Arless — boys' name
65 babies named Arless in U.S. Social Security records since 1917, with the highest year being 1920. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
65 boys have been named Arless since 1917, peaking in the 1920s, last recorded in 1938.
- 65
- total births
- 1917–1938
- years on record
- 1920s
- peak decade
- 46%
- born in that decade
46% of everyone ever named Arless was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Arless in 1920 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Arless
The Social Security Administration has registered 65 babies named Arless between 1917 and 1938, spanning 22 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Arless currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1938. The name reached its historical peak in 1920, when 9 babies received it in a single year. Arless is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 5 additional births since 1937.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Arless performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 30 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Arless shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Arless 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 65 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.
Arless at a glance
Last recorded 1938Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Arless popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1938–1917
- Peak year (1920)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 22 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1938.
65 total births across 22 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1920 with 9 births in a single year.
Arless popularity over time — girls
5 total births recorded since 1937 (Arless as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Arless accounts for 7% of total recorded use across both genders.
Arless by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 30 births that decade — 46% of Arless's all-time total
Arless decade highlights
- Peak decade 30 births
- Runner-up 22 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Arless's strongest decade
30 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 46% of all-time use.
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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, 1917–1938 (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.