Arlenne — girls' name
171 babies named Arlenne in U.S. Social Security records since 1990, with the highest year being 2013. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
171 girls have been named Arlenne since 1990, peaking in the 2010s, last recorded in 2023.
- 171
- total births
- 1990–2023
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 41%
- born in that decade
41% of everyone ever named Arlenne was born in this single decade.
15 babies were named Arlenne in 2013 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Arlenne
The Social Security Administration has registered 171 babies named Arlenne between 1990 and 2023, spanning 34 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Arlenne currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2013, when 15 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Arlenne performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 70 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Arlenne shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 17 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Arlenne in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Arlenne 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 171 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.
Arlenne at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Arlenne popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1990
- Peak year (2013)
- 15
- Annual births at peak — across 34 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
171 total births across 34 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2013 with 15 births in a single year.
Arlenne by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 70 births that decade — 41% of Arlenne's all-time total
Arlenne decade highlights
- Peak decade 70 births
- Runner-up 48 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Arlenne's strongest decade
70 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 41% of all-time use.
Arlenne by state
Where Arlenne concentrates geographically — total births since 1990
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 17 | 9.9% |
17 of 171 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 9.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 9.9% 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, 1990–2023 (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.