Arlan
Arlan is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 47 births. Its best rank was 626th, in 1936.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 470.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 193687 births
- Best rank
- #626in 1936
- Since 1912
- 3,377people given the name
The story in the numbers
3,377 boys have been named Arlan in the United States since 1912, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1936, with 87 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 1952, and the 1940s alone account for 18%. It has spent 22 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Arlan | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 90 | |
| 1920s | 264 | |
| 1930s | 604 | |
| 1940s | 606 | |
| 1950s | 517 | |
| 1960s | 309 | |
| 1970s | 169 | |
| 1980s | 122 | |
| 1990s | 104 | |
| 2000s | 134 | |
| 2010s | 245 | |
| 2020s | 213 |
In 1936, its biggest year
Arlan was the 626th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1936 were Robert, James, John, William and Richard. See all of 1936.
Names that rose and fell with Arlan
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Arlenpeak 1934
- Geroldpeak 1939
- Mackiepeak 1942
- Arlinpeak 1935
- Geraldpeak 1942
- Jerepeak 1941
- Bennypeak 1948
- Buddypeak 1935
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.