Arlina — girls' name
170 babies named Arlina in U.S. Social Security records since 1919, with the highest year being 1993. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
25% of everyone ever named Arlina was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Arlina in 1993 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Arlina
The Social Security Administration has registered 170 babies named Arlina between 1919 and 2023, spanning 105 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Arlina currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1993, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Arlina performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 42 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Arlina shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Alabama, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Arlina in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Arlina 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 170 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.
Arlina at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Arlina popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1919
- Peak year (1993)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 105 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
170 total births across 105 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1993 with 10 births in a single year.
Arlina by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 42 births that decade — 25% of Arlina's all-time total
Arlina decade highlights
- Peak decade 42 births
- Runner-up 29 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Arlina's strongest decade
42 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 25% of all-time use.
Arlina by state
Where Arlina concentrates geographically — total births since 1919
Top 5 states
- Alabama 2.9% of nationwide
- Texas 2.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Alabama accounts for 2.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1919–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.