Arlyn
Arlyn is given to both girls and boys: 36 girls and 16 boys were given it in 2025 (#3,986 among girls’ names and #5,628 among boys’, #5,479 among all names counting both); 4,525 Americans have been recorded with it since 1912 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 3,010 Americans named Arlyn and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (67% of everyone recorded); the median is 29 years old and half are between 14 and 64.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Arlyn by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Arlyn?
#3,986 among girls’ names, 2025
Arlyn fell from #3,537 in 2015 to #3,986 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 24.6 to 22.4 per million.
75 babies in 1934, the peak
Arlyn peaked in 1934, when 75 babies were given it (22 girls, #1,607 among girls’ names). The 52 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 69% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 36 | #3,986 | 16 | #5,628 |
| 2024 | 44 | #3,520 | 14 | #6,217 |
| 2023 | 39 | #3,841 | 13 | #6,549 |
| 2022 | 49 | #3,281 | 13 | #6,505 |
| 2021 | 30 | #4,516 | 9 | #8,221 |
| 2020 | 49 | #3,184 | 9 | #8,125 |
| 2019 | 37 | #3,933 | 17 | #5,356 |
| 2018 | 39 | #3,793 | 15 | #5,790 |
| 2017 | 46 | #3,396 | 9 | #8,197 |
| 2016 | 38 | #3,933 | 13 | #6,381 |
Every recorded year (114)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 44 | #3,537 | 8 | #8,799 |
| 2014 | 35 | #4,187 | 10 | #7,591 |
| 2013 | 53 | #3,082 | 10 | #7,572 |
| 2012 | 55 | #3,046 | 10 | #7,591 |
| 2011 | 44 | #3,554 | 6 | #10,905 |
| 2010 | 51 | #3,209 | 8 | #8,862 |
| 2009 | 53 | #3,162 | 6 | #11,099 |
| 2008 | 56 | #3,058 | 7 | #9,925 |
| 2007 | 59 | #3,002 | 9 | #8,222 |
| 2006 | 47 | #3,417 | under 5 | |
| 2005 | 41 | #3,589 | 8 | #8,348 |
| 2004 | 55 | #2,887 | 6 | #10,043 |
| 2003 | 56 | #2,770 | 6 | #9,655 |
| 2002 | 46 | #3,100 | under 5 | |
| 2001 | 37 | #3,551 | under 5 | |
| 2000 | 41 | #3,271 | 5 | #10,470 |
| 1999 | 40 | #3,188 | 5 | #10,017 |
| 1998 | 48 | #2,758 | 6 | #8,542 |
| 1997 | 34 | #3,371 | under 5 | |
| 1996 | 22 | #4,592 | under 5 | |
| 1995 | 21 | #4,680 | 9 | #5,947 |
| 1994 | 21 | #4,693 | 9 | #5,893 |
| 1993 | 16 | #5,690 | 7 | #6,860 |
| 1992 | 21 | #4,694 | 7 | #6,705 |
| 1991 | 19 | #5,009 | 8 | #5,974 |
| 1990 | 15 | #5,846 | under 5 | |
| 1989 | 23 | #4,123 | 5 | #7,979 |
| 1988 | 10 | #7,153 | 8 | #5,220 |
| 1987 | 10 | #6,821 | under 5 | |
| 1986 | 15 | #4,981 | under 5 | |
| 1985 | 10 | #6,489 | under 5 | |
| 1984 | 17 | #4,333 | under 5 | |
| 1983 | 12 | #5,481 | 9 | #4,152 |
| 1982 | 7 | #8,293 | 9 | #4,253 |
| 1981 | 14 | #4,978 | 8 | #4,536 |
| 1980 | 11 | #5,934 | 12 | #3,434 |
| 1979 | 8 | #7,362 | 11 | #3,578 |
| 1978 | 9 | #6,421 | 23 | #2,071 |
| 1977 | 9 | #6,383 | 13 | #3,048 |
| 1976 | 10 | #5,620 | 17 | #2,512 |
| 1975 | 7 | #7,217 | 15 | #2,642 |
| 1974 | 9 | #5,798 | 18 | #2,278 |
| 1973 | 10 | #5,212 | 14 | #2,610 |
| 1972 | 9 | #5,501 | 16 | #2,326 |
| 1971 | 10 | #5,152 | 20 | #2,057 |
| 1970 | 12 | #4,511 | 17 | #2,215 |
| 1969 | 8 | #5,480 | 17 | #2,049 |
| 1968 | 6 | #6,297 | 7 | #3,385 |
| 1967 | 7 | #5,483 | 9 | #2,776 |
| 1966 | 9 | #4,512 | 16 | #1,969 |
| 1965 | 8 | #4,849 | 20 | #1,775 |
| 1964 | 7 | #5,503 | 20 | #1,795 |
| 1963 | 10 | #4,281 | 23 | #1,659 |
| 1962 | 10 | #4,276 | 24 | #1,624 |
| 1961 | 11 | #4,023 | 28 | #1,520 |
| 1960 | 9 | #4,454 | 29 | #1,487 |
| 1959 | 8 | #4,651 | 39 | #1,246 |
| 1958 | 11 | #3,759 | 33 | #1,344 |
| 1957 | under 5 | 27 | #1,511 | |
| 1956 | 10 | #3,921 | 44 | #1,139 |
| 1955 | 14 | #3,102 | 29 | #1,419 |
| 1954 | 15 | #2,894 | 35 | #1,267 |
| 1953 | 10 | #3,701 | 32 | #1,332 |
| 1952 | 13 | #3,045 | 34 | #1,268 |
| 1951 | 20 | #2,248 | 46 | #1,052 |
| 1950 | 14 | #2,783 | 37 | #1,183 |
| 1949 | 15 | #2,628 | 38 | #1,144 |
| 1948 | 13 | #2,839 | 36 | #1,194 |
| 1947 | 18 | #2,357 | 48 | #1,035 |
| 1946 | 19 | #2,156 | 50 | #944 |
| 1945 | 12 | #2,608 | 41 | #994 |
| 1944 | 9 | #3,149 | 37 | #1,087 |
| 1943 | 10 | #3,049 | 41 | #1,054 |
| 1942 | 15 | #2,315 | 48 | #958 |
| 1941 | 6 | #3,980 | 49 | #905 |
| 1940 | 12 | #2,430 | 47 | #929 |
| 1939 | 7 | #3,446 | 66 | #738 |
| 1938 | 14 | #2,233 | 42 | #977 |
| 1937 | 23 | #1,582 | 38 | #1,034 |
| 1936 | 18 | #1,807 | 48 | #882 |
| 1935 | 19 | #1,784 | 36 | #1,078 |
| 1934 | 22 | #1,607 | 53 | #860 |
| 1933 | 19 | #1,782 | 39 | #1,030 |
| 1932 | 15 | #2,142 | 40 | #1,059 |
| 1931 | 14 | #2,208 | 36 | #1,130 |
| 1930 | 20 | #1,819 | 34 | #1,218 |
| 1929 | 10 | #2,932 | 35 | #1,175 |
| 1928 | 16 | #2,194 | 21 | #1,651 |
| 1927 | 20 | #1,940 | 22 | #1,648 |
| 1926 | 15 | #2,359 | 27 | #1,406 |
| 1925 | 14 | #2,493 | 26 | #1,452 |
| 1924 | 22 | #1,874 | 24 | #1,578 |
| 1923 | 9 | #3,377 | 14 | #2,227 |
| 1922 | 10 | #3,164 | 13 | #2,346 |
| 1921 | 12 | #2,778 | 12 | #2,505 |
| 1920 | 9 | #3,354 | 20 | #1,753 |
| 1919 | 9 | #3,232 | 5 | #4,189 |
| 1918 | 9 | #3,257 | 9 | #2,892 |
| 1917 | 6 | #4,120 | 7 | #3,234 |
| 1916 | 10 | #2,842 | 12 | #2,269 |
| 1915 | 9 | #2,912 | 7 | #3,102 |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,651 | 8 | #2,462 |
| 1913 | under 5 | 5 | #2,842 | |
| 1912 | under 5 | 5 | #2,566 |
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 Arlyn a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 4,525 Americans recorded as Arlyn, 52% are girls and 48% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Arlyn: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Arlyn, and how old are they?
3,010 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 67% of the 4,525 Americans ever recorded as Arlyn. The median Arlyn alive today is 29 years old; half are between 14 and 64.
The 2020 Census counted 3,651 people named Arlyn (2,326 women and girls, 1,325 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,982 born in the U.S. The Census count is 22% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 224 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 589 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 348 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 321 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 836 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 691 |
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 Arlyn born?
The states with the most babies named Arlyn are California, Wisconsin and Texas, with 66% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Wisconsin is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 479 | #2,292 | 1.2× |
| Wisconsin | 277 | not ranked | 2.8× |
| Texas | 156 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Minnesota | 133 | not ranked | 1.4× |
| Iowa | 119 | not ranked | 1.7× |
| New York | 75 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Illinois | 63 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Michigan | 26 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Arizona | 17 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Nebraska | 15 | not ranked | 0.4× |
Where Arlyn is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Arlyn is most over-represented in Wisconsin: since 1912 it was given 2.8 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 Arlyn 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 23,144 babies since 1880, Arlyn is the second most given (20% of them). In 2025 it was given to 52 of their 159 babies (33%), the most given that year.
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.
More about Arlyn and names like it
- Compare Arlyn and ArleenBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1930sArlyn peaked in 1934.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Arlyn since 1910.
- The top names of 1934The year the most babies were named Arlyn.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Arlyn alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with AMost given first.