Arlan
Arlan was the 2392nd most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 57 babies. Its best year was 1936, when it ranked 625th with 87 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,795 places. More babies were named Arlan in the 1940s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #2,392 boys, up 415 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 57boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 193687 babies
- Total since 1880
- 3,434babies recorded
Arlan popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,392 | 57 |
| 2020 | #2,807 | 43 |
| 2010 | #4,856 | 19 |
| 2000 | #6,350 | 10 |
| 1990 | #4,185 | 13 |
| 1980 | #2,973 | 15 |
| 1970 | #1,990 | 20 |
| 1960 | #1,153 | 46 |
| 1950 | #1,022 | 47 |
| 1940 | #758 | 66 |
| 1930 | #915 | 53 |
| 1920 | #1,752 | 20 |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Arlan, counting every spelling?
Arlan is a spelling of Arlen, a name family that ranked #966 for boys in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #2,392 for Arlan on its own. Together these spellings went to 226 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arlen | 107 | #1,587 | 475 |
| Arlan | 57 | #2,392 | 227 |
| Arlin | 46 | #2,768 | 226 |
| Arlon | 16 | #5,629 | 57 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Arlan?
57 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Arlan (0.02 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Arlan born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 147 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Arlan.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Arlan?
About 1,900 people born in the US named Arlan are alive today, with a median age of 54; half are between 15 and 72. That makes Arlan mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties. The wide spread shows a name popular in two different eras.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Arlan by state
How common Arlan was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Pennsylvania (6.2×). In 46 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Arlan: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Arlan, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Arlan
How popular is the name Arlan?
Arlan was the 2392nd most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 57 babies. Its best year was 1936, when it ranked 625th with 87 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,795 places. More babies were named Arlan in the 1940s than in any other decade.
Is Arlan a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Arlan in the US.
Where is Arlan most popular?
In 2021–2025, Arlan was most common in Pennsylvania (0.16 per 1,000 boys), followed by Indiana and New York.