Girls' name · since 1918
Arlet
3,346 babies named Arlet in U.S. Social Security records since 1918, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #3,352 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #642 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 3,346
- born since 1918
- 2020s
- peak decade
3,346 babies have been named Arlet since 1918, making it today's #642 girls' name.
Social Security Administration records show Arlet recorded 3,346 times among girls since 1918, holding rank #642 nationally today, ahead of 96% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1918 to 2025.
- #3,352 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #642 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 3,346 born since 1918
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Arlet ranks #3,352 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #642 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 3,346 born since 1918, peaking in the 2020s.
- #3,352 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #642 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 3,346
- born since 1918
- 2020s
- peak decade
Arlet's 3,346 recorded births place it above 95.36% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
31 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Arlet compares
3,346 Top 17% higher than 83% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Arlet's all-time total is 9x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Arlet | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 3,346 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 493 | 21 | 19,840 |
Arlet's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Arlet splits its recorded history at 2001: 94% of all births land in the more recent half, 6% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1922 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2023 peak of 493 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Arlet popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1918–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 493
- Annual births at peak, across 108 years of records
Arlet popularity over time - boys
5 total births recorded since 1922 (Arlet as boys' name)
Arlet by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (2,032 births, 61% of the file).
2020s was Arlet's strongest decade.
2,032 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 61% of all-time use.
Arlet births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 12
1910s
12 births
- 1920s 25
1920s
25 births
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1980s 38
1980s
38 births
- 1990s 114
1990s
114 births
- 2000s 408
2000s
408 births
- 2010s 712
2010s
712 births
- 2020s
2020s
2,032 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 2,032 births (61% of all-time use).
How Arlet compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Arlet's total volume
Arlet by state
Where Arlet concentrates geographically, total births since 1918
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 671 | 20.1% |
| #2 | Texas | | 545 | 16.3% |
| #3 | New York | | 217 | 6.5% |
| #4 | Florida | | 128 | 3.8% |
| #5 | New Jersey | | 103 | 3.1% |
| #6 | North Carolina | | 86 | 2.6% |
| #7 | Georgia | | 75 | 2.2% |
| #8 | Illinois | | 75 | 2.2% |
671 of 3,346 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 31 reporting states.
Arlet appears in 31 states. Explore state details →
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- California records the most Arlets (671 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Arlet: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2023)
Similar record span (~107 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1918–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Arlet draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.