Arlo
Arlo is ranked 146th among boys in 2024 (2,481 births). Its best rank was 146th, in 2024.
- Rank in 2024
- #146up 12 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 2,4810.14% of boys
- Peak year
- 20242,481 births
- Best rank
- #146in 2024
- Since 1899
- 22,607people given the name
The story in the numbers
21,789 boys have been named Arlo in the United States since 1899, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2024, with 2,481 births — 0.14% of all boys recorded that year.
It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2024, within the last few years of data.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2019, and the 2020s alone account for 49%. It has spent 49 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
It is overwhelmingly a boy’s name: 818 girls have also been given it, 3.6% of the total.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Arlo | |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 5 | |
| 1900s | 35 | |
| 1910s | 477 | |
| 1920s | 726 | |
| 1930s | 688 | |
| 1940s | 422 | |
| 1950s | 282 | |
| 1960s | 134 | |
| 1970s | 376 | |
| 1980s | 254 | |
| 1990s | 211 | |
| 2000s | 695 | |
| 2010s | 6,788 | |
| 2020s | 10,696 |
In 2024, its biggest year
Arlo was the 146th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2024 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, Theodore and James. See all of 2024.
Names that rose and fell with Arlo
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Wilderpeak 2021
- Marspeak 2023
- Oaklandpeak 2022
- Shepherdpeak 2024
- Everestpeak 2022
- Cairopeak 2022
- Covepeak 2024
- Kreedpeak 2024
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.