Arlena — #7950 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Arlena

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,822 babies named Arlena between 1883 and 2024, spanning 142 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Arlena currently holds the #7950 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1919, when 60 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Arlena performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 384 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Arlena shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 70 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Mississippi and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Arlena in 12 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Arlena 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 2,822 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.