Arlee
Arlee was given to 34 girls in 2025, #4,181 among girls’ names; 1,702 Americans have been recorded with it since 1907 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Arlee by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Arlee?
#4,181 among girls’ names, 2025
Arlee rose from #4,991 in 2015 to #4,181 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 15.1 to 21.2 per million.
48 babies in 2023, the peak
Arlee peaked in 2023, when 48 girls were given it, #3,333 among girls’ names. The 34 births of 2025 are 71% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34 | #4,181 | under 5 | |
| 2024 | 40 | #3,764 | under 5 | |
| 2023 | 48 | #3,333 | under 5 | |
| 2022 | 41 | #3,707 | 6 | #10,966 |
| 2021 | 30 | #4,515 | 5 | #12,291 |
| 2020 | 32 | #4,275 | under 5 | |
| 2019 | 45 | #3,455 | under 5 | |
| 2018 | 24 | #5,325 | under 5 | |
| 2017 | 27 | #4,933 | 5 | #12,407 |
| 2016 | 28 | #4,867 | under 5 |
Every recorded year (95)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 27 | #4,991 | 6 | #10,766 |
| 2014 | 17 | #7,021 | under 5 | |
| 2013 | 18 | #6,755 | under 5 | |
| 2012 | 22 | #5,917 | under 5 | |
| 2011 | 14 | #8,246 | 5 | #12,424 |
| 2010 | 12 | #9,293 | under 5 | |
| 2009 | 11 | #10,053 | under 5 | |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,703 | under 5 | |
| 2007 | 15 | #8,144 | under 5 | |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,545 | under 5 | |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,174 | under 5 | |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,318 | under 5 | |
| 2003 | 12 | #8,569 | under 5 | |
| 2002 | 11 | #8,902 | under 5 | |
| 2001 | 11 | #8,820 | 5 | #10,668 |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,265 | under 5 | |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,848 | under 5 | |
| 1996 | 11 | #7,626 | under 5 | |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,618 | under 5 | |
| 1993 | 8 | #9,622 | under 5 | |
| 1990 | 8 | #9,304 | under 5 | |
| 1986 | 6 | #9,628 | under 5 | |
| 1985 | 8 | #7,606 | under 5 | |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,540 | 5 | #6,371 |
| 1983 | 18 | #4,124 | under 5 | |
| 1982 | 16 | #4,543 | under 5 | |
| 1981 | 8 | #7,442 | under 5 | |
| 1976 | under 5 | 5 | #5,646 | |
| 1972 | under 5 | 5 | #5,034 | |
| 1970 | 7 | #6,408 | 6 | #4,253 |
| 1965 | 6 | #5,844 | under 5 | |
| 1963 | 5 | #6,651 | under 5 | |
| 1962 | 5 | #6,622 | 6 | #3,658 |
| 1959 | under 5 | 8 | #3,046 | |
| 1958 | 11 | #3,758 | under 5 | |
| 1957 | 6 | #5,403 | under 5 | |
| 1956 | 6 | #5,347 | 5 | #3,968 |
| 1955 | under 5 | 5 | #3,903 | |
| 1954 | 7 | #4,678 | 7 | #3,185 |
| 1953 | under 5 | 8 | #2,915 | |
| 1952 | 6 | #4,944 | 5 | #3,760 |
| 1951 | 6 | #4,866 | under 5 | |
| 1950 | under 5 | 9 | #2,589 | |
| 1949 | 9 | #3,629 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 1948 | 10 | #3,361 | 6 | #3,333 |
| 1947 | 9 | #3,715 | 7 | #3,101 |
| 1946 | under 5 | 14 | #1,952 | |
| 1945 | 6 | #4,046 | 5 | #3,351 |
| 1944 | under 5 | 7 | #2,876 | |
| 1943 | 8 | #3,503 | 9 | #2,567 |
| 1942 | 10 | #2,995 | 12 | #2,150 |
| 1941 | 6 | #3,978 | 9 | #2,498 |
| 1940 | 9 | #2,968 | 9 | #2,488 |
| 1939 | 10 | #2,749 | 7 | #2,845 |
| 1938 | 16 | #2,026 | 5 | #3,549 |
| 1937 | 10 | #2,745 | 8 | #2,690 |
| 1936 | 13 | #2,270 | 10 | #2,306 |
| 1935 | 6 | #3,772 | 6 | #3,275 |
| 1934 | 9 | #2,938 | 10 | #2,401 |
| 1933 | 10 | #2,695 | 8 | #2,749 |
| 1932 | 12 | #2,501 | 8 | #2,857 |
| 1931 | 12 | #2,429 | 13 | #2,103 |
| 1930 | 15 | #2,203 | 13 | #2,183 |
| 1929 | 14 | #2,314 | 9 | #2,772 |
| 1928 | 21 | #1,845 | 11 | #2,528 |
| 1927 | 19 | #2,026 | 13 | #2,302 |
| 1926 | 21 | #1,884 | 7 | #3,402 |
| 1925 | 16 | #2,288 | 14 | #2,198 |
| 1924 | 14 | #2,521 | 14 | #2,238 |
| 1923 | 23 | #1,782 | 13 | #2,338 |
| 1922 | 31 | #1,466 | 10 | #2,808 |
| 1921 | 24 | #1,769 | 13 | #2,381 |
| 1920 | 29 | #1,515 | 8 | #3,225 |
| 1919 | 19 | #1,924 | 6 | #3,755 |
| 1918 | 22 | #1,755 | 10 | #2,703 |
| 1917 | 12 | #2,564 | 6 | #3,569 |
| 1916 | 16 | #2,036 | 11 | #2,395 |
| 1915 | 22 | #1,575 | 13 | #2,071 |
| 1914 | 12 | #2,016 | under 5 | |
| 1913 | 10 | #2,035 | under 5 | |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,653 | under 5 | |
| 1911 | 9 | #1,669 | under 5 | |
| 1909 | 9 | #1,476 | under 5 | |
| 1908 | 9 | #1,446 | under 5 | |
| 1907 | 6 | #1,844 | under 5 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Arlee a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 1,702 Americans recorded as Arlee, 74% are girls and 26% boys. In 2025 it went to 34 girls; SSA lists no boys with it that year (fewer than 5, or none).
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Arlee: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Arlee, and how old are they?
An estimated 901 Americans named Arlee and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (53% of everyone recorded); the median is 14 years old and half are between 6 and 44. An estimate from SSA’s births and life tables, not a count.
The 2020 Census counted 847 people named Arlee (626 women and girls, 221 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 764 born in the U.S. The Census count is 11% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census records the name people give, which for many is the short form Arlee rather than the name on their birth record, and it counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 6,697 babies since 1880, Arlee is the second most given (25% of them). In 2025 it was given to 34 of their 112 babies (30%), the most given that year.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
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