How rare is the name Arleen?

8,620 people in the United States have the first name Arleen, about 1 in 35,038. It ranks #2,719 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

ARLEEN

#2,719

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
8,620
About
1 in 35,038
This common or more
80.7%
Who bears it

Of the 8,620 people named Arleen, 55.7% reported their origin as White, 25.3% as Hispanic or Latino and 8.8% as Asian or Pacific Islander. Virtually all are female (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Arleen peaked in 1939, when 415 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18982025
Peak year
1939
Births that year
415
In 2025*
19 ▼95%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 12,617 babies have been given the name since 1898. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Arleen by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1940s, when it ranked #856. The largest share of babies named Arleen, 34.2%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).

1890s#3,26612
1900s#2,26173
1910s#1,508536
1920s#1,0331,610
1930s#9721,537
1940s#8562,566
1950s#1,1112,182
1960s#1,3141,812
1970s#3,826331
1980s#4,803304
1990s#5,225372
2000s#5,071547
2010s#5,459527
2020s#7,198208
Before 19010.1%
Greatest Generation 1901–2715.2%
Silent Generation 1928–4527.7%
Baby boom 1946–6434.2%
Generation X 1965–807.5%
Millennials 1981–964.1%
Generation Z 1997–126.7%
2013 and later4.4%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Arleen is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Arleen has been most common in Hawaii (4.8×), Wisconsin (3.1×), and New York (2.9×), and least common in North Carolina (0.17×).

9,105 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Arleen

#2,717 Andrey · 8,627#2,718 Channing · 8,623#2,720 Alla · 8,617#2,721 Landry · 8,615

Spelled almost the same

3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Arleen, most common first.

#3,541 Arlen · 5,836#16,909 Arlean · 660#24,676 Arleene · 389

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