Arlan — #2749 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Arlan

The Social Security Administration has registered 3,377 babies named Arlan between 1912 and 2024, spanning 113 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Arlan currently holds the #2749 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1936, when 87 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Arlan performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 606 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Arlan shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 221 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Minnesota and Iowa. In total, SSA state-level files list Arlan in 14 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Arlan 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 3,377 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.