Meaning not yet researched.
Arlis: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 23 in 2025. Its best rank was #941 in 1931.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #941 in 1931; #4,409 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Arlis in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#4,409 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1931, at #941.
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Arlis: US boys and girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 23 boys in 2025. Peak: #941 in 1931 · most boys in one year: 48 (1931).
In 2025, 23 US boys were named Arlis, making it the 4,409th most common boys’ name of the year, up 674 places from #5,083 in 2024. That is 4 more than the 19 boys named Arlis in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #941, reached in 1931. That year also had the most boys given the name: 48. For comparison, it was #5,762 in 2015 and #1,817 in 1950.
Fewer than five US girls were named Arlis in 2025, so it does not appear in that year’s SSA list for girls. Its best rank for girls was #1,166, reached in 1935. That year also had the most girls given the name: 37. For comparison, it was unranked (under five girls) in 2015 and #2,657 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Arlis in 108 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1906 with 5 babies. In all, 2,769 US babies have been given the name, 29% of them girls and 71% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1930s, with 637 babies named Arlis.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 152 US boys were named Arlis; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 23. In 2025 that was about 1 in 74,264 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Related spellings in the SSA files include Arliss (1,529 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Arlys, Arles and Arlyss 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: Arlys (1,103), Arles (216), Arlyss (158), Arless (70), Arlos (37), Arliz (13), Arlus (11).
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 Arlis in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 23 | #4,409 |
| 2024 | — | — | 19 | #5,083 |
| 2023 | — | — | 16 | #5,681 |
| 2022 | — | — | 14 | #6,173 |
| 2021 | — | — | 22 | #4,504 |
| 2020 | — | — | 6 | #10,709 |
| 2019 | — | — | 7 | #9,831 |
| 2018 | — | — | 22 | #4,490 |
| 2017 | — | — | 14 | #6,081 |
| 2016 | — | — | 9 | #8,200 |
| 2015 | — | — | 15 | #5,762 |
| 2014 | — | — | 9 | #8,192 |
| 2013 | — | — | 6 | #10,835 |
| 2012 | — | — | 9 | #8,203 |
| 2011 | — | — | 13 | #6,283 |
| 2010 | — | — | 6 | #10,868 |
| 2009 | — | — | 6 | #11,103 |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,838 | 5 | #12,698 |
| 2007 | — | — | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2006 | — | — | 6 | #10,771 |
| 2005 | — | — | 7 | #9,195 |
| 2003 | — | — | 6 | #9,661 |
| 2002 | — | — | 5 | #10,802 |
| 2000 | — | — | 6 | #9,167 |
| 1999 | — | — | 6 | #8,784 |
| 1998 | — | — | 6 | #8,548 |
| 1997 | — | — | 8 | #6,653 |
| 1996 | — | — | 7 | #7,188 |
| 1994 | — | — | 5 | #8,877 |
| 1992 | — | — | 12 | #4,588 |
| 1991 | — | — | 7 | #6,562 |
| 1990 | — | — | 6 | #7,234 |
| 1989 | — | — | 6 | #7,003 |
| 1987 | — | — | 7 | #5,494 |
| 1985 | — | — | 12 | #3,612 |
| 1983 | — | — | 7 | #4,951 |
| 1982 | — | — | 6 | #5,676 |
| 1981 | — | — | 9 | #4,173 |
| 1980 | — | — | 9 | #4,159 |
| 1979 | — | — | 6 | #5,394 |
| 1978 | — | — | 11 | #3,410 |
| 1977 | — | — | 6 | #5,167 |
| 1976 | — | — | 14 | #2,835 |
| 1975 | — | — | 10 | #3,445 |
| 1973 | — | — | 8 | #3,725 |
| 1972 | — | — | 13 | #2,668 |
| 1970 | — | — | 11 | #2,902 |
| 1969 | — | — | 17 | #2,048 |
| 1968 | — | — | 9 | #2,920 |
| 1967 | — | — | 12 | #2,359 |
| 1966 | — | — | 13 | #2,221 |
| 1965 | — | — | 15 | #2,092 |
| 1964 | 6 | #6,048 | 11 | #2,551 |
| 1963 | 5 | #6,653 | 11 | #2,545 |
| 1962 | 5 | #6,627 | 12 | #2,372 |
| 1961 | 8 | #4,908 | 11 | #2,547 |
| 1960 | 5 | #6,431 | 15 | #2,123 |
| 1959 | 10 | #4,040 | 16 | #2,037 |
| 1958 | 12 | #3,554 | 24 | #1,595 |
| 1957 | 5 | #6,129 | 22 | #1,716 |
| 1956 | 9 | #4,179 | 17 | #1,948 |
| 1955 | 14 | #3,102 | 20 | #1,725 |
| 1954 | 14 | #3,026 | 19 | #1,765 |
| 1953 | 18 | #2,518 | 17 | #1,902 |
| 1952 | 18 | #2,505 | 18 | #1,808 |
| 1951 | 12 | #3,113 | 24 | #1,522 |
| 1950 | 15 | #2,657 | 17 | #1,817 |
| 1949 | 19 | #2,276 | 31 | #1,297 |
| 1948 | 22 | #2,074 | 19 | #1,706 |
| 1947 | 22 | #2,090 | 38 | #1,176 |
| 1946 | 16 | #2,398 | 31 | #1,260 |
| 1945 | 21 | #1,829 | 26 | #1,298 |
| 1944 | 13 | #2,519 | 37 | #1,086 |
| 1943 | 29 | #1,558 | 32 | #1,218 |
| 1942 | 25 | #1,670 | 36 | #1,140 |
| 1941 | 19 | #1,886 | 22 | #1,448 |
| 1940 | 19 | #1,850 | 42 | #995 |
| 1939 | 20 | #1,736 | 36 | #1,070 |
| 1938 | 27 | #1,444 | 34 | #1,110 |
| 1937 | 23 | #1,581 | 41 | #985 |
| 1936 | 27 | #1,415 | 42 | #950 |
| 1935 | 37 | #1,166 | 32 | #1,167 |
| 1934 | 19 | #1,772 | 43 | #971 |
| 1933 | 27 | #1,403 | 39 | #1,029 |
| 1932 | 20 | #1,759 | 43 | #1,004 |
| 1931 | 21 | #1,693 | 48 | #941 |
| 1930 | 28 | #1,460 | 30 | #1,300 |
| 1929 | 22 | #1,710 | 31 | #1,272 |
| 1928 | 26 | #1,594 | 41 | #1,096 |
| 1927 | 24 | #1,730 | 41 | #1,112 |
| 1926 | 15 | #2,359 | 23 | #1,565 |
| 1925 | 18 | #2,121 | 38 | #1,144 |
| 1924 | 10 | #3,158 | 36 | #1,205 |
| 1923 | 13 | #2,599 | 38 | #1,158 |
| 1922 | 12 | #2,785 | 39 | #1,141 |
| 1921 | 13 | #2,644 | 31 | #1,331 |
| 1920 | 9 | #3,354 | 30 | #1,323 |
| 1919 | — | — | 26 | #1,409 |
| 1918 | — | — | 23 | #1,542 |
| 1917 | — | — | 22 | #1,532 |
| 1916 | 5 | #4,469 | 20 | #1,597 |
| 1915 | 5 | #4,322 | 20 | #1,555 |
| 1914 | — | — | 10 | #2,111 |
| 1913 | — | — | 14 | #1,442 |
| 1912 | — | — | 7 | #2,057 |
| 1911 | 5 | #2,495 | 5 | #1,755 |
| 1910 | 5 | #2,430 | — | — |
| 1906 | — | — | 5 | #1,260 |
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).