Arlean
Arlean is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 191844 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1892
- 1,673people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,673 girls have been named Arlean in the United States since 1892, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1918, with 44 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 44 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1933, and the 1920s alone account for 22%.
By decade
| Decade | girls named Arlean | |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 18 | |
| 1900s | 79 | |
| 1910s | 251 | |
| 1920s | 364 | |
| 1930s | 297 | |
| 1940s | 242 | |
| 1950s | 247 | |
| 1960s | 140 | |
| 1970s | 24 | |
| 1980s | 11 |
In 1918, its biggest year
Arlean was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1918 were Mary, Helen, Dorothy, Margaret and Ruth. See all of 1918.
Names that rose and fell with Arlean
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Reathapeak 1927
- Arvellapeak 1926
- Rethapeak 1924
- Almetapeak 1924
- Delmapeak 1926
- Veldapeak 1920
- Jesusapeak 1924
- Revapeak 1921
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.