Meaning not yet researched.
Arlie: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 61 in 2025. Its best rank was #609 in 1887.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #609 in 1887; #2,781 in 2025. About 79% of babies named Arlie in 2025 were girls.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#2,781 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1887, at #609.
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Arlie: US girls and boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 61 girls in 2025. Peak: #609 in 1887 · most girls in one year: 79 (1921).
In 2025, 61 US girls were named Arlie, making it the 2,781st most common girls’ name of the year, down 3 places from #2,778 in 2024. That is 0 more than the 61 girls named Arlie in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #609, reached in 1887. The most girls given the name in a single year was 79, in 1921. For comparison, it was #4,870 in 2015 and #3,437 in 1950.
In 2025, 16 US boys were named Arlie, making it the 5,627th most common boys’ name of the year, down 545 places from #5,082 in 2024. That is 3 fewer than the 19 boys named Arlie in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #369, reached in 1904. The most boys given the name in a single year was 170, in 1921. For comparison, it was #10,773 in 2015 and #899 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Arlie in 145 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1880 with 7 babies. In all, 9,297 US babies have been given the name, 28% of them girls and 72% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 1,942 babies named Arlie.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 467 US girls were named Arlie; the busiest of those years was 2023, with 72. In 2025 that was about 1 in 26,349 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Arlie ranked highest in Michigan in 2025, at #1,234 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), Arley (4,546 babies since 1880) and Arly (895 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Arlee, Airlie and Arlea 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: Arlee (1,702), Airlie (143), Arlea (10), Arlia (10).
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 Arlie in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 49 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan | 5 | #1,234 | — |
| California | 5 | #3,163 | — |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 61 | #2,781 | 16 | #5,627 |
| 2024 | 61 | #2,778 | 19 | #5,082 |
| 2023 | 72 | #2,470 | 19 | #5,086 |
| 2022 | 59 | #2,861 | 9 | #8,370 |
| 2021 | 36 | #4,029 | 19 | #4,944 |
| 2020 | 36 | #3,926 | 13 | #6,323 |
| 2019 | 35 | #4,082 | 25 | #4,119 |
| 2018 | 43 | #3,569 | 15 | #5,793 |
| 2017 | 37 | #4,008 | 12 | #6,720 |
| 2016 | 27 | #5,011 | 11 | #7,181 |
| 2015 | 28 | #4,870 | 6 | #10,773 |
| 2014 | 29 | #4,783 | 17 | #5,266 |
| 2013 | 24 | #5,511 | 5 | #12,299 |
| 2012 | 18 | #6,906 | 9 | #8,202 |
| 2011 | 25 | #5,378 | 9 | #8,128 |
| 2010 | 12 | #9,298 | 13 | #6,377 |
| 2009 | 16 | #7,721 | 11 | #7,258 |
| 2008 | 15 | #8,158 | 9 | #8,368 |
| 2007 | 14 | #8,584 | 6 | #11,035 |
| 2006 | 21 | #6,153 | — | — |
| 2005 | 11 | #9,533 | 13 | #5,895 |
| 2004 | 17 | #6,809 | 6 | #10,048 |
| 2003 | 10 | #9,755 | 6 | #9,660 |
| 2002 | 10 | #9,568 | 8 | #7,699 |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,190 | 11 | #6,045 |
| 2000 | 11 | #8,603 | 7 | #8,262 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,435 | 9 | #6,571 |
| 1998 | 13 | #7,149 | 12 | #5,176 |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,930 | 9 | #6,124 |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,960 | 8 | #6,538 |
| 1995 | — | — | 7 | #7,035 |
| 1994 | — | — | 9 | #5,898 |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,635 | 16 | #3,832 |
| 1992 | 10 | #8,113 | 8 | #6,170 |
| 1991 | — | — | 12 | #4,498 |
| 1990 | — | — | 9 | #5,407 |
| 1989 | — | — | 9 | #5,191 |
| 1988 | 8 | #8,449 | 19 | #2,866 |
| 1987 | — | — | 9 | #4,593 |
| 1986 | 8 | #7,799 | 11 | #3,896 |
| 1985 | 10 | #6,490 | 13 | #3,416 |
| 1984 | 15 | #4,751 | 21 | #2,368 |
| 1983 | 15 | #4,697 | 11 | #3,638 |
| 1982 | 7 | #8,294 | 13 | #3,300 |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,196 | 16 | #2,788 |
| 1980 | 6 | #9,177 | 17 | #2,735 |
| 1979 | — | — | 19 | #2,469 |
| 1978 | — | — | 16 | #2,676 |
| 1977 | — | — | 19 | #2,370 |
| 1976 | — | — | 23 | #2,055 |
| 1975 | — | — | 25 | #1,888 |
| 1974 | 6 | #7,749 | 22 | #1,991 |
| 1973 | — | — | 22 | #1,931 |
| 1972 | — | — | 22 | #1,930 |
| 1971 | — | — | 25 | #1,786 |
| 1970 | — | — | 38 | #1,352 |
| 1969 | — | — | 29 | #1,495 |
| 1968 | — | — | 32 | #1,366 |
| 1967 | — | — | 32 | #1,341 |
| 1966 | — | — | 39 | #1,196 |
| 1965 | — | — | 28 | #1,457 |
| 1964 | 5 | #6,828 | 45 | #1,147 |
| 1963 | — | — | 45 | #1,153 |
| 1962 | 5 | #6,625 | 60 | #986 |
| 1961 | — | — | 36 | #1,323 |
| 1960 | — | — | 50 | #1,099 |
| 1959 | — | — | 42 | #1,200 |
| 1958 | 5 | #6,139 | 55 | #1,026 |
| 1957 | 11 | #3,708 | 71 | #898 |
| 1956 | 7 | #4,859 | 53 | #1,034 |
| 1955 | 6 | #5,248 | 66 | #915 |
| 1954 | 9 | #3,989 | 71 | #868 |
| 1953 | 11 | #3,492 | 73 | #840 |
| 1952 | 9 | #3,820 | 66 | #864 |
| 1951 | 8 | #4,034 | 56 | #934 |
| 1950 | 10 | #3,437 | 58 | #899 |
| 1949 | 11 | #3,187 | 72 | #808 |
| 1948 | 15 | #2,600 | 91 | #700 |
| 1947 | 12 | #3,068 | 93 | #712 |
| 1946 | 11 | #3,041 | 84 | #711 |
| 1945 | 13 | #2,468 | 70 | #735 |
| 1944 | 9 | #3,149 | 103 | #604 |
| 1943 | 17 | #2,156 | 113 | #594 |
| 1942 | 13 | #2,546 | 91 | #677 |
| 1941 | 10 | #2,853 | 93 | #629 |
| 1940 | 24 | #1,594 | 89 | #631 |
| 1939 | 22 | #1,643 | 99 | #574 |
| 1938 | 9 | #2,953 | 90 | #628 |
| 1937 | 22 | #1,632 | 90 | #616 |
| 1936 | 18 | #1,805 | 101 | #573 |
| 1935 | 25 | #1,486 | 78 | #679 |
| 1934 | 24 | #1,519 | 110 | #563 |
| 1933 | 22 | #1,610 | 121 | #512 |
| 1932 | 27 | #1,453 | 129 | #508 |
| 1931 | 24 | #1,552 | 138 | #487 |
| 1930 | 31 | #1,372 | 131 | #523 |
| 1929 | 24 | #1,600 | 118 | #536 |
| 1928 | 45 | #1,136 | 149 | #495 |
| 1927 | 36 | #1,332 | 155 | #485 |
| 1926 | 49 | #1,069 | 132 | #525 |
| 1925 | 41 | #1,210 | 146 | #504 |
| 1924 | 37 | #1,329 | 148 | #514 |
| 1923 | 38 | #1,269 | 162 | #477 |
| 1922 | 61 | #949 | 149 | #506 |
| 1921 | 79 | #829 | 170 | #469 |
| 1920 | 46 | #1,104 | 157 | #485 |
| 1919 | 46 | #1,075 | 139 | #503 |
| 1918 | 58 | #937 | 147 | #492 |
| 1917 | 66 | #843 | 139 | #488 |
| 1916 | 52 | #950 | 152 | #461 |
| 1915 | 33 | #1,193 | 122 | #503 |
| 1914 | 47 | #858 | 91 | #512 |
| 1913 | 41 | #824 | 63 | #545 |
| 1912 | 35 | #846 | 51 | #562 |
| 1911 | 16 | #1,118 | 34 | #507 |
| 1910 | 26 | #846 | 23 | #598 |
| 1909 | 22 | #870 | 38 | #398 |
| 1908 | 16 | #1,007 | 26 | #489 |
| 1907 | 22 | #795 | 26 | #457 |
| 1906 | 20 | #818 | 29 | #400 |
| 1905 | 14 | #1,016 | 22 | #479 |
| 1904 | 16 | #911 | 30 | #369 |
| 1903 | 19 | #790 | 17 | #527 |
| 1902 | 14 | #940 | 16 | #537 |
| 1901 | 22 | #685 | 17 | #468 |
| 1900 | 22 | #781 | 16 | #624 |
| 1899 | 16 | #815 | 13 | #550 |
| 1898 | 16 | #844 | 13 | #612 |
| 1897 | 14 | #869 | 21 | #412 |
| 1896 | 12 | #957 | 20 | #438 |
| 1895 | 17 | #772 | 21 | #427 |
| 1894 | 11 | #954 | 17 | #480 |
| 1893 | 16 | #741 | 18 | #435 |
| 1892 | 16 | #731 | 18 | #459 |
| 1891 | 16 | #671 | 16 | #442 |
| 1890 | 10 | #874 | 21 | #391 |
| 1889 | 12 | #759 | 11 | #584 |
| 1888 | 13 | #724 | 17 | #465 |
| 1887 | 14 | #609 | 8 | #688 |
| 1886 | 9 | #779 | 7 | #762 |
| 1885 | 7 | #849 | 9 | #647 |
| 1884 | 8 | #795 | 15 | #489 |
| 1883 | 5 | #932 | 14 | #482 |
| 1882 | — | — | 6 | #845 |
| 1880 | — | — | 7 | #749 |
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).