Arlyn
Arlyn is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 44 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 440.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 200759 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1914
- 4,473people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,308 girls have been named Arlyn in the United States since 1914, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2007, with 59 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 1999, and the 2000s alone account for 21%.
Arlyn is used for both sexes: 48% of its bearers are boys (2,165), most of them born around 1939.
By decade
| Decade | girls named Arlyn | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 48 | |
| 1920s | 137 | |
| 1930s | 171 | |
| 1940s | 129 | |
| 1950s | 115 | |
| 1960s | 85 | |
| 1970s | 93 | |
| 1980s | 129 | |
| 1990s | 257 | |
| 2000s | 491 | |
| 2010s | 442 | |
| 2020s | 211 |
In 2007, its biggest year
Arlyn was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 2007 were Emily, Isabella, Emma, Ava and Madison. See all of 2007.
Names that rose and fell with Arlyn
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Mariannapeak 2006
- Clairepeak 2016
- Nadeenpeak 2001
- Esperanzapeak 2000
- Maylenepeak 2012
- Marispeak 2018
- Avelinapeak 2016
- Naomiepeak 2010
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.