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Arlin: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 46 in 2025. Its best rank was #641 in 1935.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #641 in 1935; #2,768 in 2025. About 88% of babies named Arlin in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#2,768 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1935, at #641.
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Arlin: US boys and girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 46 boys in 2025. Peak: #641 in 1935 · most boys in one year: 85 (1935).
In 2025, 46 US boys were named Arlin, making it the 2,768th most common boys’ name of the year, down 345 places from #2,423 in 2024. That is 11 fewer than the 57 boys named Arlin in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #641, reached in 1935. That year also had the most boys given the name: 85. For comparison, it was #3,596 in 2015 and #949 in 1950.
In 2025, 6 US girls were named Arlin, making it the 13,370th most common girls’ name of the year, down 3,011 places from #10,359 in 2024. That is 3 fewer than the 9 girls named Arlin in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #3,250, reached in 2002. That year also had the most girls given the name: 43. For comparison, it was #10,236 in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
Social Security card records list Arlin in 116 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1910 with 9 babies. In all, 4,884 US babies have been given the name, 17% of them girls and 83% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1930s, with 729 babies named Arlin.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 351 US boys were named Arlin; the busiest of those years was 2024, with 57. In 2025 that was about 1 in 37,132 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Arlin ranked highest in Pennsylvania in 2025, at #1,107 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Arlyn (4,525 babies since 1880), Arlene (143,371 babies since 1880), Arline (17,626 babies since 1880) and Arleen (12,617 babies since 1880).
Meaning not yet researched.
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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 Arlin 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 49 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | 6 | #1,107 | — |
| Ohio | 5 | #1,279 | — |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,370 | 46 | #2,768 |
| 2024 | 9 | #10,359 | 57 | #2,423 |
| 2023 | 19 | #6,195 | 40 | #3,059 |
| 2022 | 19 | #6,259 | 45 | #2,833 |
| 2021 | 13 | #8,078 | 38 | #3,126 |
| 2020 | 11 | #9,018 | 38 | #3,028 |
| 2019 | 17 | #6,740 | 26 | #4,007 |
| 2018 | 11 | #9,222 | 24 | #4,235 |
| 2017 | 13 | #8,345 | 20 | #4,758 |
| 2016 | 12 | #8,955 | 17 | #5,336 |
| 2015 | 10 | #10,236 | 30 | #3,596 |
| 2014 | 20 | #6,231 | 24 | #4,145 |
| 2013 | 16 | #7,423 | 21 | #4,476 |
| 2012 | 19 | #6,619 | 25 | #4,013 |
| 2011 | 15 | #7,837 | 17 | #5,215 |
| 2010 | 18 | #6,936 | 21 | #4,527 |
| 2009 | 18 | #7,100 | 15 | #5,822 |
| 2008 | 20 | #6,584 | 21 | #4,551 |
| 2007 | 33 | #4,483 | 18 | #5,007 |
| 2006 | 36 | #4,080 | 15 | #5,543 |
| 2005 | 39 | #3,742 | 16 | #5,053 |
| 2004 | 20 | #5,997 | 22 | #4,014 |
| 2003 | 30 | #4,320 | 15 | #5,051 |
| 2002 | 43 | #3,250 | 14 | #5,153 |
| 2001 | 24 | #4,851 | 27 | #3,232 |
| 2000 | 29 | #4,194 | 17 | #4,401 |
| 1999 | 17 | #5,926 | 10 | #6,073 |
| 1998 | 15 | #6,406 | 16 | #4,213 |
| 1997 | 13 | #6,885 | 10 | #5,672 |
| 1996 | 15 | #6,089 | 23 | #3,113 |
| 1995 | 12 | #7,089 | 8 | #6,448 |
| 1994 | 22 | #4,531 | 14 | #4,305 |
| 1993 | 15 | #5,981 | 11 | #5,031 |
| 1992 | 17 | #5,501 | 20 | #3,229 |
| 1991 | 21 | #4,666 | 16 | #3,651 |
| 1990 | 16 | #5,575 | 14 | #3,985 |
| 1989 | 13 | #6,181 | 23 | #2,695 |
| 1988 | 8 | #8,450 | 23 | #2,516 |
| 1987 | 8 | #8,049 | 9 | #4,594 |
| 1986 | 12 | #5,779 | 17 | #2,898 |
| 1985 | 9 | #6,996 | 14 | #3,229 |
| 1984 | 16 | #4,491 | 8 | #4,578 |
| 1983 | 7 | #8,106 | 20 | #2,412 |
| 1982 | 8 | #7,520 | 13 | #3,301 |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,197 | 10 | #3,876 |
| 1980 | — | — | 18 | #2,621 |
| 1979 | 5 | #10,311 | 17 | #2,677 |
| 1978 | — | — | 18 | #2,482 |
| 1977 | — | — | 17 | #2,564 |
| 1976 | — | — | 14 | #2,834 |
| 1975 | — | — | 18 | #2,366 |
| 1974 | — | — | 21 | #2,057 |
| 1973 | — | — | 18 | #2,222 |
| 1972 | — | — | 22 | #1,931 |
| 1971 | — | — | 20 | #2,057 |
| 1970 | 5 | #8,058 | 35 | #1,419 |
| 1969 | — | — | 25 | #1,643 |
| 1968 | — | — | 35 | #1,285 |
| 1967 | — | — | 23 | #1,610 |
| 1966 | — | — | 29 | #1,429 |
| 1965 | — | — | 36 | #1,274 |
| 1964 | — | — | 33 | #1,371 |
| 1963 | — | — | 42 | #1,197 |
| 1962 | — | — | 39 | #1,244 |
| 1961 | — | — | 32 | #1,407 |
| 1960 | — | — | 48 | #1,131 |
| 1959 | — | — | 44 | #1,173 |
| 1958 | — | — | 47 | #1,114 |
| 1957 | — | — | 46 | #1,131 |
| 1956 | — | — | 57 | #987 |
| 1955 | — | — | 48 | #1,084 |
| 1954 | — | — | 30 | #1,383 |
| 1953 | — | — | 67 | #878 |
| 1952 | — | — | 52 | #994 |
| 1951 | — | — | 58 | #919 |
| 1950 | — | — | 53 | #949 |
| 1949 | — | — | 51 | #968 |
| 1948 | — | — | 55 | #933 |
| 1947 | — | — | 71 | #823 |
| 1946 | — | — | 51 | #935 |
| 1945 | — | — | 53 | #860 |
| 1944 | — | — | 45 | #964 |
| 1943 | — | — | 69 | #788 |
| 1942 | — | — | 55 | #888 |
| 1941 | — | — | 64 | #778 |
| 1940 | 5 | #4,401 | 70 | #729 |
| 1939 | — | — | 75 | #686 |
| 1938 | — | — | 84 | #652 |
| 1937 | — | — | 56 | #818 |
| 1936 | 5 | #4,225 | 68 | #729 |
| 1935 | — | — | 85 | #641 |
| 1934 | — | — | 81 | #673 |
| 1933 | — | — | 81 | #643 |
| 1932 | — | — | 70 | #746 |
| 1931 | — | — | 62 | #794 |
| 1930 | 5 | #4,591 | 57 | #874 |
| 1929 | — | — | 56 | #889 |
| 1928 | — | — | 66 | #807 |
| 1927 | — | — | 55 | #924 |
| 1926 | — | — | 56 | #895 |
| 1925 | 5 | #5,021 | 39 | #1,122 |
| 1924 | 7 | #4,020 | 53 | #962 |
| 1923 | — | — | 50 | #979 |
| 1922 | — | — | 48 | #1,023 |
| 1921 | — | — | 36 | #1,199 |
| 1920 | — | — | 39 | #1,140 |
| 1919 | — | — | 38 | #1,124 |
| 1918 | 5 | #4,863 | 40 | #1,079 |
| 1917 | — | — | 28 | #1,292 |
| 1916 | — | — | 34 | #1,121 |
| 1915 | — | — | 46 | #916 |
| 1914 | — | — | 28 | #1,073 |
| 1913 | — | — | 24 | #1,024 |
| 1912 | — | — | 8 | #1,898 |
| 1911 | — | — | 6 | #1,546 |
| 1910 | — | — | 9 | #1,120 |
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).