Girls' name · since 1986
Arlett
Arlett has 1,410 recorded births since 1986 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #5,934 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,090 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,410
- born since 1986
- 2020s
- peak decade
Arlett currently ranks #1090 among girls' names in America, with 1,410 babies recorded since 1986.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Arlett has been recorded 1,410 times among girls since 1986, currently ranked #1090 nationally and more common than 94% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1986 to 2025.
- #5,934 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,090 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,410 born since 1986
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Arlett ranks #5,934 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,090 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,410 born since 1986, peaking in the 2020s.
- #5,934 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,090 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,410
- born since 1986
- 2020s
- peak decade
Arlett's 1,410 recorded births place it above 91.79% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
15 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Arlett compares
1,410 Top 27% higher than 73% 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
Arlett's all-time total is 4x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Arlett | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,410 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 222 | 21 | 19,840 |
Arlett's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Arlett's full recorded timeline at 2007, 79% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 21% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1986, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 222 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Arlett popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1986–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 222
- Annual births at peak, across 40 years of records
Arlett by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (664 births, 47% of the file).
2020s was Arlett's strongest decade.
664 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Arlett births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 15
1980s
15 births
- 1990s 68
1990s
68 births
- 2000s
2000s
282 births
- 2010s
2010s
381 births
- 2020s
2020s
664 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 664 births (47% of all-time use).
How Arlett 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 Arlett's total volume
Arlett by state
Where Arlett concentrates geographically, total births since 1986
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 317 | 22.5% |
| #2 | California | | 306 | 21.7% |
| #3 | New York | | 38 | 2.7% |
| #4 | Florida | | 22 | 1.6% |
| #5 | New Jersey | | 12 | 0.9% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 11 | 0.8% |
| #7 | Georgia | | 10 | 0.7% |
| #8 | Oregon | | 8 | 0.6% |
317 of 1,410 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 15 reporting states.
Arlett appears in 15 states. Explore state details →
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- Texas records the most Arletts (317 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas 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 Arlett: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
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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, 1986–2025 (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 Arlett 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.