Arlie
Arlie is given to both girls and boys: 61 girls and 16 boys were given it in 2025 (#2,781 among girls’ names and #5,625 among boys’, #4,232 among all names counting both); 9,297 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 3,010 Americans named Arlie and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (32% of everyone recorded); the median is 53 years old and half are between 14 and 74.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Arlie by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Arlie?
#5,625 among boys’ names, 2025
Arlie rose from #10,767 in 2015 to #5,625 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 3.1 to 9.4 per million.
249 babies in 1921, the peak
Arlie peaked in 1921, when 249 babies were given it (170 boys, #469 among boys’ names). The 77 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 31% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 61 | #2,781 | 16 | #5,625 |
| 2024 | 61 | #2,778 | 19 | #5,078 |
| 2023 | 72 | #2,470 | 19 | #5,081 |
| 2022 | 59 | #2,861 | 9 | #8,365 |
| 2021 | 36 | #4,026 | 19 | #4,940 |
| 2020 | 36 | #3,925 | 13 | #6,319 |
| 2019 | 35 | #4,081 | 25 | #4,115 |
| 2018 | 43 | #3,568 | 15 | #5,789 |
| 2017 | 37 | #4,007 | 12 | #6,716 |
| 2016 | 27 | #5,010 | 11 | #7,176 |
Every recorded year (145)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 28 | #4,869 | 6 | #10,767 |
| 2014 | 29 | #4,781 | 17 | #5,262 |
| 2013 | 24 | #5,509 | 5 | #12,292 |
| 2012 | 18 | #6,902 | 9 | #8,196 |
| 2011 | 25 | #5,376 | 9 | #8,121 |
| 2010 | 12 | #9,294 | 13 | #6,371 |
| 2009 | 16 | #7,718 | 11 | #7,253 |
| 2008 | 15 | #8,154 | 9 | #8,363 |
| 2007 | 14 | #8,580 | 6 | #11,029 |
| 2006 | 21 | #6,151 | under 5 | |
| 2005 | 11 | #9,528 | 13 | #5,889 |
| 2004 | 17 | #6,804 | 6 | #10,042 |
| 2003 | 10 | #9,750 | 6 | #9,653 |
| 2002 | 10 | #9,562 | 8 | #7,692 |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,183 | 11 | #6,038 |
| 2000 | 11 | #8,595 | 7 | #8,254 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,428 | 9 | #6,565 |
| 1998 | 13 | #7,143 | 12 | #5,170 |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,925 | 9 | #6,118 |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,954 | 8 | #6,531 |
| 1995 | under 5 | 7 | #7,028 | |
| 1994 | under 5 | 9 | #5,892 | |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,629 | 16 | #3,826 |
| 1992 | 10 | #8,106 | 8 | #6,163 |
| 1991 | under 5 | 12 | #4,491 | |
| 1990 | under 5 | 9 | #5,400 | |
| 1989 | under 5 | 9 | #5,184 | |
| 1988 | 8 | #8,444 | 19 | #2,861 |
| 1987 | under 5 | 9 | #4,586 | |
| 1986 | 8 | #7,795 | 11 | #3,892 |
| 1985 | 10 | #6,488 | 13 | #3,413 |
| 1984 | 15 | #4,750 | 21 | #2,367 |
| 1983 | 15 | #4,696 | 11 | #3,637 |
| 1982 | 7 | #8,292 | 13 | #3,299 |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,194 | 16 | #2,786 |
| 1980 | 6 | #9,175 | 17 | #2,734 |
| 1979 | under 5 | 19 | #2,468 | |
| 1978 | under 5 | 16 | #2,675 | |
| 1977 | under 5 | 19 | #2,370 | |
| 1976 | under 5 | 23 | #2,054 | |
| 1975 | under 5 | 25 | #1,887 | |
| 1974 | 6 | #7,747 | 22 | #1,991 |
| 1973 | under 5 | 22 | #1,930 | |
| 1972 | under 5 | 22 | #1,930 | |
| 1971 | under 5 | 25 | #1,785 | |
| 1970 | under 5 | 38 | #1,351 | |
| 1969 | under 5 | 29 | #1,495 | |
| 1968 | under 5 | 32 | #1,366 | |
| 1967 | under 5 | 32 | #1,340 | |
| 1966 | under 5 | 39 | #1,195 | |
| 1965 | under 5 | 28 | #1,456 | |
| 1964 | 5 | #6,827 | 45 | #1,146 |
| 1963 | under 5 | 45 | #1,152 | |
| 1962 | 5 | #6,624 | 60 | #985 |
| 1961 | under 5 | 36 | #1,322 | |
| 1960 | under 5 | 50 | #1,098 | |
| 1959 | under 5 | 42 | #1,199 | |
| 1958 | 5 | #6,138 | 55 | #1,025 |
| 1957 | 11 | #3,707 | 71 | #897 |
| 1956 | 7 | #4,858 | 53 | #1,033 |
| 1955 | 6 | #5,247 | 66 | #914 |
| 1954 | 9 | #3,987 | 71 | #867 |
| 1953 | 11 | #3,491 | 73 | #839 |
| 1952 | 9 | #3,819 | 66 | #863 |
| 1951 | 8 | #4,033 | 56 | #933 |
| 1950 | 10 | #3,436 | 58 | #898 |
| 1949 | 11 | #3,186 | 72 | #807 |
| 1948 | 15 | #2,599 | 91 | #699 |
| 1947 | 12 | #3,067 | 93 | #711 |
| 1946 | 11 | #3,040 | 84 | #711 |
| 1945 | 13 | #2,467 | 70 | #735 |
| 1944 | 9 | #3,148 | 103 | #604 |
| 1943 | 17 | #2,155 | 113 | #594 |
| 1942 | 13 | #2,545 | 91 | #677 |
| 1941 | 10 | #2,851 | 93 | #629 |
| 1940 | 24 | #1,594 | 89 | #631 |
| 1939 | 22 | #1,643 | 99 | #574 |
| 1938 | 9 | #2,951 | 90 | #628 |
| 1937 | 22 | #1,632 | 90 | #616 |
| 1936 | 18 | #1,805 | 101 | #573 |
| 1935 | 25 | #1,486 | 78 | #679 |
| 1934 | 24 | #1,519 | 110 | #563 |
| 1933 | 22 | #1,610 | 121 | #512 |
| 1932 | 27 | #1,453 | 129 | #508 |
| 1931 | 24 | #1,551 | 138 | #487 |
| 1930 | 31 | #1,372 | 131 | #523 |
| 1929 | 24 | #1,599 | 118 | #536 |
| 1928 | 45 | #1,136 | 149 | #495 |
| 1927 | 36 | #1,332 | 155 | #485 |
| 1926 | 49 | #1,069 | 132 | #525 |
| 1925 | 41 | #1,210 | 146 | #504 |
| 1924 | 37 | #1,329 | 148 | #514 |
| 1923 | 38 | #1,269 | 162 | #477 |
| 1922 | 61 | #949 | 149 | #506 |
| 1921 | 79 | #829 | 170 | #469 |
| 1920 | 46 | #1,104 | 157 | #485 |
| 1919 | 46 | #1,075 | 139 | #503 |
| 1918 | 58 | #937 | 147 | #492 |
| 1917 | 66 | #843 | 139 | #488 |
| 1916 | 52 | #950 | 152 | #461 |
| 1915 | 33 | #1,193 | 122 | #503 |
| 1914 | 47 | #858 | 91 | #512 |
| 1913 | 41 | #824 | 63 | #545 |
| 1912 | 35 | #846 | 51 | #562 |
| 1911 | 16 | #1,118 | 34 | #507 |
| 1910 | 26 | #846 | 23 | #598 |
| 1909 | 22 | #870 | 38 | #398 |
| 1908 | 16 | #1,007 | 26 | #489 |
| 1907 | 22 | #795 | 26 | #457 |
| 1906 | 20 | #818 | 29 | #400 |
| 1905 | 14 | #1,016 | 22 | #479 |
| 1904 | 16 | #911 | 30 | #369 |
| 1903 | 19 | #790 | 17 | #527 |
| 1902 | 14 | #940 | 16 | #537 |
| 1901 | 22 | #685 | 17 | #468 |
| 1900 | 22 | #781 | 16 | #624 |
| 1899 | 16 | #815 | 13 | #550 |
| 1898 | 16 | #844 | 13 | #611 |
| 1897 | 14 | #869 | 21 | #412 |
| 1896 | 12 | #957 | 20 | #438 |
| 1895 | 17 | #772 | 21 | #427 |
| 1894 | 11 | #954 | 17 | #480 |
| 1893 | 16 | #741 | 18 | #435 |
| 1892 | 16 | #731 | 18 | #459 |
| 1891 | 16 | #671 | 16 | #442 |
| 1890 | 10 | #874 | 21 | #391 |
| 1889 | 12 | #759 | 11 | #584 |
| 1888 | 13 | #724 | 17 | #465 |
| 1887 | 14 | #609 | 8 | #688 |
| 1886 | 9 | #779 | 7 | #762 |
| 1885 | 7 | #849 | 9 | #647 |
| 1884 | 8 | #795 | 15 | #489 |
| 1883 | 5 | #932 | 14 | #482 |
| 1882 | under 5 | 6 | #844 | |
| 1880 | under 5 | 7 | #749 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Arlie a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 9,297 Americans recorded as Arlie, 28% are girls and 72% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Arlie: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Arlie, and how old are they?
3,010 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 32% of the 9,297 Americans ever recorded as Arlie. The median Arlie alive today is 53 years old; half are between 14 and 74.
The 2020 Census counted 2,980 people named Arlie (876 women and girls, 2,104 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 3,160 born in the U.S. The Census count is 6% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 426 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 859 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 368 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 268 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 349 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 729 |
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 Arlie born?
The states with the most babies named Arlie are Kentucky, West Virginia and Texas, with 45% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Kentucky and West Virginia are not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky | 654 | not ranked | 3.4× |
| West Virginia | 446 | not ranked | 3.6× |
| Texas | 396 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Tennessee | 356 | not ranked | 1.7× |
| Oklahoma | 259 | not ranked | 1.6× |
| Arkansas | 232 | not ranked | 1.8× |
| Missouri | 183 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| North Carolina | 177 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Illinois | 108 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Ohio | 104 | not ranked | 0.3× |
Where Arlie is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Arlie is most over-represented in West Virginia: since 1910 it was given 3.6 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 boys’ 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 Arlie 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 38,978 babies since 1880, Arlie is the second most given (24% of them). In 2025 it was given to 77 of their 2,717 babies (2.8%), the third most given that year.
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 Arlie
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 Arlie and names like it
- Compare Arlie and ArloBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sArlie peaked in 1921.
- Kentucky’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Arlie since 1910.
- The top names of 1921The year the most babies were named Arlie.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Arlie alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with AMost given first.