Arlis
Arlis was given to 23 boys in 2025, #4,408 among boys’ names; 2,769 Americans have been recorded with it since 1906 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,150 Americans named Arlis and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (42% of everyone recorded); the median is 67 years old and half are between 32 and 79.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Arlis by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Arlis?
#4,408 among boys’ names, 2025
Arlis rose from #5,758 in 2015 to #4,408 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 7.8 to 13.5 per million.
69 babies in 1931, the peak
Arlis peaked in 1931, when 69 babies were given it (48 boys, #941 among boys’ names). The 23 births of 2025 are 33% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | under 5 | 23 | #4,408 | |
| 2024 | under 5 | 19 | #5,079 | |
| 2023 | under 5 | 16 | #5,676 | |
| 2022 | under 5 | 14 | #6,168 | |
| 2021 | under 5 | 22 | #4,500 | |
| 2020 | under 5 | 6 | #10,703 | |
| 2019 | under 5 | 7 | #9,826 | |
| 2018 | under 5 | 22 | #4,486 | |
| 2017 | under 5 | 14 | #6,077 | |
| 2016 | under 5 | 9 | #8,195 |
Every recorded year (108)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | under 5 | 15 | #5,758 | |
| 2014 | under 5 | 9 | #8,186 | |
| 2013 | under 5 | 6 | #10,829 | |
| 2012 | under 5 | 9 | #8,197 | |
| 2011 | under 5 | 13 | #6,277 | |
| 2010 | under 5 | 6 | #10,861 | |
| 2009 | under 5 | 6 | #11,098 | |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,832 | 5 | #12,691 |
| 2007 | under 5 | 7 | #9,853 | |
| 2006 | under 5 | 6 | #10,764 | |
| 2005 | under 5 | 7 | #9,188 | |
| 2003 | under 5 | 6 | #9,654 | |
| 2002 | under 5 | 5 | #10,795 | |
| 2000 | under 5 | 6 | #9,159 | |
| 1999 | under 5 | 6 | #8,777 | |
| 1998 | under 5 | 6 | #8,540 | |
| 1997 | under 5 | 8 | #6,647 | |
| 1996 | under 5 | 7 | #7,181 | |
| 1994 | under 5 | 5 | #8,871 | |
| 1992 | under 5 | 12 | #4,581 | |
| 1991 | under 5 | 7 | #6,555 | |
| 1990 | under 5 | 6 | #7,227 | |
| 1989 | under 5 | 6 | #6,996 | |
| 1987 | under 5 | 7 | #5,487 | |
| 1985 | under 5 | 12 | #3,609 | |
| 1983 | under 5 | 7 | #4,948 | |
| 1982 | under 5 | 6 | #5,674 | |
| 1981 | under 5 | 9 | #4,171 | |
| 1980 | under 5 | 9 | #4,158 | |
| 1979 | under 5 | 6 | #5,392 | |
| 1978 | under 5 | 11 | #3,409 | |
| 1977 | under 5 | 6 | #5,165 | |
| 1976 | under 5 | 14 | #2,834 | |
| 1975 | under 5 | 10 | #3,443 | |
| 1973 | under 5 | 8 | #3,723 | |
| 1972 | under 5 | 13 | #2,667 | |
| 1970 | under 5 | 11 | #2,901 | |
| 1969 | under 5 | 17 | #2,047 | |
| 1968 | under 5 | 9 | #2,919 | |
| 1967 | under 5 | 12 | #2,358 | |
| 1966 | under 5 | 13 | #2,220 | |
| 1965 | under 5 | 15 | #2,091 | |
| 1964 | 6 | #6,047 | 11 | #2,550 |
| 1963 | 5 | #6,652 | 11 | #2,544 |
| 1962 | 5 | #6,626 | 12 | #2,371 |
| 1961 | 8 | #4,907 | 11 | #2,546 |
| 1960 | 5 | #6,430 | 15 | #2,122 |
| 1959 | 10 | #4,039 | 16 | #2,036 |
| 1958 | 12 | #3,553 | 24 | #1,594 |
| 1957 | 5 | #6,128 | 22 | #1,715 |
| 1956 | 9 | #4,178 | 17 | #1,947 |
| 1955 | 14 | #3,101 | 20 | #1,724 |
| 1954 | 14 | #3,025 | 19 | #1,764 |
| 1953 | 18 | #2,517 | 17 | #1,901 |
| 1952 | 18 | #2,504 | 18 | #1,807 |
| 1951 | 12 | #3,112 | 24 | #1,521 |
| 1950 | 15 | #2,656 | 17 | #1,816 |
| 1949 | 19 | #2,275 | 31 | #1,296 |
| 1948 | 22 | #2,073 | 19 | #1,705 |
| 1947 | 22 | #2,089 | 38 | #1,175 |
| 1946 | 16 | #2,397 | 31 | #1,259 |
| 1945 | 21 | #1,828 | 26 | #1,297 |
| 1944 | 13 | #2,518 | 37 | #1,086 |
| 1943 | 29 | #1,557 | 32 | #1,218 |
| 1942 | 25 | #1,669 | 36 | #1,140 |
| 1941 | 19 | #1,886 | 22 | #1,448 |
| 1940 | 19 | #1,850 | 42 | #995 |
| 1939 | 20 | #1,736 | 36 | #1,070 |
| 1938 | 27 | #1,444 | 34 | #1,110 |
| 1937 | 23 | #1,581 | 41 | #985 |
| 1936 | 27 | #1,415 | 42 | #950 |
| 1935 | 37 | #1,166 | 32 | #1,167 |
| 1934 | 19 | #1,772 | 43 | #971 |
| 1933 | 27 | #1,403 | 39 | #1,029 |
| 1932 | 20 | #1,758 | 43 | #1,004 |
| 1931 | 21 | #1,692 | 48 | #941 |
| 1930 | 28 | #1,460 | 30 | #1,300 |
| 1929 | 22 | #1,709 | 31 | #1,272 |
| 1928 | 26 | #1,593 | 41 | #1,096 |
| 1927 | 24 | #1,729 | 41 | #1,112 |
| 1926 | 15 | #2,358 | 23 | #1,565 |
| 1925 | 18 | #2,120 | 38 | #1,144 |
| 1924 | 10 | #3,157 | 36 | #1,205 |
| 1923 | 13 | #2,599 | 38 | #1,158 |
| 1922 | 12 | #2,783 | 39 | #1,141 |
| 1921 | 13 | #2,644 | 31 | #1,331 |
| 1920 | 9 | #3,353 | 30 | #1,323 |
| 1919 | under 5 | 26 | #1,408 | |
| 1918 | under 5 | 23 | #1,541 | |
| 1917 | under 5 | 22 | #1,532 | |
| 1916 | 5 | #4,467 | 20 | #1,596 |
| 1915 | 5 | #4,320 | 20 | #1,554 |
| 1914 | under 5 | 10 | #2,110 | |
| 1913 | under 5 | 14 | #1,441 | |
| 1912 | under 5 | 7 | #2,056 | |
| 1911 | 5 | #2,495 | 5 | #1,754 |
| 1910 | 5 | #2,430 | under 5 | |
| 1906 | under 5 | 5 | #1,259 |
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 Arlis a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 2,769 Americans recorded as Arlis, 29% are girls and 71% boys. In 2025 it went to 23 boys; SSA lists no girls with it that year (fewer than 5, or none).
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Arlis: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Arlis, and how old are they?
1,150 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 42% of the 2,769 Americans ever recorded as Arlis. The median Arlis alive today is 67 years old; half are between 32 and 79.
The 2020 Census counted 1,382 people named Arlis (544 women and girls, 838 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,307 born in the U.S. The Census count is 6% above that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 240 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 410 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 135 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 80 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 99 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 181 |
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 Arlis born?
The states with the most babies named Arlis are Arkansas, Kentucky and Minnesota, with 66% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Arkansas and Kentucky and Minnesota are not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas | 158 | not ranked | 3.6× |
| Kentucky | 120 | not ranked | 1.9× |
| Minnesota | 86 | not ranked | 1.4× |
| Texas | 77 | #2,598 | 0.4× |
| Oklahoma | 54 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Tennessee | 17 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| South Dakota | 16 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Iowa | 10 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Louisiana | 5 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| West Virginia | 5 | not ranked | 0.1× |
Where Arlis is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Arlis is most over-represented in Arkansas: 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 Arlis 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 3,055 babies since 1880, Arlis is the most given (91% of them). In 2025 it was given to 23 of their 23 babies (100%), again the most given.
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 Arlis
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 Arlis and names like it
- Compare Arlis and ArlesBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1930sArlis peaked in 1931.
- Arkansas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Arlis since 1910.
- The top names of 1931The year the most babies were named Arlis.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Arlis alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with AMost given first.