Arlin
Arlin is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 57 births. Its best rank was 641st, in 1935.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 570.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 193585 births
- Best rank
- #641in 1935
- Since 1910
- 4,832people given the name
The story in the numbers
4,026 boys have been named Arlin in the United States since 1910, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1935, with 85 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1949, and the 1930s alone account for 18%. It has spent 32 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Arlin is used for both sexes: 17% of its bearers are girls (806), most of them born around 2002.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Arlin | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 261 | |
| 1920s | 498 | |
| 1930s | 719 | |
| 1940s | 584 | |
| 1950s | 502 | |
| 1960s | 342 | |
| 1970s | 200 | |
| 1980s | 155 | |
| 1990s | 142 | |
| 2000s | 180 | |
| 2010s | 225 | |
| 2020s | 218 |
In 1935, its biggest year
Arlin was the 641st most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1935 were Robert, James, John, William and Richard. See all of 1935.
Names that rose and fell with Arlin
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Harlonpeak 1939
- Arlispeak 1931
- Arlonpeak 1933
- Ferrellpeak 1935
- Deltonpeak 1933
- Marlinpeak 1935
- Ozellpeak 1937
- Wendelpeak 1940
Other spellings in the data
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.