Meaning not yet researched.
Arlyn: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 36 in 2025. Its best rank was #1,582 in 1937.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #1,582 in 1937; #3,987 in 2025. About 69% of babies named Arlyn in 2025 were girls.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#3,987 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1937, at #1,582.
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Arlyn: US girls and boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 36 girls in 2025. Peak: #1,582 in 1937 · most girls in one year: 59 (2007).
In 2025, 36 US girls were named Arlyn, making it the 3,987th most common girls’ name of the year, down 467 places from #3,520 in 2024. That is 8 fewer than the 44 girls named Arlyn in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #1,582, reached in 1937. The most girls given the name in a single year was 59, in 2007. For comparison, it was #3,537 in 2015 and #2,784 in 1950.
In 2025, 16 US boys were named Arlyn, making it the 5,630th most common boys’ name of the year, up 592 places from #6,222 in 2024. That is 2 more than the 14 boys named Arlyn in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #738, reached in 1939. That year also had the most boys given the name: 66. For comparison, it was #8,804 in 2015 and #1,184 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Arlyn in 114 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1912 with 5 babies. In all, 4,525 US babies have been given the name, 52% of them girls and 48% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1930s, with 603 babies named Arlyn.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 407 US girls were named Arlyn; the busiest of those years was 2022, with 49. In 2025 that was about 1 in 44,646 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Related spellings in the SSA files include Arlin (4,884 babies since 1880), Arly (895 babies since 1880), Arlene (143,371 babies since 1880) and Arline (17,626 babies since 1880).
Meaning not yet researched.
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Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in English. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
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 Arlyn 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 | 36 | #3,987 | 16 | #5,630 |
| 2024 | 44 | #3,520 | 14 | #6,222 |
| 2023 | 39 | #3,843 | 13 | #6,554 |
| 2022 | 49 | #3,282 | 13 | #6,510 |
| 2021 | 30 | #4,520 | 9 | #8,226 |
| 2020 | 49 | #3,184 | 9 | #8,130 |
| 2019 | 37 | #3,934 | 17 | #5,360 |
| 2018 | 39 | #3,794 | 15 | #5,794 |
| 2017 | 46 | #3,397 | 9 | #8,201 |
| 2016 | 38 | #3,933 | 13 | #6,386 |
| 2015 | 44 | #3,537 | 8 | #8,804 |
| 2014 | 35 | #4,189 | 10 | #7,596 |
| 2013 | 53 | #3,083 | 10 | #7,577 |
| 2012 | 55 | #3,047 | 10 | #7,597 |
| 2011 | 44 | #3,555 | 6 | #10,912 |
| 2010 | 51 | #3,210 | 8 | #8,868 |
| 2009 | 53 | #3,163 | 6 | #11,104 |
| 2008 | 56 | #3,059 | 7 | #9,932 |
| 2007 | 59 | #3,002 | 9 | #8,226 |
| 2006 | 47 | #3,418 | — | — |
| 2005 | 41 | #3,593 | 8 | #8,355 |
| 2004 | 55 | #2,891 | 6 | #10,049 |
| 2003 | 56 | #2,773 | 6 | #9,662 |
| 2002 | 46 | #3,104 | — | — |
| 2001 | 37 | #3,555 | — | — |
| 2000 | 41 | #3,276 | 5 | #10,478 |
| 1999 | 40 | #3,191 | 5 | #10,024 |
| 1998 | 48 | #2,761 | 6 | #8,550 |
| 1997 | 34 | #3,374 | — | — |
| 1996 | 22 | #4,597 | — | — |
| 1995 | 21 | #4,685 | 9 | #5,953 |
| 1994 | 21 | #4,698 | 9 | #5,899 |
| 1993 | 16 | #5,696 | 7 | #6,866 |
| 1992 | 21 | #4,700 | 7 | #6,712 |
| 1991 | 19 | #5,015 | 8 | #5,981 |
| 1990 | 15 | #5,852 | — | — |
| 1989 | 23 | #4,129 | 5 | #7,986 |
| 1988 | 10 | #7,158 | 8 | #5,226 |
| 1987 | 10 | #6,826 | — | — |
| 1986 | 15 | #4,984 | — | — |
| 1985 | 10 | #6,491 | — | — |
| 1984 | 17 | #4,334 | — | — |
| 1983 | 12 | #5,482 | 9 | #4,154 |
| 1982 | 7 | #8,295 | 9 | #4,255 |
| 1981 | 14 | #4,979 | 8 | #4,538 |
| 1980 | 11 | #5,935 | 12 | #3,435 |
| 1979 | 8 | #7,364 | 11 | #3,580 |
| 1978 | 9 | #6,422 | 23 | #2,071 |
| 1977 | 9 | #6,385 | 13 | #3,049 |
| 1976 | 10 | #5,622 | 17 | #2,513 |
| 1975 | 7 | #7,219 | 15 | #2,644 |
| 1974 | 9 | #5,799 | 18 | #2,280 |
| 1973 | 10 | #5,214 | 14 | #2,612 |
| 1972 | 9 | #5,502 | 16 | #2,326 |
| 1971 | 10 | #5,154 | 20 | #2,058 |
| 1970 | 12 | #4,512 | 17 | #2,216 |
| 1969 | 8 | #5,481 | 17 | #2,050 |
| 1968 | 6 | #6,299 | 7 | #3,386 |
| 1967 | 7 | #5,484 | 9 | #2,777 |
| 1966 | 9 | #4,513 | 16 | #1,970 |
| 1965 | 8 | #4,850 | 20 | #1,776 |
| 1964 | 7 | #5,504 | 20 | #1,796 |
| 1963 | 10 | #4,282 | 23 | #1,660 |
| 1962 | 10 | #4,277 | 24 | #1,625 |
| 1961 | 11 | #4,024 | 28 | #1,521 |
| 1960 | 9 | #4,455 | 29 | #1,488 |
| 1959 | 8 | #4,652 | 39 | #1,247 |
| 1958 | 11 | #3,760 | 33 | #1,345 |
| 1957 | — | — | 27 | #1,512 |
| 1956 | 10 | #3,922 | 44 | #1,140 |
| 1955 | 14 | #3,103 | 29 | #1,420 |
| 1954 | 15 | #2,895 | 35 | #1,268 |
| 1953 | 10 | #3,702 | 32 | #1,333 |
| 1952 | 13 | #3,046 | 34 | #1,269 |
| 1951 | 20 | #2,249 | 46 | #1,053 |
| 1950 | 14 | #2,784 | 37 | #1,184 |
| 1949 | 15 | #2,629 | 38 | #1,145 |
| 1948 | 13 | #2,840 | 36 | #1,195 |
| 1947 | 18 | #2,358 | 48 | #1,036 |
| 1946 | 19 | #2,157 | 50 | #944 |
| 1945 | 12 | #2,609 | 41 | #995 |
| 1944 | 9 | #3,150 | 37 | #1,087 |
| 1943 | 10 | #3,050 | 41 | #1,054 |
| 1942 | 15 | #2,316 | 48 | #958 |
| 1941 | 6 | #3,982 | 49 | #905 |
| 1940 | 12 | #2,431 | 47 | #929 |
| 1939 | 7 | #3,448 | 66 | #738 |
| 1938 | 14 | #2,233 | 42 | #977 |
| 1937 | 23 | #1,582 | 38 | #1,034 |
| 1936 | 18 | #1,807 | 48 | #882 |
| 1935 | 19 | #1,784 | 36 | #1,078 |
| 1934 | 22 | #1,607 | 53 | #860 |
| 1933 | 19 | #1,782 | 39 | #1,030 |
| 1932 | 15 | #2,143 | 40 | #1,059 |
| 1931 | 14 | #2,209 | 36 | #1,130 |
| 1930 | 20 | #1,820 | 34 | #1,218 |
| 1929 | 10 | #2,933 | 35 | #1,175 |
| 1928 | 16 | #2,195 | 21 | #1,651 |
| 1927 | 20 | #1,941 | 22 | #1,648 |
| 1926 | 15 | #2,360 | 27 | #1,406 |
| 1925 | 14 | #2,494 | 26 | #1,452 |
| 1924 | 22 | #1,875 | 24 | #1,578 |
| 1923 | 9 | #3,378 | 14 | #2,228 |
| 1922 | 10 | #3,166 | 13 | #2,347 |
| 1921 | 12 | #2,778 | 12 | #2,506 |
| 1920 | 9 | #3,355 | 20 | #1,753 |
| 1919 | 9 | #3,234 | 5 | #4,190 |
| 1918 | 9 | #3,258 | 9 | #2,893 |
| 1917 | 6 | #4,122 | 7 | #3,235 |
| 1916 | 10 | #2,843 | 12 | #2,270 |
| 1915 | 9 | #2,913 | 7 | #3,103 |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,652 | 8 | #2,463 |
| 1913 | — | — | 5 | #2,843 |
| 1912 | — | — | 5 | #2,567 |
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).