Girls' name · since 1913
Arlette
Since 1913, U.S. Social Security records show 8,109 babies named Arlette, peaking in 2025. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #1,893 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #494 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 8,109
- born since 1913
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Arlette is the #494 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 8,109 recorded since 1913.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Arlette has been recorded 8,109 times among girls since 1913, currently ranked #494 nationally and more common than 97% 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 1913 to 2025.
- #1,893 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #494 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 8,109 born since 1913
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Arlette ranks #1,893 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #494 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 8,109 born since 1913, peaking in the 2020s.
- #1,893 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #494 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 8,109
- born since 1913
- 2020s
- peak decade
Arlette's 8,109 recorded births place it above 97.38% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
31 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Arlette compares
8,109 Top 11% higher than 89% 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
Arlette's all-time total is 22x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Arlette | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 8,109 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 600 | 21 | 19,840 |
Arlette's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Arlette splits its recorded history at 1969: 80% of all births land in the more recent half, 20% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1914 (6 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 600 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Arlette popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1913–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 600
- Annual births at peak, across 113 years of records
Arlette by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (2,349 births, 29% of the file).
2020s was Arlette's strongest decade.
2,349 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 29% of all-time use.
Arlette births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 61
1910s
61 births
- 1920s 237
1920s
237 births
- 1930s 241
1930s
241 births
- 1940s 308
1940s
308 births
- 1950s 382
1950s
382 births
- 1960s 399
1960s
399 births
- 1970s 199
1970s
199 births
- 1980s 220
1980s
220 births
- 1990s 415
1990s
415 births
- 2000s
2000s
1,415 births
- 2010s
2010s
1,883 births
- 2020s
2020s
2,349 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 2,349 births (29% of all-time use).
How Arlette 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 Arlette's total volume
Arlette by state
Where Arlette concentrates geographically, total births since 1913
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 1,724 | 21.3% |
| #2 | Texas | | 1,580 | 19.5% |
| #3 | New York | | 405 | 5.0% |
| #4 | Arizona | | 317 | 3.9% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 302 | 3.7% |
| #6 | Florida | | 141 | 1.7% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 126 | 1.6% |
| #8 | Georgia | | 105 | 1.3% |
1,724 of 8,109 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 31 reporting states.
Arlette appears in 31 states. Explore state details →
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- California records the most Arlettes (1,724 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Arlette: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~112 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, 1913–2025 (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 Arlette 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.