Unisex name · since 2016
Arlowe
Arlowe has 112 recorded births since 2016 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2017 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #25,843 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,750 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 112
- born since 2016
- 2020s
- peak decade
112 babies have been named Arlowe since 2016, making it today's #11750 unisex name.
Arlowe has 112 recorded births among girls since 2016, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #11750 as of the latest data, more common than 32% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2016 to 2025.
- #25,843 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #11,750 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 112 born since 2016
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Arlowe ranks #25,843 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,750 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 112 born since 2016, peaking in the 2020s.
- #25,843 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,750 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 112
- born since 2016
- 2020s
- peak decade
Arlowe's 112 recorded births place it above 64.15% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Arlowe compares
112 27th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Arlowe's all-time total is 70% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Arlowe | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 112 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 20 | 21 | 19,840 |
Arlowe's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Arlowe splits its recorded history at 2021: 47% of all births land in the more recent half, 53% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2016 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2017 peak of 20 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Arlowe popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–2025
- Peak year (2017)
- 20
- Annual births at peak, across 10 years of records
Arlowe popularity over time - boys
29 total births recorded since 2019 (Arlowe as boys' name)
Arlowe by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (62 births, 55% of the file).
2020s was Arlowe's strongest decade.
62 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Arlowe births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
50 births
- 2020s
2020s
62 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 62 births (55% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Arlowe: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2016–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Arlowe draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.