latest: 1 in 699 boys born in 2025 (0.14%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
  • 54.2% of all boys named Arlo (13,151) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s5#1,051 (1899)#1,051
1900s35#902 (1900)#1,106
1910s477#667 (1915)#883
1920s726#675 (1929)#777
1930s688#694 (1933)#739
1940s422#751 (1941)#1,074
1950s282#1,195 (1951)#1,464
1960s134#1,713 (1962)#2,389
1970s376#1,157 (1971)#1,515
1980s254#1,655 (1980)#2,218
1990s211#2,432 (1990)#3,330
2000s695#1,156 (2009)#2,070
2010s6,789#271 (2019)#571
2020s13,151#146 (2024)#172

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.

Arlo in 1949

boys
#1,462
25 births · 1 in 70,958 boys

Top boys' names in 1949

  1. #1James86,858
  2. #2Robert83,873
  3. #3John81,178
  4. #4William61,506
  5. #5Michael60,047
  6. #6David59,611
  7. #7Richard50,946
  8. #8Thomas45,192
  9. #9Charles40,052
  10. #10Larry31,819
  11. #1,462Arlo25
More about 1949

boys

1,773,939 boys got a published name in 1949; 1 in 70,958 of them was named Arlo, which outranked 65.2% of the 4,205 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Arlo
  1. #1,434Washington26
  2. #1,434Wellington26
  3. #1,434Wendel26
  4. #1,462Arlo25
  5. #1,462Agapito25
  6. #1,462Arvel25
  7. #1,462Avon25
  8. #1,501Amado24
  9. #1,501Anastacio24
  10. #1,501Antoine24

Tied with 38 names at #1,462; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1948
Risers
  1. ↑ 538Lannie#1,107 → #569
  2. ↑ 411Lenwood#1,296 → #885
  3. ↑ 338Robby#1,296 → #958
  4. ↑ 326Ocie#1,323 → #997
  5. ↑ 319Denzil#1,127 → #808
Fallers
  1. ↓ 473Loyal#989 → #1,462
  2. ↓ 446Rich#963 → #1,409
  3. ↓ 395Brock#733 → #1,128
  4. ↓ 376Baron#972 → #1,348
  5. ↓ 333Murry#989 → #1,322

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

See the top 100 for 1949 →