Arlyn

Where Arlyn comes from

Arlyn hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1914
    First appearance
    #3,618 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1937
    Peak, #1,580
    23 babies named Arlyn — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1939
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #3,429.
  4. 1944
    Arlyn Phoenix born
    American activist
  5. 1983
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Arlyn Phoenix · American activist, born 1944

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.