Arlene — #1801 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Arlene

The Social Security Administration has registered 142,880 babies named Arlene between 1888 and 2024, spanning 137 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Arlene currently holds the #1801 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1934, when 3,917 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Arlene performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 34,796 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Arlene shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 21,719 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Arlene in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Arlene 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 142,880 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.