Arletta — #12137 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Arletta

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,386 babies named Arletta between 1883 and 2024, spanning 142 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Arletta currently holds the #12137 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1930, when 58 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Arletta performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 474 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Arletta shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 58 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and Wisconsin. In total, SSA state-level files list Arletta in 12 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Arletta 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 2,386 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.