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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Arleta

Arleta was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1932, when it ranked 1296th with 32 babies. More babies were named Arleta in the 1930s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
Not rankedgirls
Babies in 2025
0girls
Girls and boys
Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
Peak year
193232 babies
Total since 1880
1,030babies recorded

Arleta popularity since 1880

012.52537.550 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025——
2020——
2010——
2000——
1990——
1980——
1970#7,1196
1960#3,70412
1950#2,25719
1940#1,84919
1930#1,66523
1920#2,47214
1910——
1900——
1890——
1880——

How popular is Arleta, counting every spelling?

Arleta is a spelling of Arletta, a name family that had 9 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 9 girls in 2025.

SpellingBabies 2025Official rankBabies 2021–2025
Arletta9#10,19731

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 old are people named Arleta?

About 400 people born in the US named Arleta are alive today, with a median age of 74; half are between 64 and 82. That makes Arleta 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.

Arleta by state

How common Arleta was among girls born in each state in 1930–1934, around its peak. In 49 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: fewer than 5 a yearIL–Michigan: fewer than 5 a yearMI–New York: fewer than 5 a yearNY–Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: fewer than 5 a yearOH–Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: fewer than 5 a yearCA–Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesKS0.07Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearNC–South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: fewer than 5 a yearGA–Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesTX0.02Florida: fewer than 5 a yearFL–
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Arleta, girls, 1930–1934. Darker means more common.

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Questions about the name Arleta

How popular is the name Arleta?

Arleta was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1932, when it ranked 1296th with 32 babies. More babies were named Arleta in the 1930s than in any other decade.

Is Arleta a boy or girl name?

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

Where was Arleta most popular?

In 1930–1934, Arleta was most common in Kansas (0.07 per 1,000 girls), followed by Texas and Texas.