Arlene Girl
How popular is Arlene?
#1,631 girl name in 2025
127 baby girls were named Arlene in the US in 2025, making it the 1631st most popular girl name.
Arlene popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,631 for girls (▲ 165 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 127 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-26% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,382 in 2015, #1,571 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1934 (3,917 girls) |
| Highest rank | #53 in 1934 |
| First recorded | 1888 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Arlene counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Arlene family of names ranked #854 for girls in 2025 (#709 the year before), with 270 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Arlene | 127 | 47% |
| Arlyn | 36 | 13% |
| Aralyn | 25 | 9% |
| Aralynn | 27 | 10% |
| Aaralyn | 13 | 5% |
| Arlynn | 14 | 5% |
| Arilyn | 9 | 3% |
| Arilynn | 7 | 3% |
| Aaralynn | 7 | 3% |
| Airalyn | 5 | 2% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Arlene is most popular
Babies named Arlene per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- California: 0.1 per 1,000 (113 girls)
- Texas: 0.1 per 1,000 (83 girls)
- New York: 0.1 per 1,000 (40 girls)
- Pennsylvania: 0.1 per 1,000 (23 girls)
- Indiana: 0.1 per 1,000 (12 girls)
Arlene by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 14 | #894 |
| 1890s | 226 | #514 |
| 1900s | 846 | #282 |
| 1910s | 7,781 | #156 |
| 1920s | 21,961 | #105 |
| 1930s | 34,796 | #53 |
| 1940s | 29,093 | #75 |
| 1950s | 20,652 | #132 |
| 1960s | 11,234 | #211 |
| 1970s | 4,654 | #349 |
| 1980s | 3,670 | #487 |
| 1990s | 3,190 | #616 |
| 2000s | 2,615 | #759 |
| 2010s | 1,559 | #1,165 |
| 2020s | 719 | #1,571 |
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Questions
- Is Arlene a boy or girl name?
- Arlene is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Arlene were girls.
- How popular is the name Arlene?
- 127 baby girls were named Arlene in the US in 2025, making it the 1631st most popular girl name.
- When was Arlene most popular?
- Arlene peaked in 1934, when 3,917 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #53 in 1934.
- How many people are named Arlene?
- 143,371 babies have been named Arlene in the US since 1880. We estimate about 71,134 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 73.
- Where is Arlene most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Arlene was most common in California, at 0.1 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.