Arlen
Arlen was the 1587th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 107 babies. Its best year was 1934, when it ranked 380th with 206 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 668 places. More babies were named Arlen in the 1930s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #1,587 boys, up 527 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 107boys
- Girls and boys
- 18% girls, 82% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1934206 babies
- Total since 1880
- 8,154babies recorded
Arlen popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #5,576 | #1,587 | 22 | 107 |
| 2020 | #6,663 | #2,114 | 17 | 66 |
| 2010 | #11,367 | #3,817 | 9 | 27 |
| 2000 | #4,541 | #3,546 | 26 | 23 |
| 1990 | #7,345 | #2,316 | 11 | 30 |
| 1980 | #8,227 | #1,658 | 7 | 35 |
| 1970 | — | #1,193 | — | 48 |
| 1960 | — | #852 | — | 79 |
| 1950 | — | #674 | — | 106 |
| 1940 | — | #555 | — | 113 |
| 1930 | — | #509 | — | 137 |
| 1920 | #5,017 | #1,645 | 5 | 22 |
| 1910 | — | #1,202 | — | 8 |
| 1900 | — | — | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — |
How popular is Arlen, counting every spelling?
Arlen is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #966 for boys in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #1,587 for Arlen 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 Arlen?
107 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Arlen (0.03 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Arlen 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 78 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Arlen.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Arlen?
About 4,200 people born in the US named Arlen are alive today, with a median age of 50; half are between 17 and 71. That makes Arlen 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.
Arlen by state
How common Arlen was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. In 35 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
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Questions about the name Arlen
How popular is the name Arlen?
Arlen was the 1587th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 107 babies. Its best year was 1934, when it ranked 380th with 206 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 668 places. More babies were named Arlen in the 1930s than in any other decade.
Is Arlen a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 18% girls, 82% boys given the name Arlen in the US.
Where is Arlen most popular?
In 2021–2025, Arlen was most common in Wisconsin (0.09 per 1,000 boys), followed by Tennessee and Washington.