Arlinda — girls' name

What the Data Says About Arlinda

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,493 babies named Arlinda between 1939 and 2013, spanning 75 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Arlinda currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2013. The name reached its historical peak in 1949, when 72 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Arlinda performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 395 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Arlinda shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Arizona, which accounts for 41 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Arlinda in 11 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Arlinda 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 1,493 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.