How rare is the name Arlyn?

3,651 people in the United States have the first name Arlyn, about 1 in 82,726. It ranks #4,900 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

ARLYN

#4,900

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
3,651
About
1 in 82,726
This common or more
84.6%
Who bears it

Of the 3,651 people named Arlyn, 45.9% reported their origin as White, 31.6% as Hispanic or Latino and 17.2% as Asian or Pacific Islander. 63.7% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Arlyn peaked in 1934, when 75 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19122025
Peak year
1934
Births that year
75
In 2025*
52 ▼31%
Recorded as
used for both

At least 4,525 babies have been given the name since 1912. 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.

Arlyn by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1930s, when it ranked #1,640. The largest share of babies named Arlyn, 22.4%, were born between 1928 and 1945, the Silent Generation's birth years.

1910s#4,000106
1920s#2,422351
1930s#1,640603
1940s#1,919564
1950s#2,480471
1960s#3,652278
1970s#4,571257
1980s#6,815180
1990s#5,934308
2000s#5,133538
2010s#5,301548
2020s#5,377321
Greatest Generation 1901–278.3%
Silent Generation 1928–4522.4%
Baby boom 1946–6419.4%
Generation X 1965–808.6%
Millennials 1981–967.3%
Generation Z 1997–1218.7%
2013 and later15.4%

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 Arlyn is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Arlyn has been most common in Wisconsin (9.9×), Iowa (6.4×), and Minnesota (5.2×), and least common in New York (0.69×).

1,385 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 Arlyn

1 other first name also has 3,651 people.

#4,900 Devorah · 3,651

Either side of Arlyn

#4,898 Kegan · 3,653#4,898 Quynh · 3,653#4,900 Devorah · 3,651#4,902 Addy · 3,650

Spelled almost the same

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

#3,541 Arlen · 5,836#5,127 Arlin · 3,418#7,289 Arlan · 2,107#14,870 Aralyn · 784#15,335 Arlyne · 752#15,445 Arlon · 745#17,303 Arlynn · 640#26,603 Arilyn · 349

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