Arlene
Rank in 2025
#1631
recorded as girls
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
127
girls 127
Peak year
1934
3,917 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
143,371
since 1888
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Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Arlene was most popular in 1934, when 3,917 babies recorded as girls got the name (3.8 per 1,000). In 2025, 127 babies were named Arlene, ranking #1631 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's about the same.
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| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 127 | 1631 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 112 | 1796 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 112 | 1802 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 119 | 1742 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 115 | 1768 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 134 | 1571 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 120 | 1724 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 114 | 1787 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 153 | 1465 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 148 | 1523 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 171 | 1382 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 150 | 1487 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 159 | 1425 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 157 | 1452 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 179 | 1311 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 208 | 1165 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 194 | 1258 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 234 | 1104 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 225 | 1141 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 242 | 1056 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 307 | 830 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 244 | 974 | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 285 | 849 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 318 | 759 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 280 | 827 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 286 | 798 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 313 | 722 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 304 | 726 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 319 | 679 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 302 | 705 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 297 | 705 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 298 | 702 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 342 | 652 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 369 | 616 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 332 | 659 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 314 | 679 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 341 | 622 | 7 | 6229 |
| 1988 | 341 | 591 | <5 | — |
| 1987 | 364 | 550 | <5 | — |
| 1986 | 353 | 564 | 6 | 5926 |
| 1985 | 347 | 568 | <5 | — |
| 1984 | 350 | 543 | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 369 | 516 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 421 | 487 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | 413 | 495 | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 371 | 520 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 325 | 564 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 355 | 521 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 391 | 487 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 416 | 462 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 408 | 461 | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 435 | 444 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | 501 | 400 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 500 | 401 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 605 | 380 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 718 | 349 | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 737 | 330 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 719 | 324 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 773 | 310 | 5 | 3966 |
| 1966 | 911 | 279 | <5 | — |
| 1965 | 1,054 | 266 | <5 | — |
| 1964 | 1,225 | 253 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 1,295 | 245 | 6 | 3646 |
| 1962 | 1,341 | 237 | <5 | — |
| 1961 | 1,554 | 216 | 6 | 3652 |
| 1960 | 1,625 | 211 | 8 | 3077 |
| 1959 | 1,790 | 199 | <5 | — |
| 1958 | 1,778 | 192 | <5 | — |
| 1957 | 1,693 | 203 | 6 | 3552 |
| 1956 | 1,807 | 191 | <5 | — |
| 1955 | 1,982 | 175 | 5 | 3886 |
| 1954 | 2,075 | 169 | 5 | 3827 |
| 1953 | 2,305 | 153 | 6 | 3425 |
| 1952 | 2,330 | 147 | 5 | 3734 |
| 1951 | 2,502 | 134 | <5 | — |
| 1950 | 2,390 | 132 | 5 | 3681 |
| 1949 | 2,395 | 133 | <5 | — |
| 1948 | 2,480 | 125 | 5 | 3668 |
| 1947 | 2,907 | 118 | 5 | 3733 |
| 1946 | 2,801 | 113 | 7 | 2919 |
| 1945 | 2,771 | 99 | 7 | 2743 |
| 1944 | 2,714 | 101 | 13 | 1988 |
| 1943 | 3,146 | 90 | 7 | 2964 |
| 1942 | 3,331 | 83 | 17 | 1730 |
| 1941 | 3,291 | 77 | 6 | 3133 |
| 1940 | 3,257 | 75 | 15 | 1802 |
| 1939 | 3,578 | 69 | 20 | 1489 |
| 1938 | 3,894 | 63 | 20 | 1521 |
| 1937 | 3,805 | 60 | 23 | 1403 |
| 1936 | 3,898 | 54 | 15 | 1801 |
| 1935 | 3,684 | 59 | 8 | 2719 |
| 1934 | 3,917 | 53 | 13 | 2022 |
| 1933 | 3,185 | 74 | 10 | 2368 |
| 1932 | 3,109 | 80 | 15 | 1922 |
| 1931 | 3,217 | 77 | 11 | 2328 |
| 1930 | 2,509 | 103 | 13 | 2178 |
| 1929 | 2,398 | 105 | 8 | 2980 |
| 1928 | 2,521 | 106 | 10 | 2659 |
| 1927 | 2,563 | 108 | 7 | 3451 |
| 1926 | 2,522 | 108 | 9 | 2904 |
| 1925 | 2,275 | 120 | 5 | 4197 |
| 1924 | 2,277 | 122 | <5 | — |
| 1923 | 2,090 | 127 | 6 | 3822 |
| 1922 | 1,884 | 133 | 6 | 3872 |
| 1921 | 1,837 | 138 | <5 | — |
| 1920 | 1,594 | 145 | 5 | 4286 |
| 1919 | 1,427 | 156 | <5 | — |
| 1918 | 1,340 | 165 | <5 | — |
| 1917 | 1,208 | 167 | <5 | — |
| 1916 | 1,105 | 172 | 5 | 3897 |
| 1915 | 864 | 193 | <5 | — |
| 1914 | 608 | 209 | <5 | — |
| 1913 | 471 | 218 | <5 | — |
| 1912 | 325 | 246 | <5 | — |
| 1911 | 226 | 257 | <5 | — |
| 1910 | 207 | 268 | <5 | — |
| 1909 | 160 | 282 | <5 | — |
| 1908 | 143 | 296 | <5 | — |
| 1907 | 101 | 351 | <5 | — |
| 1906 | 107 | 325 | <5 | — |
| 1905 | 77 | 386 | <5 | — |
| 1904 | 59 | 421 | <5 | — |
| 1903 | 67 | 388 | <5 | — |
| 1902 | 47 | 459 | <5 | — |
| 1901 | 38 | 487 | <5 | — |
| 1900 | 47 | 494 | <5 | — |
| 1899 | 33 | 514 | <5 | — |
| 1898 | 30 | 586 | <5 | — |
| 1897 | 28 | 567 | <5 | — |
| 1896 | 33 | 514 | <5 | — |
| 1895 | 23 | 638 | <5 | — |
| 1894 | 19 | 682 | <5 | — |
| 1893 | 17 | 713 | <5 | — |
| 1892 | 19 | 666 | <5 | — |
| 1891 | 13 | 750 | <5 | — |
| 1890 | 11 | 825 | <5 | — |
| 1889 | 5 | 1279 | <5 | — |
| 1888 | 9 | 894 | <5 | — |
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Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 100% · boys <1% across all years