Arlana — girls' name
537 babies named Arlana in U.S. Social Security records since 1946, with the highest year being 1949. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
21% of everyone ever named Arlana was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Arlana in 1949 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Arlana
The Social Security Administration has registered 537 babies named Arlana between 1946 and 2016, spanning 71 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Arlana currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 1949, when 17 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Arlana performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 111 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Arlana shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Arlana in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Arlana 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 537 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.
Arlana at a glance
Last recorded 2016Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Arlana popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–1946
- Peak year (1949)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 71 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2016.
537 total births across 71 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1949 with 17 births in a single year.
Arlana by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 111 births that decade — 21% of Arlana's all-time total
Arlana decade highlights
- Peak decade 111 births
- Runner-up 83 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Arlana's strongest decade
111 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 21% of all-time use.
Arlana by state
Where Arlana concentrates geographically — total births since 1946
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Illinois | | 5 | 0.9% |
5 of 537 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Illinois 0.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Illinois accounts for 0.9% 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, 1946–2016 (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.