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Arlen: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 107 in 2025. Its best rank was #380 in 1934.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #380 in 1934; #1,587 in 2025. About 83% of babies named Arlen in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,587 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1934, at #380.
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Arlen: US boys and girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 107 boys in 2025. Peak: #380 in 1934 · most boys in one year: 206 (1934).
In 2025, 107 US boys were named Arlen, making it the 1,587th most common boys’ name of the year, up 99 places from #1,686 in 2024. That is 8 more than the 99 boys named Arlen in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #380, reached in 1934. That year also had the most boys given the name: 206. For comparison, it was #2,255 in 2015 and #674 in 1950.
In 2025, 22 US girls were named Arlen, making it the 5,576th most common girls’ name of the year, up 401 places from #5,977 in 2024. That is 2 more than the 20 girls named Arlen in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #2,459, reached in 1937. The most girls given the name in a single year was 31, in 2007. For comparison, it was #5,855 in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
Social Security card records list Arlen in 114 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1909 with 5 babies. In all, 8,154 US babies have been given the name, 9.9% of them girls and 90% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1930s, with 1,713 babies named Arlen.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 790 US boys were named Arlen; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 107. In 2025 that was about 1 in 15,963 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Arlen ranked highest in Tennessee in 2025, at #780 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 Arlin (4,884 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Arland are summarised on this page.
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.
Rare spellings summarised here: Arland (1,812).
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 Arlen 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 45 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennessee | 8 | #780 | — |
| Washington | 6 | #907 | — |
| North Carolina | 7 | #1,037 | — |
| California | 13 | #1,366 | #2,297 |
| Florida | 5 | #1,857 | — |
| Texas | 6 | #2,307 | — |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22 | #5,576 | 107 | #1,587 |
| 2024 | 20 | #5,977 | 99 | #1,686 |
| 2023 | 22 | #5,571 | 101 | #1,683 |
| 2022 | 24 | #5,330 | 80 | #1,939 |
| 2021 | 17 | #6,724 | 88 | #1,790 |
| 2020 | 17 | #6,663 | 66 | #2,114 |
| 2019 | 24 | #5,324 | 68 | #2,110 |
| 2018 | 21 | #5,807 | 55 | #2,388 |
| 2017 | 13 | #8,344 | 66 | #2,092 |
| 2016 | 12 | #8,954 | 60 | #2,232 |
| 2015 | 22 | #5,855 | 59 | #2,255 |
| 2014 | 16 | #7,349 | 53 | #2,406 |
| 2013 | 11 | #9,686 | 42 | #2,766 |
| 2012 | 15 | #7,857 | 42 | #2,815 |
| 2011 | 23 | #5,755 | 41 | #2,856 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,367 | 27 | #3,817 |
| 2009 | 22 | #6,120 | 34 | #3,278 |
| 2008 | 17 | #7,456 | 26 | #3,932 |
| 2007 | 31 | #4,697 | 31 | #3,451 |
| 2006 | 14 | #8,294 | 43 | #2,700 |
| 2005 | 19 | #6,291 | 47 | #2,433 |
| 2004 | 22 | #5,586 | 32 | #3,081 |
| 2003 | 21 | #5,604 | 27 | #3,367 |
| 2002 | 17 | #6,424 | 32 | #2,887 |
| 2001 | 23 | #5,028 | 23 | #3,621 |
| 2000 | 26 | #4,541 | 23 | #3,546 |
| 1999 | 10 | #8,865 | 28 | #2,945 |
| 1998 | 19 | #5,386 | 32 | #2,601 |
| 1997 | 17 | #5,651 | 38 | #2,233 |
| 1996 | 15 | #6,088 | 36 | #2,256 |
| 1995 | 11 | #7,561 | 41 | #2,027 |
| 1994 | 11 | #7,651 | 30 | #2,511 |
| 1993 | 16 | #5,695 | 31 | #2,404 |
| 1992 | 10 | #8,112 | 34 | #2,217 |
| 1991 | — | — | 27 | #2,548 |
| 1990 | 11 | #7,345 | 30 | #2,316 |
| 1989 | 13 | #6,180 | 39 | #1,895 |
| 1988 | 6 | #10,462 | 38 | #1,790 |
| 1987 | — | — | 38 | #1,735 |
| 1986 | 6 | #9,634 | 36 | #1,725 |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,401 | 51 | #1,356 |
| 1984 | — | — | 30 | #1,842 |
| 1983 | — | — | 32 | #1,748 |
| 1982 | — | — | 34 | #1,703 |
| 1981 | 9 | #6,839 | 39 | #1,548 |
| 1980 | 7 | #8,227 | 35 | #1,658 |
| 1979 | — | — | 26 | #1,994 |
| 1978 | 6 | #8,632 | 30 | #1,761 |
| 1977 | 5 | #9,745 | 34 | #1,608 |
| 1976 | — | — | 30 | #1,712 |
| 1975 | — | — | 31 | #1,631 |
| 1974 | 5 | #8,860 | 38 | #1,388 |
| 1973 | — | — | 23 | #1,877 |
| 1972 | — | — | 37 | #1,391 |
| 1971 | — | — | 50 | #1,157 |
| 1970 | — | — | 48 | #1,193 |
| 1969 | — | — | 43 | #1,199 |
| 1968 | — | — | 41 | #1,183 |
| 1967 | — | — | 52 | #1,003 |
| 1966 | 7 | #5,296 | 56 | #970 |
| 1965 | — | — | 51 | #1,031 |
| 1964 | — | — | 72 | #895 |
| 1963 | — | — | 60 | #971 |
| 1962 | — | — | 69 | #912 |
| 1961 | — | — | 79 | #859 |
| 1960 | — | — | 79 | #852 |
| 1959 | — | — | 114 | #718 |
| 1958 | 6 | #5,442 | 102 | #734 |
| 1957 | — | — | 102 | #744 |
| 1956 | — | — | 110 | #706 |
| 1955 | 5 | #5,868 | 148 | #609 |
| 1954 | 6 | #5,179 | 158 | #588 |
| 1953 | — | — | 123 | #642 |
| 1952 | — | — | 128 | #622 |
| 1951 | — | — | 129 | #620 |
| 1950 | — | — | 106 | #674 |
| 1949 | 5 | #5,283 | 100 | #683 |
| 1948 | 5 | #5,281 | 89 | #708 |
| 1947 | — | — | 86 | #742 |
| 1946 | — | — | 114 | #604 |
| 1945 | 6 | #4,049 | 79 | #676 |
| 1944 | — | — | 83 | #679 |
| 1943 | — | — | 80 | #721 |
| 1942 | — | — | 92 | #673 |
| 1941 | — | — | 121 | #536 |
| 1940 | — | — | 113 | #555 |
| 1939 | 5 | #4,289 | 136 | #493 |
| 1938 | 11 | #2,590 | 152 | #470 |
| 1937 | 12 | #2,459 | 145 | #463 |
| 1936 | — | — | 190 | #399 |
| 1935 | 5 | #4,246 | 181 | #407 |
| 1934 | 9 | #2,940 | 206 | #380 |
| 1933 | 5 | #4,257 | 180 | #400 |
| 1932 | 11 | #2,652 | 178 | #418 |
| 1931 | 7 | #3,513 | 143 | #473 |
| 1930 | — | — | 137 | #509 |
| 1929 | — | — | 96 | #621 |
| 1928 | — | — | 68 | #786 |
| 1927 | — | — | 35 | #1,227 |
| 1926 | — | — | 35 | #1,220 |
| 1925 | 5 | #5,019 | 24 | #1,535 |
| 1924 | 5 | #5,125 | 33 | #1,264 |
| 1923 | — | — | 34 | #1,236 |
| 1922 | — | — | 24 | #1,548 |
| 1921 | — | — | 18 | #1,908 |
| 1920 | 5 | #5,017 | 22 | #1,645 |
| 1919 | — | — | 25 | #1,453 |
| 1918 | 5 | #4,861 | 16 | #2,004 |
| 1917 | — | — | 18 | #1,757 |
| 1916 | — | — | 12 | #2,269 |
| 1915 | — | — | 13 | #2,073 |
| 1914 | — | — | 14 | #1,693 |
| 1910 | — | — | 8 | #1,202 |
| 1909 | — | — | 5 | #1,461 |
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).