How rare is the name Arline?

5,222 people in the United States have the first name Arline, about 1 in 57,838. It ranks #3,795 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

ARLINE

#3,795

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,222
About
1 in 57,838
This common or more
83%
Who bears it

Of the 5,222 people named Arline, 76.4% reported their origin as White, 12% as Hispanic or Latino and 7.3% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Arline peaked in 1924, when 677 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18832023
Peak year
1924
Births that year
677
In 2023
5 ▼99%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 17,626 babies have been given the name since 1883. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.

Arline by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1920s, when it ranked #497. The largest share of babies named Arline, 48.7%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.

1880s#1,83542
1890s#918265
1900s#669620
1910s#5523,135
1920s#4975,843
1930s#5814,036
1940s#1,0001,866
1950s#2,009709
1960s#2,886414
1970s#6,842136
1980s#8,377132
1990s#9,152167
2000s#11,555166
2010s#20,81069
2020s#24,43526
Before 19011.9%
Greatest Generation 1901–2748.7%
Silent Generation 1928–4536%
Baby boom 1946–648.5%
Generation X 1965–801.7%
Millennials 1981–961.1%
Generation Z 1997–121.5%
2013 and later0.4%

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 Arline is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Arline has been most common in Maine (6.8×), New Hampshire (4.4×), and Connecticut (4.2×), and least common in Indiana (0.15×).

13,588 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.

Exactly as common as Arline

1 other first name also has 5,222 people.

#3,795 Roma · 5,222

Either side of Arline

#3,793 Dori · 5,223#3,793 Tripp · 5,223#3,795 Roma · 5,222#3,797 Zaira · 5,219

Spelled almost the same

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

#618 Arlene · 85,381#5,127 Arlin · 3,418#15,335 Arlyne · 752#26,490 Arlina · 351#28,942 Arlind · 308#53,514 Arliene · 98

Also a last name

As a last name, Arline ranks #20,192 of 156,621, with 1,333 people. See Arline as a last name

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