Arlynn — #7983 US unisex name
586 babies named Arlynn in U.S. Social Security records since 1917, with the highest year being 2018. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 55% of names given to girls today.
27% of everyone ever named Arlynn was born in this single decade.
25 babies were named Arlynn in 2018 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Arlynn
The Social Security Administration has registered 586 babies named Arlynn between 1917 and 2024, spanning 108 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Arlynn currently holds the #7983 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2018, when 25 babies received it in a single year. Arlynn is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 61 additional births since 1921.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Arlynn performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 157 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Arlynn shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 21 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by North Carolina and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Arlynn in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Arlynn 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 586 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.
Arlynn at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Arlynn popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1917
- Peak year (2018)
- 25
- Annual births at peak — across 108 years of records
Currently ranks #7983 among girls.
586 total births across 108 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2018 with 25 births in a single year.
Arlynn popularity over time — boys
61 total births recorded since 1921 (Arlynn as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Arlynn accounts for 9% of total recorded use across both genders.
Arlynn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 157 births that decade — 27% of Arlynn's all-time total
Arlynn decade highlights
- Peak decade 157 births
- Runner-up 111 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Arlynn's strongest decade
157 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 27% of all-time use.
Arlynn by state
Where Arlynn concentrates geographically — total births since 1917
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 21 | 3.6% |
| #2 | North Carolina | | 5 | 0.9% |
| #3 | Texas | | 5 | 0.9% |
21 of 586 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 3.6% of nationwide
- North Carolina 0.9% of nationwide
- Texas 0.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 3 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 3.6% 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, 1917–2024 (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.