Arleen
Arleen is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 28 births. Its best rank was 303rd, in 1939.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 280.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1939415 births
- Best rank
- #303in 1939
- Since 1898
- 12,592people given the name
The story in the numbers
12,592 girls have been named Arleen in the United States since 1898, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1939, with 415 births.
The name has all but left use: 28 births in 2024, against 415 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1949, and the 1940s alone account for 20%. It has spent 55 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Arleen | |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 12 | |
| 1900s | 73 | |
| 1910s | 536 | |
| 1920s | 1,610 | |
| 1930s | 1,537 | |
| 1940s | 2,560 | |
| 1950s | 2,182 | |
| 1960s | 1,812 | |
| 1970s | 331 | |
| 1980s | 304 | |
| 1990s | 372 | |
| 2000s | 547 | |
| 2010s | 527 | |
| 2020s | 189 |
In 1939, its biggest year
Arleen was the 303rd most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1939 were Mary, Barbara, Patricia, Betty and Shirley. See all of 1939.
Names that rose and fell with Arleen
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Elainepeak 1947
- Eileenpeak 1947
- Odiliapeak 1922
- Phylisspeak 1951
- Maryleepeak 1941
- Robertapeak 1953
- Thomasinepeak 1950
- Carylpeak 1947
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.