Arlean — girls' name

What the Data Says About Arlean

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,673 babies named Arlean between 1892 and 1989, spanning 98 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Arlean currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1989. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 44 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Arlean performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 364 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Arlean shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Mississippi, which accounts for 76 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Alabama and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Arlean in 8 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Arlean 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 1,673 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.