How rare is the name Arlette?

5,708 people in the United States have the first name Arlette, about 1 in 52,914. It ranks #3,589 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

ARLETTE

#3,589

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,708
About
1 in 52,914
This common or more
82.7%
Who bears it

Of the 5,708 people named Arlette, 63.9% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 23.1% as White and 10.5% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Arlette peaked in 2025, when 600 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19132025
Peak year
2025
Births that year
600
In 2025*
600
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 8,109 babies have been given the name since 1913. 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.

Arlette by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #1,401. The largest share of babies named Arlette, 46.8%, were born in 2013 or later.

1910s#5,33861
1920s#3,115237
1930s#2,766241
1940s#2,672308
1950s#2,791382
1960s#2,958399
1970s#5,370199
1980s#5,961220
1990s#4,841415
2000s#2,6071,415
2010s#2,2961,883
2020s#1,4012,349
Greatest Generation 1901–273.2%
Silent Generation 1928–455.1%
Baby boom 1946–649.8%
Generation X 1965–804.7%
Millennials 1981–965.4%
Generation Z 1997–1225%
2013 and later46.8%

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 Arlette is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Arlette has been most common in Arizona (4.8×), Nevada (3.9×), and Texas (3.8×), and least common in Pennsylvania (0.14×).

5,387 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 Arlette

#3,587 Raisa · 5,712#3,588 Joleen · 5,709#3,590 Vern · 5,707#3,591 Ellison · 5,704

Spelled almost the same

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

#5,841 Arleth · 2,845#8,394 Arlet · 1,728#11,337 Arletta · 1,136#14,066 Arletha · 844#14,296 Arlett · 827#17,382 Arleta · 636#28,260 Arlete · 319

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