Meaning not yet researched.
Arlan: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 57 in 2025. Its best rank was #625 in 1936.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #625 in 1936; #2,392 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Arlan in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#2,392 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1936, at #625.
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Arlan: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 57 boys in 2025. Peak: #625 in 1936 · most boys in one year: 87 (1936).
In 2025, 57 US boys were named Arlan, making it the 2,392nd most common boys’ name of the year, up 361 places from #2,753 in 2024. That is 10 more than the 47 boys named Arlan in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #625, reached in 1936. That year also had the most boys given the name: 87. For comparison, it was #4,187 in 2015 and #1,022 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Arlan in 114 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1912 with 8 babies. In all, 3,434 US babies have been given the name, all of them boys. Its busiest decade was the 1940s, with 606 babies named Arlan.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 395 US boys were named Arlan; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 57. In 2025 that was about 1 in 29,966 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Arlan ranked highest in Pennsylvania in 2025, at #854 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Arlene (143,371 babies since 1880), Arline (17,626 babies since 1880), Arleen (12,617 babies since 1880) and Arlen (8,154 babies since 1880).
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Arlan in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 48 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | 9 | #854 | #807 |
| New York | 5 | #1,781 | — |
| California | 8 | #1,843 | — |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 57 | #2,392 |
| 2024 | — | — | 47 | #2,753 |
| 2023 | — | — | 49 | #2,661 |
| 2022 | — | — | 34 | #3,416 |
| 2021 | — | — | 40 | #3,023 |
| 2020 | — | — | 43 | #2,807 |
| 2019 | — | — | 34 | #3,352 |
| 2018 | — | — | 37 | #3,111 |
| 2017 | — | — | 29 | #3,682 |
| 2016 | — | — | 25 | #4,104 |
| 2015 | — | — | 24 | #4,187 |
| 2014 | — | — | 18 | #5,079 |
| 2013 | — | — | 21 | #4,475 |
| 2012 | — | — | 16 | #5,498 |
| 2011 | — | — | 22 | #4,370 |
| 2010 | — | — | 19 | #4,856 |
| 2009 | — | — | 16 | #5,576 |
| 2008 | — | — | 12 | #6,789 |
| 2007 | — | — | 16 | #5,451 |
| 2006 | — | — | 22 | #4,234 |
| 2005 | — | — | 15 | #5,303 |
| 2004 | — | — | 12 | #6,158 |
| 2003 | — | — | 11 | #6,292 |
| 2002 | — | — | 13 | #5,420 |
| 2001 | — | — | 7 | #8,399 |
| 2000 | — | — | 10 | #6,350 |
| 1999 | — | — | 8 | #7,194 |
| 1998 | — | — | 12 | #5,175 |
| 1997 | — | — | 13 | #4,681 |
| 1996 | — | — | 7 | #7,187 |
| 1995 | — | — | 5 | #8,961 |
| 1994 | — | — | 10 | #5,481 |
| 1993 | — | — | 12 | #4,714 |
| 1992 | — | — | 11 | #4,890 |
| 1991 | — | — | 13 | #4,247 |
| 1990 | — | — | 13 | #4,185 |
| 1989 | — | — | 11 | #4,541 |
| 1988 | — | — | 14 | #3,533 |
| 1987 | — | — | 14 | #3,348 |
| 1986 | — | — | 12 | #3,665 |
| 1985 | — | — | 9 | #4,352 |
| 1984 | — | — | 10 | #3,940 |
| 1983 | — | — | 10 | #3,898 |
| 1982 | — | — | 11 | #3,702 |
| 1981 | — | — | 16 | #2,787 |
| 1980 | — | — | 15 | #2,973 |
| 1979 | — | — | 13 | #3,184 |
| 1978 | — | — | 15 | #2,803 |
| 1977 | — | — | 11 | #3,402 |
| 1976 | — | — | 11 | #3,275 |
| 1975 | — | — | 13 | #2,915 |
| 1974 | — | — | 22 | #1,990 |
| 1973 | — | — | 18 | #2,221 |
| 1972 | — | — | 20 | #2,021 |
| 1971 | — | — | 26 | #1,747 |
| 1970 | — | — | 20 | #1,990 |
| 1969 | — | — | 20 | #1,863 |
| 1968 | — | — | 20 | #1,791 |
| 1967 | — | — | 27 | #1,477 |
| 1966 | — | — | 26 | #1,513 |
| 1965 | — | — | 31 | #1,386 |
| 1964 | — | — | 34 | #1,352 |
| 1963 | — | — | 29 | #1,457 |
| 1962 | — | — | 34 | #1,344 |
| 1961 | — | — | 42 | #1,222 |
| 1960 | — | — | 46 | #1,153 |
| 1959 | — | — | 67 | #940 |
| 1958 | — | — | 53 | #1,049 |
| 1957 | — | — | 52 | #1,051 |
| 1956 | — | — | 47 | #1,108 |
| 1955 | — | — | 51 | #1,054 |
| 1954 | — | — | 55 | #1,008 |
| 1953 | — | — | 38 | #1,214 |
| 1952 | — | — | 54 | #969 |
| 1951 | — | — | 53 | #964 |
| 1950 | — | — | 47 | #1,022 |
| 1949 | — | — | 51 | #967 |
| 1948 | — | — | 66 | #838 |
| 1947 | — | — | 58 | #917 |
| 1946 | — | — | 55 | #890 |
| 1945 | — | — | 65 | #761 |
| 1944 | — | — | 59 | #814 |
| 1943 | — | — | 61 | #846 |
| 1942 | — | — | 56 | #876 |
| 1941 | — | — | 69 | #746 |
| 1940 | — | — | 66 | #758 |
| 1939 | — | — | 65 | #745 |
| 1938 | — | — | 69 | #736 |
| 1937 | — | — | 56 | #817 |
| 1936 | — | — | 87 | #625 |
| 1935 | — | — | 58 | #814 |
| 1934 | — | — | 65 | #763 |
| 1933 | — | — | 63 | #770 |
| 1932 | — | — | 40 | #1,058 |
| 1931 | — | — | 48 | #940 |
| 1930 | — | — | 53 | #915 |
| 1929 | — | — | 33 | #1,218 |
| 1928 | — | — | 28 | #1,383 |
| 1927 | — | — | 33 | #1,269 |
| 1926 | — | — | 21 | #1,664 |
| 1925 | — | — | 25 | #1,497 |
| 1924 | — | — | 28 | #1,416 |
| 1923 | — | — | 23 | #1,595 |
| 1922 | — | — | 26 | #1,473 |
| 1921 | — | — | 27 | #1,451 |
| 1920 | — | — | 20 | #1,752 |
| 1919 | — | — | 13 | #2,271 |
| 1918 | — | — | 16 | #2,003 |
| 1917 | — | — | 9 | #2,741 |
| 1916 | — | — | 15 | #1,955 |
| 1915 | — | — | 11 | #2,316 |
| 1914 | — | — | 9 | #2,281 |
| 1913 | — | — | 9 | #1,954 |
| 1912 | — | — | 8 | #1,897 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).