Arlette Girl
How popular is Arlette?
#494 girl name in 2025
600 baby girls were named Arlette in the US in 2025, making it the 494th most popular girl name.
Arlette popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #494 for girls (▲ 89 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 600 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+369% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,667 in 2015, #1,050 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2025 (600 girls) |
| Highest rank | #494 in 2025 |
| First recorded | 1913 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.4% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Arlette counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Arlette family of names ranked #261 for girls in 2025 (#321 the year before), with 1,272 babies in all.
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 Arlette is most popular
Babies named Arlette per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- California: 0.7 per 1,000 (547 girls)
- Texas: 0.6 per 1,000 (519 girls)
- Arizona: 0.5 per 1,000 (76 girls)
- Nevada: 0.5 per 1,000 (24 girls)
- New Mexico: 0.5 per 1,000 (11 girls)
Arlette by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 61 | #2,538 |
| 1920s | 237 | #1,071 |
| 1930s | 241 | #1,127 |
| 1940s | 308 | #1,305 |
| 1950s | 382 | #1,343 |
| 1960s | 399 | #1,359 |
| 1970s | 199 | #2,267 |
| 1980s | 220 | #2,980 |
| 1990s | 415 | #2,276 |
| 2000s | 1,415 | #1,185 |
| 2010s | 1,883 | #895 |
| 2020s | 2,349 | #494 |
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Questions
- Is Arlette a boy or girl name?
- Arlette is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Arlette were girls.
- How popular is the name Arlette?
- 600 baby girls were named Arlette in the US in 2025, making it the 494th most popular girl name.
- When was Arlette most popular?
- Arlette peaked in 2025, when 600 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #494 in 2025.
- How many people are named Arlette?
- 8,109 babies have been named Arlette in the US since 1880. We estimate about 7,368 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 13.
- Where is Arlette most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Arlette was most common in California, at 0.7 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.