Arline
Arline was last recorded in 2023, when 5 babies were given it; 17,626 Americans have been recorded with it between 1883 and 2023 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 3,600 Americans named Arline and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (20% of everyone recorded); the median is 79 years old and half are between 64 and 88.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Arline by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Arline mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Arline is “a female given name originating as a coinage, of older usage, variant of Arlene.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Arline?
Unranked in 2025
Its last girls’ rank on record is #15,451, in 2023; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
677 babies in 1924, the peak
Arline peaked in 1924, when 677 girls were given it, #253 among girls’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5 | #15,451 | under 0.01 |
| 2022 | 6 | #13,778 | under 0.01 |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,249 | under 0.01 |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,293 | under 0.01 |
| 2019 | 5 | #15,801 | under 0.01 |
| 2018 | 9 | #10,641 | 0.01 |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,968 | 0.01 |
| 2015 | 8 | #11,950 | under 0.01 |
| 2013 | 12 | #9,089 | 0.01 |
| 2012 | 10 | #10,523 | 0.01 |
Every recorded year (137)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 11 | #9,793 | 0.01 |
| 2010 | 5 | #17,307 | under 0.01 |
| 2009 | 13 | #8,948 | 0.01 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,703 | under 0.01 |
| 2007 | 15 | #8,145 | 0.01 |
| 2006 | 11 | #9,982 | 0.01 |
| 2005 | 18 | #6,554 | 0.01 |
| 2004 | 19 | #6,249 | 0.01 |
| 2003 | 19 | #6,087 | 0.01 |
| 2002 | 18 | #6,159 | 0.01 |
| 2001 | 22 | #5,198 | 0.01 |
| 2000 | 22 | #5,158 | 0.01 |
| 1999 | 33 | #3,640 | 0.02 |
| 1998 | 27 | #4,147 | 0.02 |
| 1997 | 21 | #4,837 | 0.01 |
| 1996 | 7 | #10,677 | under 0.01 |
| 1995 | 16 | #5,691 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 14 | #6,345 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 10 | #8,100 | 0.01 |
| 1992 | 19 | #5,063 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 11 | #7,461 | 0.01 |
| 1990 | 9 | #8,544 | under 0.01 |
| 1989 | 18 | #4,866 | 0.01 |
| 1988 | 17 | #4,858 | 0.01 |
| 1987 | 11 | #6,366 | 0.01 |
| 1986 | 10 | #6,640 | 0.01 |
| 1985 | 14 | #5,095 | 0.01 |
| 1984 | 9 | #6,849 | 0.01 |
| 1983 | 11 | #5,842 | 0.01 |
| 1982 | 10 | #6,391 | 0.01 |
| 1981 | 16 | #4,544 | 0.01 |
| 1980 | 16 | #4,532 | 0.01 |
| 1979 | 7 | #8,103 | under 0.01 |
| 1978 | 12 | #5,236 | 0.01 |
| 1977 | 15 | #4,442 | 0.01 |
| 1976 | 6 | #8,222 | under 0.01 |
| 1975 | 8 | #6,531 | 0.01 |
| 1974 | 18 | #3,564 | 0.01 |
| 1973 | 22 | #3,024 | 0.02 |
| 1972 | 16 | #3,728 | 0.01 |
| 1971 | 16 | #3,795 | 0.01 |
| 1970 | 16 | #3,723 | 0.01 |
| 1969 | 33 | #2,212 | 0.02 |
| 1968 | 27 | #2,365 | 0.02 |
| 1967 | 24 | #2,497 | 0.01 |
| 1966 | 34 | #1,984 | 0.02 |
| 1965 | 37 | #1,889 | 0.02 |
| 1964 | 46 | #1,709 | 0.02 |
| 1963 | 42 | #1,789 | 0.02 |
| 1962 | 54 | #1,524 | 0.03 |
| 1961 | 58 | #1,464 | 0.03 |
| 1960 | 59 | #1,431 | 0.03 |
| 1959 | 51 | #1,517 | 0.03 |
| 1958 | 63 | #1,332 | 0.03 |
| 1957 | 55 | #1,428 | 0.03 |
| 1956 | 57 | #1,377 | 0.03 |
| 1955 | 66 | #1,245 | 0.03 |
| 1954 | 71 | #1,187 | 0.04 |
| 1953 | 108 | #903 | 0.06 |
| 1952 | 82 | #1,039 | 0.04 |
| 1951 | 76 | #1,062 | 0.04 |
| 1950 | 80 | #1,018 | 0.05 |
| 1949 | 98 | #888 | 0.06 |
| 1948 | 127 | #756 | 0.07 |
| 1947 | 147 | #697 | 0.08 |
| 1946 | 155 | #632 | 0.10 |
| 1945 | 143 | #602 | 0.11 |
| 1944 | 175 | #548 | 0.13 |
| 1943 | 227 | #493 | 0.16 |
| 1942 | 264 | #453 | 0.20 |
| 1941 | 263 | #423 | 0.22 |
| 1940 | 267 | #419 | 0.23 |
| 1939 | 227 | #446 | 0.21 |
| 1938 | 345 | #344 | 0.31 |
| 1937 | 559 | #264 | 0.53 |
| 1936 | 631 | #248 | 0.61 |
| 1935 | 485 | #277 | 0.46 |
| 1934 | 408 | #311 | 0.39 |
| 1933 | 356 | #332 | 0.35 |
| 1932 | 350 | #338 | 0.33 |
| 1931 | 292 | #376 | 0.27 |
| 1930 | 371 | #337 | 0.33 |
| 1929 | 456 | #313 | 0.41 |
| 1928 | 508 | #294 | 0.44 |
| 1927 | 531 | #290 | 0.45 |
| 1926 | 597 | #275 | 0.50 |
| 1925 | 608 | #268 | 0.50 |
| 1924 | 677 | #253 | 0.54 |
| 1923 | 653 | #252 | 0.54 |
| 1922 | 589 | #265 | 0.49 |
| 1921 | 627 | #263 | 0.51 |
| 1920 | 583 | #272 | 0.49 |
| 1919 | 513 | #283 | 0.45 |
| 1918 | 482 | #290 | 0.42 |
| 1917 | 533 | #270 | 0.49 |
| 1916 | 414 | #296 | 0.40 |
| 1915 | 343 | #320 | 0.35 |
| 1914 | 260 | #326 | 0.34 |
| 1913 | 187 | #351 | 0.30 |
| 1912 | 156 | #370 | 0.28 |
| 1911 | 133 | #344 | 0.32 |
| 1910 | 104 | #387 | 0.26 |
| 1909 | 96 | #377 | 0.28 |
| 1908 | 92 | #374 | 0.28 |
| 1907 | 79 | #399 | 0.25 |
| 1906 | 60 | #442 | 0.20 |
| 1905 | 73 | #395 | 0.25 |
| 1904 | 60 | #418 | 0.22 |
| 1903 | 55 | #428 | 0.21 |
| 1902 | 38 | #518 | 0.14 |
| 1901 | 32 | #539 | 0.13 |
| 1900 | 35 | #591 | 0.12 |
| 1899 | 29 | #565 | 0.12 |
| 1898 | 33 | #556 | 0.13 |
| 1897 | 33 | #509 | 0.14 |
| 1896 | 33 | #517 | 0.14 |
| 1895 | 25 | #609 | 0.11 |
| 1894 | 33 | #496 | 0.15 |
| 1893 | 17 | #717 | 0.08 |
| 1892 | 18 | #686 | 0.08 |
| 1891 | 26 | #508 | 0.14 |
| 1890 | 18 | #619 | 0.09 |
| 1889 | 9 | #908 | 0.05 |
| 1888 | 13 | #725 | 0.07 |
| 1886 | 8 | #835 | 0.06 |
| 1885 | 5 | #1,056 | 0.04 |
| 1883 | 7 | #757 | 0.06 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Arline a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Arline has been given almost only to girls: 36 boys in 137 years of records.
Girls and boys named Arline: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Arline, and how old are they?
3,600 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 20% of the 17,626 Americans ever recorded as Arline. The median Arline alive today is 79 years old; half are between 64 and 88.
The 2020 Census counted 5,222 people named Arline (5,202 women and girls, 20 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 5,228 born in the U.S. The Census count matches that prediction to within 1%.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 1,610 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 1,110 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 282 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 196 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 270 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 69 |
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 Arline born?
The states with the most babies named Arline are New York, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts, with 39% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Massachusetts is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 3,135 | not ranked | 2.1× |
| Pennsylvania | 1,074 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Massachusetts | 1,054 | not ranked | 1.9× |
| California | 906 | not ranked | 1.3× |
| Illinois | 872 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Ohio | 802 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Wisconsin | 730 | not ranked | 1.8× |
| Connecticut | 628 | not ranked | 2.8× |
| New Jersey | 595 | not ranked | 1.2× |
| Missouri | 493 | not ranked | 1.1× |
Where Arline is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Arline is most over-represented in Maine: since 1910 it was given 3.4 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 girls’ 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 Arline 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 8 names spelled alike, given to 166,725 babies since 1880, Arline is the second most given (11% of them). In 2025 none of their 149 babies recorded by SSA was a Arline (SSA lists a name only with 5 or more babies of one sex).
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 Arline
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 Arline and names like it
- Compare Arline and ArleneBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sArline peaked in 1924.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Arline since 1910.
- Coined namesWiktionary’s origin for Arline: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1924The year the most babies were named Arline.
- The names of the Silent GenerationMost people named Arline alive today were born 1928-1945.
- Names starting with AMost given first.