Arlin — #2420 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Arlin

The Social Security Administration has registered 4,026 babies named Arlin between 1910 and 2024, spanning 115 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Arlin currently holds the #2420 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1935, when 85 babies received it in a single year. Arlin is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 806 additional births since 1918.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Arlin performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 719 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Arlin shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Iowa, which accounts for 115 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Alabama and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Arlin in 20 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Arlin 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 4,026 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.