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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Arland

Arland was the 8977th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 8 babies. Its best year was 1935, when it ranked 881st with 51 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,793 places. More babies were named Arland in the 1930s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
#8,977 boys, down 2,655 places since 2020
Babies in 2025
8boys
Girls and boys
Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
Peak year
193551 babies
Total since 1880
1,812babies recorded

Arland popularity since 1880

0255075100 1900192019401960198020002020
Boys Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.

A few girls are given the name too: 5 since 1950.

YearRank (boys)Babies (boys)
2025#8,9778
2020#6,32213
2010——
2000——
1990——
1980#4,1589
1970#3,08310
1960#2,04516
1950#1,50124
1940#1,20931
1930#1,11739
1920#1,15938
1910#1,6035
1900——
1890——
1880——

How popular is Arland, counting every spelling?

Arland has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How many kids will share the name Arland?

8 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Arland (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Arland 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 1,057 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Arland.

Chance of another Arland in a class of 20under 1 in 50US, born 2025

Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.

How old are people named Arland?

About 600 people born in the US named Arland are alive today, with a median age of 65; half are between 43 and 77. That makes Arland a name most people associate with older generations.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

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.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Arland: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Arland, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Arland

How popular is the name Arland?

Arland was the 8977th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 8 babies. Its best year was 1935, when it ranked 881st with 51 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,793 places. More babies were named Arland in the 1930s than in any other decade.

Is Arland a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Arland in the US.