Arlin
Arlin was the 2768th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 46 babies. Its best year was 1935, when it ranked 641st with 85 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 828 places. More babies were named Arlin in the 1930s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #2,768 boys, up 260 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 46boys
- Girls and boys
- 23% girls, 77% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 193585 babies
- Total since 1880
- 4,884babies recorded
Arlin popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #13,370 | #2,768 | 6 | 46 |
| 2020 | #9,018 | #3,028 | 11 | 38 |
| 2010 | #6,936 | #4,527 | 18 | 21 |
| 2000 | #4,194 | #4,401 | 29 | 17 |
| 1990 | #5,575 | #3,985 | 16 | 14 |
| 1980 | — | #2,621 | — | 18 |
| 1970 | #8,058 | #1,419 | 5 | 35 |
| 1960 | — | #1,131 | — | 48 |
| 1950 | — | #949 | — | 53 |
| 1940 | #4,401 | #729 | 5 | 70 |
| 1930 | #4,591 | #874 | 5 | 57 |
| 1920 | — | #1,140 | — | 39 |
| 1910 | — | #1,120 | — | 9 |
| 1900 | — | — | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — |
How popular is Arlin, counting every spelling?
Arlin is a spelling of Arlen, a name family that ranked #966 for boys in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #2,768 for Arlin 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 Arlin?
46 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Arlin (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Arlin 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 182 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Arlin.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Arlin?
About 2,100 people born in the US named Arlin are alive today, with a median age of 52; half are between 18 and 71. That makes Arlin 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.
Arlin by state
How common Arlin was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. In 47 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 Arlin: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Arlin, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Arlin
How popular is the name Arlin?
Arlin was the 2768th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 46 babies. Its best year was 1935, when it ranked 641st with 85 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 828 places. More babies were named Arlin in the 1930s than in any other decade.
Is Arlin a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 23% girls, 77% boys given the name Arlin in the US.
Where is Arlin most popular?
In 2021–2025, Arlin was most common in Pennsylvania (0.04 per 1,000 boys), followed by Ohio and Texas.