Arleene — girls' name

What the Data Says About Arleene

The Social Security Administration has registered 388 babies named Arleene between 1916 and 2014, spanning 99 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Arleene currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2014. The name reached its historical peak in 1923, when 19 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Arleene performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 103 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Arleene shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 15 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Wisconsin. In total, SSA state-level files list Arleene in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Arleene 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 388 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.