Arloa — girls' name
300 babies named Arloa in U.S. Social Security records since 1914, with the highest year being 1938. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
30% of everyone ever named Arloa was born in this single decade.
19 babies were named Arloa in 1938 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Arloa
The Social Security Administration has registered 300 babies named Arloa between 1914 and 1954, spanning 41 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Arloa currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1954. The name reached its historical peak in 1938, when 19 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Arloa performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 90 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Arloa shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Michigan, which accounts for 41 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Arloa in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Arloa 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 300 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.
Arloa at a glance
Last recorded 1954Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Arloa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1954–1914
- Peak year (1938)
- 19
- Annual births at peak — across 41 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1954.
300 total births across 41 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1938 with 19 births in a single year.
Arloa by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1930s
- 90 births that decade — 30% of Arloa's all-time total
Arloa decade highlights
- Peak decade 90 births
- Runner-up 80 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1930s was Arloa's strongest decade
90 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 30% of all-time use.
Arloa by state
Where Arloa concentrates geographically — total births since 1914
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Michigan | | 41 | 13.7% |
41 of 300 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Michigan 13.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Michigan accounts for 13.7% 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, 1914–1954 (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.