Arlo
Arlo was given to 2,443 boys in 2025, #148 among boys’ names; 25,135 Americans have been recorded with it since 1899 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 22,700 Americans named Arlo and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (90% of everyone recorded); the median is 5 years old and half are between 3 and 9.
Arlo came back: it left the boys’ top 1,000 after 1944 and returned in 2011.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Arlo by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Arlo mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Arlo is “a male given name.”
From Italian.
/ˈɑːɹ.loʊ/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Arlo?
#148 among boys’ names, 2025
Arlo rose from #501 in 2015 to #148 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 0.30 to 1.4 per 1,000.
2,574 babies in 2024, the peak
Arlo peaked in 2024, when 2,574 babies were given it (2,490 boys, #146 among boys’ names). The 2,514 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 98% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,443 | #148 | 1.4 |
| 2024 | 2,490 | #146 | 1.4 |
| 2023 | 2,307 | #158 | 1.3 |
| 2022 | 2,220 | #169 | 1.3 |
| 2021 | 1,990 | #190 | 1.1 |
| 2020 | 1,701 | #220 | 1.0 |
| 2019 | 1,323 | #271 | 0.74 |
| 2018 | 1,268 | #277 | 0.70 |
| 2017 | 1,092 | #316 | 0.59 |
| 2016 | 977 | #349 | 0.51 |
Every recorded year (122)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 579 | #501 | 0.30 |
| 2014 | 518 | #537 | 0.27 |
| 2013 | 354 | #681 | 0.19 |
| 2012 | 274 | #811 | 0.14 |
| 2011 | 220 | #915 | 0.12 |
| 2010 | 184 | #1,048 | 0.10 |
| 2009 | 157 | #1,156 | 0.08 |
| 2008 | 101 | #1,572 | 0.05 |
| 2007 | 95 | #1,623 | 0.05 |
| 2006 | 73 | #1,856 | 0.04 |
| 2005 | 64 | #1,964 | 0.03 |
| 2004 | 58 | #2,047 | 0.03 |
| 2003 | 36 | #2,731 | 0.02 |
| 2002 | 41 | #2,426 | 0.02 |
| 2001 | 33 | #2,801 | 0.02 |
| 2000 | 37 | #2,525 | 0.02 |
| 1999 | 26 | #3,106 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 30 | #2,711 | 0.02 |
| 1997 | 16 | #4,068 | 0.01 |
| 1996 | 21 | #3,294 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 20 | #3,304 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 18 | #3,596 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 19 | #3,367 | 0.01 |
| 1992 | 13 | #4,335 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 20 | #3,106 | 0.01 |
| 1990 | 28 | #2,431 | 0.01 |
| 1989 | 26 | #2,470 | 0.01 |
| 1988 | 25 | #2,368 | 0.01 |
| 1987 | 25 | #2,272 | 0.01 |
| 1986 | 29 | #2,010 | 0.02 |
| 1985 | 22 | #2,361 | 0.01 |
| 1984 | 18 | #2,615 | 0.01 |
| 1983 | 28 | #1,906 | 0.02 |
| 1982 | 18 | #2,599 | 0.01 |
| 1981 | 28 | #1,947 | 0.02 |
| 1980 | 35 | #1,659 | 0.02 |
| 1979 | 18 | #2,579 | 0.01 |
| 1978 | 37 | #1,540 | 0.02 |
| 1977 | 40 | #1,451 | 0.02 |
| 1976 | 36 | #1,504 | 0.02 |
| 1975 | 38 | #1,431 | 0.02 |
| 1974 | 29 | #1,661 | 0.02 |
| 1973 | 49 | #1,176 | 0.03 |
| 1972 | 46 | #1,211 | 0.03 |
| 1971 | 50 | #1,158 | 0.03 |
| 1970 | 33 | #1,463 | 0.02 |
| 1969 | 17 | #2,048 | 0.01 |
| 1968 | 7 | #3,384 | under 0.01 |
| 1967 | 8 | #3,002 | under 0.01 |
| 1966 | 13 | #2,221 | 0.01 |
| 1965 | 9 | #2,789 | under 0.01 |
| 1964 | 13 | #2,314 | 0.01 |
| 1963 | 12 | #2,422 | 0.01 |
| 1962 | 22 | #1,712 | 0.01 |
| 1961 | 15 | #2,148 | 0.01 |
| 1960 | 18 | #1,911 | 0.01 |
| 1959 | 25 | #1,589 | 0.01 |
| 1958 | 28 | #1,483 | 0.01 |
| 1957 | 30 | #1,435 | 0.01 |
| 1956 | 21 | #1,723 | 0.01 |
| 1955 | 22 | #1,648 | 0.01 |
| 1954 | 29 | #1,409 | 0.01 |
| 1953 | 21 | #1,676 | 0.01 |
| 1952 | 34 | #1,267 | 0.02 |
| 1951 | 37 | #1,195 | 0.02 |
| 1950 | 35 | #1,219 | 0.02 |
| 1949 | 25 | #1,462 | 0.01 |
| 1948 | 43 | #1,079 | 0.02 |
| 1947 | 34 | #1,254 | 0.02 |
| 1946 | 30 | #1,278 | 0.02 |
| 1945 | 36 | #1,080 | 0.03 |
| 1944 | 43 | #991 | 0.03 |
| 1943 | 49 | #956 | 0.03 |
| 1942 | 45 | #991 | 0.03 |
| 1941 | 68 | #751 | 0.06 |
| 1940 | 49 | #904 | 0.04 |
| 1939 | 61 | #776 | 0.06 |
| 1938 | 70 | #730 | 0.06 |
| 1937 | 66 | #751 | 0.06 |
| 1936 | 64 | #756 | 0.06 |
| 1935 | 74 | #702 | 0.07 |
| 1934 | 66 | #751 | 0.06 |
| 1933 | 74 | #695 | 0.07 |
| 1932 | 77 | #703 | 0.07 |
| 1931 | 75 | #697 | 0.07 |
| 1930 | 61 | #832 | 0.06 |
| 1929 | 83 | #676 | 0.08 |
| 1928 | 78 | #722 | 0.07 |
| 1927 | 65 | #828 | 0.06 |
| 1926 | 63 | #831 | 0.06 |
| 1925 | 68 | #802 | 0.06 |
| 1924 | 67 | #823 | 0.06 |
| 1923 | 86 | #698 | 0.08 |
| 1922 | 76 | #759 | 0.07 |
| 1921 | 58 | #920 | 0.05 |
| 1920 | 82 | #718 | 0.08 |
| 1919 | 66 | #799 | 0.07 |
| 1918 | 81 | #700 | 0.08 |
| 1917 | 69 | #750 | 0.07 |
| 1916 | 66 | #750 | 0.07 |
| 1915 | 76 | #667 | 0.09 |
| 1914 | 45 | #789 | 0.07 |
| 1913 | 30 | #899 | 0.06 |
| 1912 | 26 | #877 | 0.06 |
| 1911 | 5 | #1,755 | 0.02 |
| 1910 | 13 | #865 | 0.07 |
| 1909 | 8 | #1,085 | 0.05 |
| 1908 | 6 | #1,223 | 0.04 |
| 1907 | 7 | #1,099 | 0.05 |
| 1905 | 5 | #1,242 | 0.04 |
| 1900 | 9 | #905 | 0.06 |
| 1899 | 5 | #1,057 | 0.05 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Arlo a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 25,135 Americans recorded as Arlo, 4% are girls and 96% boys. In 2025 it went to 71 girls and 2,443 boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Arlo: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Arlo, and how old are they?
22,700 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 90% of the 25,135 Americans ever recorded as Arlo. The median Arlo alive today is 5 years old; half are between 3 and 9.
The 2020 Census counted 9,420 people named Arlo (397 women and girls, 9,023 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 9,805 born in the U.S. The Census count is 4% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 194 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 314 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 415 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 340 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 1,460 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 20,000 |
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 Arlo born?
The states with the most babies named Arlo are California, Texas and New York, with 24% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 273 | #150 | 0.8× |
| Texas | 206 | #200 | 0.5× |
| New York | 105 | #198 | 0.7× |
| Ohio | 96 | #142 | 0.9× |
| Pennsylvania | 95 | #134 | 0.8× |
| Florida | 95 | #225 | 0.6× |
| Colorado | 89 | #66 | 1.7× |
| Minnesota | 86 | #65 | 2.3× |
| Michigan | 86 | #114 | 1.1× |
| Washington | 81 | #94 | 1.4× |
Where Arlo is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Arlo is most over-represented in Minnesota: since 1910 it was given 2.3 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 Arlo 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 38,978 babies since 1880, Arlo is the most given (64% of them). In 2025 it was given to 2,514 of their 2,717 babies (93%), 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 Arlo
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 Arlo and names like it
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- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Arlo since 1910.
- The top names of 2024The year the most babies were named Arlo.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Arlo alive today were born 2013-2025.
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