Arilyn — #8636 US girls' name
419 babies named Arilyn in U.S. Social Security records since 1995, with the highest year being 2014. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 51% of names given to girls today.
53% of everyone ever named Arilyn was born in this single decade.
29 babies were named Arilyn in 2014 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Arilyn
The Social Security Administration has registered 419 babies named Arilyn between 1995 and 2024, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Arilyn currently holds the #8636 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2014, when 29 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Arilyn performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 224 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Arilyn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 18 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Arilyn in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Arilyn in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 419 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Arilyn at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Arilyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1995
- Peak year (2014)
- 29
- Annual births at peak — across 30 years of records
Currently ranks #8636 among girls.
419 total births across 30 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2014 with 29 births in a single year.
Arilyn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 224 births that decade — 53% of Arilyn's all-time total
Arilyn decade highlights
- Peak decade 224 births
- Runner-up 119 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Arilyn's strongest decade
224 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 53% 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 | 4.3% |
18 of 419 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 4.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 4.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1995–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.