Arlen
Rank in 2025
#5554
recorded as girls
#1585
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
129
girls 22 · boys 107
Peak year
1934
206 babies recorded as boys
All-time total
8,154
since 1909
Born an Arlen? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Arlen was most popular in 1934, when 206 babies recorded as boys got the name (0.20 per 1,000). In 2025, 107 babies were named Arlen, ranking #1585 for babies recorded as boys. Compared with 2018–2020, it's up 66%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22 | 5554 | 107 | 1585 |
| 2024 | 20 | 5962 | 99 | 1685 |
| 2023 | 22 | 5549 | 101 | 1681 |
| 2022 | 24 | 5309 | 80 | 1938 |
| 2021 | 17 | 6691 | 88 | 1789 |
| 2020 | 17 | 6629 | 66 | 2113 |
| 2019 | 24 | 5306 | 68 | 2110 |
| 2018 | 21 | 5785 | 55 | 2385 |
| 2017 | 13 | 8299 | 66 | 2091 |
| 2016 | 12 | 8875 | 60 | 2228 |
| 2015 | 22 | 5833 | 59 | 2253 |
| 2014 | 16 | 7302 | 53 | 2402 |
| 2013 | 11 | 9612 | 42 | 2763 |
| 2012 | 15 | 7804 | 42 | 2811 |
| 2011 | 23 | 5728 | 41 | 2852 |
| 2010 | 9 | 11246 | 27 | 3812 |
| 2009 | 22 | 6091 | 34 | 3274 |
| 2008 | 17 | 7408 | 26 | 3921 |
| 2007 | 31 | 4675 | 31 | 3444 |
| 2006 | 14 | 8237 | 43 | 2698 |
| 2005 | 19 | 6245 | 47 | 2433 |
| 2004 | 22 | 5555 | 32 | 3074 |
| 2003 | 21 | 5586 | 27 | 3366 |
| 2002 | 17 | 6392 | 32 | 2882 |
| 2001 | 23 | 5009 | 23 | 3617 |
| 2000 | 26 | 4527 | 23 | 3536 |
| 1999 | 10 | 8805 | 28 | 2939 |
| 1998 | 19 | 5363 | 32 | 2599 |
| 1997 | 17 | 5626 | 38 | 2228 |
| 1996 | 15 | 6064 | 36 | 2254 |
| 1995 | 11 | 7514 | 41 | 2026 |
| 1994 | 11 | 7604 | 30 | 2502 |
| 1993 | 16 | 5673 | 31 | 2399 |
| 1992 | 10 | 8065 | 34 | 2214 |
| 1991 | <5 | — | 27 | 2544 |
| 1990 | 11 | 7303 | 30 | 2308 |
| 1989 | 13 | 6160 | 39 | 1891 |
| 1988 | 6 | 10386 | 38 | 1790 |
| 1987 | <5 | — | 38 | 1734 |
| 1986 | 6 | 9545 | 36 | 1725 |
| 1985 | 7 | 8318 | 51 | 1354 |
| 1984 | <5 | — | 30 | 1842 |
| 1983 | <5 | — | 32 | 1748 |
| 1982 | <5 | — | 34 | 1700 |
| 1981 | 9 | 6804 | 39 | 1548 |
| 1980 | 7 | 8178 | 35 | 1655 |
| 1979 | <5 | — | 26 | 1991 |
| 1978 | 6 | 8562 | 30 | 1760 |
| 1977 | 5 | 9652 | 34 | 1607 |
| 1976 | <5 | — | 30 | 1711 |
| 1975 | <5 | — | 31 | 1630 |
| 1974 | 5 | 8775 | 38 | 1388 |
| 1973 | <5 | — | 23 | 1871 |
| 1972 | <5 | — | 37 | 1391 |
| 1971 | <5 | — | 50 | 1157 |
| 1970 | <5 | — | 48 | 1192 |
| 1969 | <5 | — | 43 | 1198 |
| 1968 | <5 | — | 41 | 1183 |
| 1967 | <5 | — | 52 | 1003 |
| 1966 | 7 | 5273 | 56 | 968 |
| 1965 | <5 | — | 51 | 1031 |
| 1964 | <5 | — | 72 | 895 |
| 1963 | <5 | — | 60 | 971 |
| 1962 | <5 | — | 69 | 912 |
| 1961 | <5 | — | 79 | 859 |
| 1960 | <5 | — | 79 | 852 |
| 1959 | <5 | — | 114 | 718 |
| 1958 | 6 | 5408 | 102 | 733 |
| 1957 | <5 | — | 102 | 744 |
| 1956 | <5 | — | 110 | 705 |
| 1955 | 5 | 5828 | 148 | 608 |
| 1954 | 6 | 5148 | 158 | 588 |
| 1953 | <5 | — | 123 | 642 |
| 1952 | <5 | — | 128 | 622 |
| 1951 | <5 | — | 129 | 620 |
| 1950 | <5 | — | 106 | 674 |
| 1949 | 5 | 5244 | 100 | 683 |
| 1948 | 5 | 5243 | 89 | 708 |
| 1947 | <5 | — | 86 | 742 |
| 1946 | <5 | — | 114 | 603 |
| 1945 | 6 | 4025 | 79 | 676 |
| 1944 | <5 | — | 83 | 679 |
| 1943 | <5 | — | 80 | 721 |
| 1942 | <5 | — | 92 | 673 |
| 1941 | <5 | — | 121 | 535 |
| 1940 | <5 | — | 113 | 555 |
| 1939 | 5 | 4250 | 136 | 493 |
| 1938 | 11 | 2579 | 152 | 470 |
| 1937 | 12 | 2448 | 145 | 463 |
| 1936 | <5 | — | 190 | 399 |
| 1935 | 5 | 4204 | 181 | 407 |
| 1934 | 9 | 2923 | 206 | 380 |
| 1933 | 5 | 4218 | 180 | 400 |
| 1932 | 11 | 2644 | 178 | 418 |
| 1931 | 7 | 3497 | 143 | 473 |
| 1930 | <5 | — | 137 | 508 |
| 1929 | <5 | — | 96 | 620 |
| 1928 | <5 | — | 68 | 786 |
| 1927 | <5 | — | 35 | 1227 |
| 1926 | <5 | — | 35 | 1219 |
| 1925 | 5 | 4973 | 24 | 1534 |
| 1924 | 5 | 5061 | 33 | 1263 |
| 1923 | <5 | — | 34 | 1235 |
| 1922 | <5 | — | 24 | 1545 |
| 1921 | <5 | — | 18 | 1904 |
| 1920 | 5 | 4975 | 22 | 1642 |
| 1919 | <5 | — | 25 | 1449 |
| 1918 | 5 | 4809 | 16 | 1998 |
| 1917 | <5 | — | 18 | 1755 |
| 1916 | <5 | — | 12 | 2259 |
| 1915 | <5 | — | 13 | 2070 |
| 1914 | <5 | — | 14 | 1687 |
| 1913 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1912 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1911 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1910 | <5 | — | 8 | 1193 |
| 1909 | <5 | — | 5 | 1440 |
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Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 10% · boys 90% across all years