Arlee — #3816 US unisex name
1,232 babies named Arlee in U.S. Social Security records since 1907, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 78% of names given to girls today.
19% of everyone ever named Arlee was born in this single decade.
48 babies were named Arlee in 2023 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Arlee
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,232 babies named Arlee between 1907 and 2024, spanning 118 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Arlee currently holds the #3816 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 48 babies received it in a single year. Arlee is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 435 additional births since 1915.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Arlee performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 234 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Arlee shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 22 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Alabama and Arkansas. In total, SSA state-level files list Arlee in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Arlee 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 1,232 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.
Arlee at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Arlee popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1907
- Peak year (2023)
- 48
- Annual births at peak — across 118 years of records
Currently ranks #3816 among girls.
1,232 total births across 118 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2023 with 48 births in a single year.
Arlee popularity over time — boys
435 total births recorded since 1915 (Arlee as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Arlee accounts for 26% of total recorded use across both genders.
Arlee by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 234 births that decade — 19% of Arlee's all-time total
Arlee decade highlights
- Peak decade 234 births
- Runner-up 212 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Arlee's strongest decade
234 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 19% of all-time use.
Arlee by state
Where Arlee concentrates geographically — total births since 1907
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 22 | 1.8% |
| #2 | Alabama | | 5 | 0.4% |
| #3 | Arkansas | | 5 | 0.4% |
| #4 | Louisiana | | 5 | 0.4% |
| #5 | Mississippi | | 5 | 0.4% |
22 of 1,232 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 1.8% of nationwide
- Alabama 0.4% of nationwide
- Arkansas 0.4% of nationwide
- Louisiana 0.4% of nationwide
- Mississippi 0.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 5 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 1.8% 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, 1907–2024 (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.