Arleen
Arleen was given to 19 girls in 2025, #6,144 among girls’ names; 12,617 Americans have been recorded with it since 1898 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 7,370 Americans named Arleen and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (58% of everyone recorded); the median is 66 years old and half are between 43 and 77.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Arleen by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Arleen mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Arleen is “a female given name originating as a coinage, variant of Arlene.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Arleen?
#6,144 among girls’ names, 2025
Arleen fell from #2,966 in 2015 to #6,144 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 32.5 to 11.8 per million.
415 babies in 1939, the peak
Arleen peaked in 1939, when 415 girls were given it, #303 among girls’ names. The 19 births of 2025 are 5% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | #6,144 | 0.01 |
| 2024 | 28 | #4,777 | 0.02 |
| 2023 | 34 | #4,196 | 0.02 |
| 2022 | 46 | #3,424 | 0.03 |
| 2021 | 41 | #3,683 | 0.02 |
| 2020 | 40 | #3,688 | 0.02 |
| 2019 | 29 | #4,661 | 0.02 |
| 2018 | 61 | #2,784 | 0.04 |
| 2017 | 48 | #3,310 | 0.03 |
| 2016 | 50 | #3,236 | 0.03 |
Every recorded year (127)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 58 | #2,966 | 0.03 |
| 2014 | 63 | #2,744 | 0.04 |
| 2013 | 43 | #3,577 | 0.02 |
| 2012 | 56 | #3,009 | 0.03 |
| 2011 | 61 | #2,843 | 0.03 |
| 2010 | 58 | #2,940 | 0.03 |
| 2009 | 49 | #3,369 | 0.03 |
| 2008 | 68 | #2,695 | 0.04 |
| 2007 | 53 | #3,218 | 0.03 |
| 2006 | 68 | #2,637 | 0.04 |
| 2005 | 73 | #2,404 | 0.04 |
| 2004 | 51 | #3,033 | 0.03 |
| 2003 | 50 | #3,002 | 0.03 |
| 2002 | 48 | #3,017 | 0.03 |
| 2001 | 47 | #3,009 | 0.03 |
| 2000 | 40 | #3,334 | 0.02 |
| 1999 | 48 | #2,812 | 0.03 |
| 1998 | 45 | #2,888 | 0.03 |
| 1997 | 32 | #3,553 | 0.02 |
| 1996 | 36 | #3,238 | 0.02 |
| 1995 | 33 | #3,358 | 0.02 |
| 1994 | 37 | #3,099 | 0.02 |
| 1993 | 37 | #3,104 | 0.02 |
| 1992 | 30 | #3,585 | 0.02 |
| 1991 | 39 | #2,934 | 0.02 |
| 1990 | 35 | #3,157 | 0.02 |
| 1989 | 29 | #3,476 | 0.02 |
| 1988 | 35 | #2,929 | 0.02 |
| 1987 | 26 | #3,426 | 0.01 |
| 1986 | 39 | #2,513 | 0.02 |
| 1985 | 32 | #2,863 | 0.02 |
| 1984 | 28 | #3,075 | 0.02 |
| 1983 | 30 | #2,856 | 0.02 |
| 1982 | 30 | #2,961 | 0.02 |
| 1981 | 27 | #3,149 | 0.02 |
| 1980 | 28 | #3,071 | 0.02 |
| 1979 | 19 | #3,912 | 0.01 |
| 1978 | 28 | #2,868 | 0.02 |
| 1977 | 30 | #2,720 | 0.02 |
| 1976 | 24 | #3,004 | 0.02 |
| 1975 | 26 | #2,815 | 0.02 |
| 1974 | 26 | #2,760 | 0.02 |
| 1973 | 39 | #2,066 | 0.03 |
| 1972 | 38 | #2,058 | 0.02 |
| 1971 | 43 | #1,971 | 0.03 |
| 1970 | 58 | #1,620 | 0.03 |
| 1969 | 72 | #1,339 | 0.04 |
| 1968 | 88 | #1,147 | 0.05 |
| 1967 | 107 | #984 | 0.06 |
| 1966 | 130 | #880 | 0.08 |
| 1965 | 190 | #718 | 0.11 |
| 1964 | 186 | #762 | 0.10 |
| 1963 | 220 | #678 | 0.11 |
| 1962 | 280 | #595 | 0.14 |
| 1961 | 286 | #594 | 0.14 |
| 1960 | 253 | #636 | 0.13 |
| 1959 | 239 | #647 | 0.12 |
| 1958 | 184 | #727 | 0.09 |
| 1957 | 224 | #657 | 0.11 |
| 1956 | 218 | #644 | 0.11 |
| 1955 | 232 | #606 | 0.12 |
| 1954 | 198 | #651 | 0.10 |
| 1953 | 236 | #572 | 0.13 |
| 1952 | 215 | #593 | 0.12 |
| 1951 | 214 | #585 | 0.12 |
| 1950 | 222 | #556 | 0.13 |
| 1949 | 133 | #742 | 0.08 |
| 1948 | 214 | #568 | 0.13 |
| 1947 | 301 | #474 | 0.17 |
| 1946 | 262 | #484 | 0.17 |
| 1945 | 174 | #557 | 0.13 |
| 1944 | 241 | #465 | 0.18 |
| 1943 | 353 | #388 | 0.25 |
| 1942 | 298 | #414 | 0.22 |
| 1941 | 316 | #386 | 0.26 |
| 1940 | 268 | #417 | 0.23 |
| 1939 | 415 | #303 | 0.38 |
| 1938 | 310 | #375 | 0.28 |
| 1937 | 98 | #688 | 0.09 |
| 1936 | 98 | #666 | 0.09 |
| 1935 | 93 | #693 | 0.09 |
| 1934 | 88 | #709 | 0.08 |
| 1933 | 88 | #694 | 0.09 |
| 1932 | 104 | #657 | 0.10 |
| 1931 | 99 | #667 | 0.09 |
| 1930 | 144 | #566 | 0.13 |
| 1929 | 143 | #572 | 0.13 |
| 1928 | 159 | #555 | 0.14 |
| 1927 | 191 | #507 | 0.16 |
| 1926 | 161 | #562 | 0.14 |
| 1925 | 185 | #520 | 0.15 |
| 1924 | 178 | #543 | 0.14 |
| 1923 | 176 | #539 | 0.15 |
| 1922 | 152 | #579 | 0.13 |
| 1921 | 131 | #646 | 0.11 |
| 1920 | 134 | #617 | 0.11 |
| 1919 | 94 | #721 | 0.08 |
| 1918 | 91 | #747 | 0.08 |
| 1917 | 76 | #792 | 0.07 |
| 1916 | 73 | #797 | 0.07 |
| 1915 | 70 | #787 | 0.07 |
| 1914 | 44 | #878 | 0.06 |
| 1913 | 24 | #1,123 | 0.04 |
| 1912 | 26 | #1,004 | 0.05 |
| 1911 | 24 | #879 | 0.06 |
| 1910 | 14 | #1,212 | 0.04 |
| 1909 | 9 | #1,477 | 0.03 |
| 1908 | 13 | #1,138 | 0.04 |
| 1907 | 10 | #1,303 | 0.03 |
| 1906 | 8 | #1,424 | 0.03 |
| 1905 | 9 | #1,306 | 0.03 |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,907 | 0.02 |
| 1903 | 9 | #1,206 | 0.03 |
| 1902 | 5 | #1,814 | 0.02 |
| 1901 | 5 | #1,694 | 0.02 |
| 1899 | 7 | #1,284 | 0.03 |
| 1898 | 5 | #1,717 | 0.02 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Arleen a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Arleen has been given almost only to girls: 6 boys in 127 years of records.
Girls and boys named Arleen: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Arleen, and how old are they?
7,370 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 58% of the 12,617 Americans ever recorded as Arleen. The median Arleen alive today is 66 years old; half are between 43 and 77.
The 2020 Census counted 8,620 people named Arleen (8,591 women and girls, 29 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 8,207 born in the U.S. The Census count is 5% above that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 1,240 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 3,340 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 862 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 509 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 838 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 556 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
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).
Where are babies named Arleen born?
The states with the most babies named Arleen are New York, California and Pennsylvania, with 49% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 2,027 | not ranked | 1.9× |
| California | 1,838 | #2,291 | 2.0× |
| Pennsylvania | 572 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| New Jersey | 564 | not ranked | 1.5× |
| Wisconsin | 559 | not ranked | 1.9× |
| Texas | 486 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Illinois | 484 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Michigan | 394 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Ohio | 356 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Massachusetts | 300 | not ranked | 0.8× |
Where Arleen is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Arleen is most over-represented in Hawaii: since 1910 it was given 2.7 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Arleen with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 4 names spelled alike, given to 19,476 babies since 1880, Arleen is the most given (65% of them). In 2025 it was given to 19 of their 85 babies (22%), the second 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.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Arleen
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Arleen and names like it
- Compare Arleen and ArlynBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1930sArleen peaked in 1939.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Arleen since 1910.
- Coined namesWiktionary’s origin for Arleen: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1939The year the most babies were named Arleen.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Arleen alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with AMost given first.