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Arlene: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 127 in 2025. Its best rank was #53 in 1934.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #53 in 1934; #1,632 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Arlene in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,632 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1934, at #53.
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Arlene: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 127 girls in 2025. Peak: #53 in 1934 · most girls in one year: 3,917 (1934).
In 2025, 127 US girls were named Arlene, making it the 1,632nd most common girls’ name of the year, up 164 places from #1,796 in 2024. That is 15 more than the 112 girls named Arlene in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #53, reached in 1934. That year also had the most girls given the name: 3,917. For comparison, it was #1,382 in 2015 and #132 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Arlene in 138 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1888 with 9 babies. In all, 143,371 US babies have been given the name, 99.7% of them girls and 0.3% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1930s, with 34,944 babies named Arlene.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 1,254 US girls were named Arlene; the busiest of those years was 2017, with 153. In 2025 that was about 1 in 12,656 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Arlene ranked highest in Indiana in 2025, at #928 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Arline (17,626 babies since 1880), Earlene (14,170 babies since 1880), Arleen (12,617 babies since 1880) and Arlen (8,154 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Arlena, Arlean and Arlon are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Arly and Lena.
Meaning not yet researched.
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Rare spellings summarised here: Arlena (2,830), Arlean (1,673), Arlon (1,472), Arlyne (1,469), Arlynn (661), Arleene (388), Arliene (176), Arlenne (171), Arlone (86), Arlayne (74), Arlynne (52), Arloine (47), and more.
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.
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 45 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indiana | 6 | #928 | — |
| Pennsylvania | 9 | #934 | — |
| California | 20 | #1,242 | #631 |
| Ohio | 6 | #1,291 | — |
| Texas | 17 | #1,412 | #1,193 |
| New York | 9 | #1,425 | #1,148 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 127 | #1,632 | — | — |
| 2024 | 112 | #1,796 | — | — |
| 2023 | 112 | #1,806 | — | — |
| 2022 | 119 | #1,742 | — | — |
| 2021 | 115 | #1,769 | — | — |
| 2020 | 134 | #1,571 | — | — |
| 2019 | 120 | #1,728 | — | — |
| 2018 | 114 | #1,787 | — | — |
| 2017 | 153 | #1,466 | — | — |
| 2016 | 148 | #1,524 | — | — |
| 2015 | 171 | #1,382 | — | — |
| 2014 | 150 | #1,487 | — | — |
| 2013 | 159 | #1,427 | — | — |
| 2012 | 157 | #1,452 | — | — |
| 2011 | 179 | #1,314 | — | — |
| 2010 | 208 | #1,166 | — | — |
| 2009 | 194 | #1,259 | — | — |
| 2008 | 234 | #1,104 | — | — |
| 2007 | 225 | #1,141 | — | — |
| 2006 | 242 | #1,056 | — | — |
| 2005 | 307 | #830 | — | — |
| 2004 | 244 | #974 | — | — |
| 2003 | 285 | #849 | — | — |
| 2002 | 318 | #760 | — | — |
| 2001 | 280 | #827 | — | — |
| 2000 | 286 | #798 | — | — |
| 1999 | 313 | #722 | — | — |
| 1998 | 304 | #726 | — | — |
| 1997 | 319 | #679 | — | — |
| 1996 | 302 | #705 | — | — |
| 1995 | 297 | #705 | — | — |
| 1994 | 298 | #702 | — | — |
| 1993 | 342 | #652 | — | — |
| 1992 | 369 | #616 | — | — |
| 1991 | 332 | #659 | — | — |
| 1990 | 314 | #680 | — | — |
| 1989 | 341 | #622 | 7 | #6,263 |
| 1988 | 341 | #591 | — | — |
| 1987 | 364 | #551 | — | — |
| 1986 | 353 | #564 | 6 | #5,980 |
| 1985 | 347 | #568 | — | — |
| 1984 | 350 | #543 | — | — |
| 1983 | 369 | #516 | — | — |
| 1982 | 421 | #487 | — | — |
| 1981 | 413 | #495 | — | — |
| 1980 | 371 | #520 | — | — |
| 1979 | 325 | #564 | — | — |
| 1978 | 355 | #521 | — | — |
| 1977 | 391 | #487 | — | — |
| 1976 | 416 | #462 | — | — |
| 1975 | 408 | #461 | — | — |
| 1974 | 435 | #444 | — | — |
| 1973 | 501 | #400 | — | — |
| 1972 | 500 | #401 | — | — |
| 1971 | 605 | #380 | — | — |
| 1970 | 718 | #349 | — | — |
| 1969 | 737 | #330 | — | — |
| 1968 | 719 | #324 | — | — |
| 1967 | 773 | #310 | 5 | #3,994 |
| 1966 | 911 | #279 | — | — |
| 1965 | 1,054 | #266 | — | — |
| 1964 | 1,225 | #253 | — | — |
| 1963 | 1,295 | #245 | 6 | #3,666 |
| 1962 | 1,341 | #237 | — | — |
| 1961 | 1,554 | #216 | 6 | #3,662 |
| 1960 | 1,625 | #211 | 8 | #3,095 |
| 1959 | 1,790 | #199 | — | — |
| 1958 | 1,778 | #192 | — | — |
| 1957 | 1,693 | #203 | 6 | #3,570 |
| 1956 | 1,807 | #191 | — | — |
| 1955 | 1,982 | #175 | 5 | #3,905 |
| 1954 | 2,075 | #169 | 5 | #3,850 |
| 1953 | 2,305 | #153 | 6 | #3,443 |
| 1952 | 2,330 | #147 | 5 | #3,764 |
| 1951 | 2,502 | #134 | — | — |
| 1950 | 2,390 | #132 | 5 | #3,711 |
| 1949 | 2,395 | #133 | — | — |
| 1948 | 2,480 | #125 | 5 | #3,703 |
| 1947 | 2,907 | #118 | 5 | #3,750 |
| 1946 | 2,801 | #113 | 7 | #2,933 |
| 1945 | 2,771 | #99 | 7 | #2,758 |
| 1944 | 2,714 | #101 | 13 | #1,992 |
| 1943 | 3,146 | #90 | 7 | #2,975 |
| 1942 | 3,331 | #83 | 17 | #1,734 |
| 1941 | 3,291 | #77 | 6 | #3,157 |
| 1940 | 3,257 | #75 | 15 | #1,804 |
| 1939 | 3,578 | #69 | 20 | #1,495 |
| 1938 | 3,894 | #63 | 20 | #1,523 |
| 1937 | 3,805 | #60 | 23 | #1,404 |
| 1936 | 3,898 | #54 | 15 | #1,804 |
| 1935 | 3,684 | #59 | 8 | #2,727 |
| 1934 | 3,917 | #53 | 13 | #2,027 |
| 1933 | 3,185 | #74 | 10 | #2,373 |
| 1932 | 3,109 | #80 | 15 | #1,925 |
| 1931 | 3,217 | #77 | 11 | #2,335 |
| 1930 | 2,509 | #103 | 13 | #2,184 |
| 1929 | 2,398 | #105 | 8 | #2,998 |
| 1928 | 2,521 | #106 | 10 | #2,670 |
| 1927 | 2,563 | #108 | 7 | #3,467 |
| 1926 | 2,522 | #108 | 9 | #2,916 |
| 1925 | 2,275 | #120 | 5 | #4,233 |
| 1924 | 2,277 | #122 | — | — |
| 1923 | 2,090 | #127 | 6 | #3,843 |
| 1922 | 1,884 | #133 | 6 | #3,888 |
| 1921 | 1,837 | #138 | — | — |
| 1920 | 1,594 | #145 | 5 | #4,326 |
| 1919 | 1,427 | #156 | — | — |
| 1918 | 1,340 | #165 | — | — |
| 1917 | 1,208 | #167 | — | — |
| 1916 | 1,105 | #172 | 5 | #3,931 |
| 1915 | 864 | #193 | — | — |
| 1914 | 608 | #209 | — | — |
| 1913 | 471 | #218 | — | — |
| 1912 | 325 | #246 | — | — |
| 1911 | 226 | #257 | — | — |
| 1910 | 207 | #268 | — | — |
| 1909 | 160 | #282 | — | — |
| 1908 | 143 | #296 | — | — |
| 1907 | 101 | #351 | — | — |
| 1906 | 107 | #325 | — | — |
| 1905 | 77 | #386 | — | — |
| 1904 | 59 | #421 | — | — |
| 1903 | 67 | #388 | — | — |
| 1902 | 47 | #459 | — | — |
| 1901 | 38 | #488 | — | — |
| 1900 | 47 | #494 | — | — |
| 1899 | 33 | #514 | — | — |
| 1898 | 30 | #588 | — | — |
| 1897 | 28 | #569 | — | — |
| 1896 | 33 | #516 | — | — |
| 1895 | 23 | #639 | — | — |
| 1894 | 19 | #684 | — | — |
| 1893 | 17 | #716 | — | — |
| 1892 | 19 | #666 | — | — |
| 1891 | 13 | #754 | — | — |
| 1890 | 11 | #830 | — | — |
| 1889 | 5 | #1,293 | — | — |
| 1888 | 9 | #900 | — | — |
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).