Arlette
Arlette was given to 600 girls in 2025, #494 among girls’ names; 8,109 Americans have been recorded with it since 1913 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 7,300 Americans named Arlette and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (90% of everyone recorded); the median is 13 years old and half are between 4 and 25.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Arlette by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Arlette mean?
Wiktionary, French section
Arlette is “a female given name” Its etymology gives the sense “army” (*harjaz).
From a derivative (possibly a diminutive) of Old French Herleva, a Germanic compound name beginning with *harjaz (“army”). The mother of William the Conqueror was called both Herleva and Arlette.
/aʁ.lɛt/
Meaning: Wiktionary, French section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Arlette?
#494 among girls’ names, 2025
Arlette rose from #1,670 in 2015 to #494 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 0.07 to 0.37 per 1,000.
600 babies in 2025, the peak
Arlette peaked in 2025, when 600 girls were given it, #494 among girls’ names. In 2024 it went to 517 girls.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 600 | #494 | 0.37 |
| 2024 | 517 | #584 | 0.32 |
| 2023 | 383 | #735 | 0.24 |
| 2022 | 352 | #800 | 0.21 |
| 2021 | 259 | #993 | 0.16 |
| 2020 | 238 | #1,050 | 0.15 |
| 2019 | 272 | #965 | 0.16 |
| 2018 | 301 | #895 | 0.18 |
| 2017 | 234 | #1,083 | 0.14 |
| 2016 | 254 | #1,039 | 0.14 |
Every recorded year (113)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 128 | #1,670 | 0.07 |
| 2014 | 112 | #1,819 | 0.06 |
| 2013 | 144 | #1,525 | 0.08 |
| 2012 | 148 | #1,503 | 0.08 |
| 2011 | 142 | #1,543 | 0.08 |
| 2010 | 148 | #1,514 | 0.08 |
| 2009 | 108 | #1,936 | 0.06 |
| 2008 | 127 | #1,745 | 0.07 |
| 2007 | 140 | #1,599 | 0.07 |
| 2006 | 150 | #1,474 | 0.08 |
| 2005 | 151 | #1,418 | 0.08 |
| 2004 | 189 | #1,185 | 0.10 |
| 2003 | 179 | #1,194 | 0.10 |
| 2002 | 171 | #1,192 | 0.10 |
| 2001 | 122 | #1,523 | 0.07 |
| 2000 | 78 | #2,086 | 0.04 |
| 1999 | 58 | #2,471 | 0.03 |
| 1998 | 62 | #2,281 | 0.04 |
| 1997 | 54 | #2,422 | 0.03 |
| 1996 | 32 | #3,507 | 0.02 |
| 1995 | 38 | #3,025 | 0.02 |
| 1994 | 43 | #2,795 | 0.02 |
| 1993 | 40 | #2,934 | 0.02 |
| 1992 | 36 | #3,143 | 0.02 |
| 1991 | 32 | #3,369 | 0.02 |
| 1990 | 20 | #4,702 | 0.01 |
| 1989 | 36 | #2,984 | 0.02 |
| 1988 | 23 | #3,895 | 0.01 |
| 1987 | 17 | #4,669 | 0.01 |
| 1986 | 27 | #3,278 | 0.02 |
| 1985 | 18 | #4,291 | 0.01 |
| 1984 | 19 | #4,003 | 0.01 |
| 1983 | 21 | #3,690 | 0.01 |
| 1982 | 14 | #4,957 | 0.01 |
| 1981 | 20 | #3,866 | 0.01 |
| 1980 | 25 | #3,325 | 0.02 |
| 1979 | 15 | #4,638 | 0.01 |
| 1978 | 19 | #3,785 | 0.01 |
| 1977 | 11 | #5,549 | 0.01 |
| 1976 | 13 | #4,638 | 0.01 |
| 1975 | 23 | #3,060 | 0.02 |
| 1974 | 13 | #4,477 | 0.01 |
| 1973 | 15 | #3,986 | 0.01 |
| 1972 | 25 | #2,749 | 0.02 |
| 1971 | 31 | #2,434 | 0.02 |
| 1970 | 34 | #2,269 | 0.02 |
| 1969 | 30 | #2,355 | 0.02 |
| 1968 | 37 | #1,976 | 0.02 |
| 1967 | 22 | #2,638 | 0.01 |
| 1966 | 38 | #1,861 | 0.02 |
| 1965 | 34 | #1,994 | 0.02 |
| 1964 | 38 | #1,917 | 0.02 |
| 1963 | 42 | #1,788 | 0.02 |
| 1962 | 53 | #1,540 | 0.03 |
| 1961 | 67 | #1,359 | 0.03 |
| 1960 | 38 | #1,835 | 0.02 |
| 1959 | 27 | #2,195 | 0.01 |
| 1958 | 44 | #1,605 | 0.02 |
| 1957 | 22 | #2,419 | 0.01 |
| 1956 | 47 | #1,548 | 0.02 |
| 1955 | 51 | #1,404 | 0.03 |
| 1954 | 55 | #1,345 | 0.03 |
| 1953 | 39 | #1,566 | 0.02 |
| 1952 | 34 | #1,681 | 0.02 |
| 1951 | 33 | #1,665 | 0.02 |
| 1950 | 30 | #1,726 | 0.02 |
| 1949 | 47 | #1,334 | 0.03 |
| 1948 | 46 | #1,359 | 0.03 |
| 1947 | 39 | #1,509 | 0.02 |
| 1946 | 44 | #1,305 | 0.03 |
| 1945 | 20 | #1,877 | 0.02 |
| 1944 | 16 | #2,207 | 0.01 |
| 1943 | 22 | #1,837 | 0.02 |
| 1942 | 21 | #1,864 | 0.02 |
| 1941 | 24 | #1,613 | 0.02 |
| 1940 | 29 | #1,407 | 0.03 |
| 1939 | 30 | #1,350 | 0.03 |
| 1938 | 41 | #1,127 | 0.04 |
| 1937 | 13 | #2,325 | 0.01 |
| 1936 | 28 | #1,381 | 0.03 |
| 1935 | 29 | #1,358 | 0.03 |
| 1934 | 18 | #1,840 | 0.02 |
| 1933 | 14 | #2,168 | 0.01 |
| 1932 | 14 | #2,242 | 0.01 |
| 1931 | 21 | #1,691 | 0.02 |
| 1930 | 33 | #1,325 | 0.03 |
| 1929 | 16 | #2,102 | 0.01 |
| 1928 | 26 | #1,592 | 0.02 |
| 1927 | 51 | #1,071 | 0.04 |
| 1926 | 22 | #1,835 | 0.02 |
| 1925 | 19 | #2,026 | 0.02 |
| 1924 | 15 | #2,415 | 0.01 |
| 1923 | 24 | #1,737 | 0.02 |
| 1922 | 18 | #2,117 | 0.01 |
| 1921 | 26 | #1,676 | 0.02 |
| 1920 | 20 | #1,955 | 0.02 |
| 1919 | 10 | #3,020 | 0.01 |
| 1918 | 9 | #3,256 | 0.01 |
| 1917 | 11 | #2,706 | 0.01 |
| 1916 | 10 | #2,841 | 0.01 |
| 1915 | 8 | #3,154 | 0.01 |
| 1914 | 6 | #3,216 | 0.01 |
| 1913 | 7 | #2,556 | 0.01 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Arlette a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Arlette has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 113 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Arlette: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Arlette, and how old are they?
7,300 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 90% of the 8,109 Americans ever recorded as Arlette. The median Arlette alive today is 13 years old; half are between 4 and 25.
The 2020 Census counted 5,708 people named Arlette (5,686 women and girls, 22 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 5,187 born in the U.S. The Census count is 10% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 123 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 618 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 355 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 425 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 2,010 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 3,770 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Arlette born?
The states with the most babies named Arlette are Texas, California and New York, with 56% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 150 | #235 | 2.1× |
| California | 132 | #251 | 1.8× |
| New York | 34 | #497 | 0.7× |
| Florida | 25 | #678 | 0.3× |
| New Jersey | 23 | #350 | 0.4× |
| Arizona | 20 | #345 | 2.0× |
| Illinois | 19 | #519 | 0.9× |
| North Carolina | 16 | #636 | 0.5× |
| Utah | 13 | #334 | 0.3× |
| Colorado | 12 | #460 | 0.6× |
Where Arlette is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Arlette is most over-represented in Texas: since 1913 it was given 2.1 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Arlette with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 3 names spelled alike, given to 11,534 babies since 1880, Arlette is the most given (70% of them). In 2025 it was given to 600 of their 609 babies (99%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Arlette
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Arlette and names like it
- Compare Arlette and ArlettaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2020sArlette peaked in 2025.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Arlette since 1910.
- French namesWiktionary’s origin for Arlette: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2025The year the most babies were named Arlette.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Arlette alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with AMost given first.