Arlington
Arlington was the 5628th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 16 babies. Its best year was 1884, when it ranked 706th; the most babies were born in 1917 (44). Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,073 places. More babies were named Arlington in the 1920s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #5,628 boys, down 919 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 16boys
- Girls and boys
- 31% girls, 69% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 191744 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,701babies recorded
Arlington popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #12,054 | #5,628 | 7 | 16 |
| 2020 | #12,299 | #4,709 | 7 | 20 |
| 2010 | — | #12,390 | — | 5 |
| 2000 | — | #10,477 | — | 5 |
| 1990 | — | #3,986 | — | 14 |
| 1980 | — | — | — | — |
| 1970 | — | #4,257 | — | 6 |
| 1960 | — | #3,683 | — | 6 |
| 1950 | — | #1,942 | — | 15 |
| 1940 | — | #1,576 | — | 19 |
| 1930 | — | #1,824 | — | 17 |
| 1920 | — | #1,227 | — | 35 |
| 1910 | — | #864 | — | 13 |
| 1900 | — | #1,052 | — | 7 |
| 1890 | — | #1,008 | — | 5 |
| 1880 | — | #818 | — | 6 |
How popular is Arlington, counting every spelling?
Arlington has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Arlington?
16 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Arlington (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Arlington 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 529 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Arlington.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Arlington?
About 700 people born in the US named Arlington are alive today, with a median age of 37; half are between 10 and 64. That makes Arlington 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.
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Questions about the name Arlington
How popular is the name Arlington?
Arlington was the 5628th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 16 babies. Its best year was 1884, when it ranked 706th; the most babies were born in 1917 (44). Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,073 places. More babies were named Arlington in the 1920s than in any other decade.
Is Arlington a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 31% girls, 69% boys given the name Arlington in the US.