Arleny — #7698 US girls' name
314 babies named Arleny in U.S. Social Security records since 1981, with the highest year being 2017. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 56% of names given to girls today.
36% of everyone ever named Arleny was born in this single decade.
18 babies were named Arleny in 2017 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Arleny
The Social Security Administration has registered 314 babies named Arleny between 1981 and 2024, spanning 44 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Arleny currently holds the #7698 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2017, when 18 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Arleny performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 113 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Arleny shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Arleny in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Arleny 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 314 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.
Arleny at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Arleny popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1981
- Peak year (2017)
- 18
- Annual births at peak — across 44 years of records
Currently ranks #7698 among girls.
314 total births across 44 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2017 with 18 births in a single year.
Arleny by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 113 births that decade — 36% of Arleny's all-time total
Arleny decade highlights
- Peak decade 113 births
- Runner-up 92 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Arleny's strongest decade
113 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 36% of all-time use.
Arleny by state
Where Arleny concentrates geographically — total births since 1981
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 5 | 1.6% |
5 of 314 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 1.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 1.6% 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, 1981–2024 (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.