Girls' name · since 1995
Arilyn
Arilyn has 428 recorded births since 1995 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2014 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #12,977 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,437 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 428
- born since 1995
- 2010s
- peak decade
Arilyn currently ranks #10437 among girls' names in America, with 428 babies recorded since 1995.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Arilyn has been recorded 428 times among girls since 1995, currently ranked #10437 nationally and more common than 40% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1995 to 2025.
- #12,977 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #10,437 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 428 born since 1995
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Arilyn ranks #12,977 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,437 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 428 born since 1995, peaking in the 2010s.
- #12,977 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,437 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 428
- born since 1995
- 2010s
- peak decade
Arilyn's 428 recorded births place it above 82.03% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Arilyn compares
428 Top 48% higher than 52% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Arilyn's all-time total is 14% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Arilyn | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 428 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 29 | 21 | 19,840 |
Arilyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Arilyn's SSA record in two at 2011 and the more recent half accounts for 63% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 37%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1995, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2014 peak of 29, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Arilyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1995–2025
- Peak year (2014)
- 29
- Annual births at peak, across 31 years of records
Arilyn by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (224 births, 52% of the file).
2010s was Arilyn's strongest decade.
224 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Arilyn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 20
1990s
20 births
- 2000s
2000s
119 births
- 2010s
2010s
224 births
- 2020s 65
2020s
65 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 224 births (52% of all-time use).
Arilyn by state
Where Arilyn concentrates geographically, total births since 1995
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 18 | 4.2% |
18 of 428 births nationwide.
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What to do with Arilyn's data
- Arilyn's decade-level peak was the 2010s (224 total births); usage has since declined to 65 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Arilyns (18 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Arilyn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2014)
Similar record span (~30 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1995–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Arilyn draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.