Arlena
Arlena is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 13 births. Its best rank was 825th, in 1883.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 130.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 191960 births
- Best rank
- #825in 1883
- Since 1883
- 2,822people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,822 girls have been named Arlena in the United States since 1883, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1919, with 60 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1948, and the 1920s alone account for 14%. It has spent 10 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Arlena | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 26 | |
| 1890s | 76 | |
| 1900s | 140 | |
| 1910s | 305 | |
| 1920s | 384 | |
| 1930s | 292 | |
| 1940s | 229 | |
| 1950s | 210 | |
| 1960s | 235 | |
| 1970s | 225 | |
| 1980s | 202 | |
| 1990s | 249 | |
| 2000s | 113 | |
| 2010s | 92 | |
| 2020s | 44 |
In 1919, its biggest year
Arlena was the 910th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1919 were Mary, Helen, Dorothy, Margaret and Ruth. See all of 1919.
Names that rose and fell with Arlena
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Irmapeak 1920
- Celestapeak 1921
- Esterpeak 1925
- Genniepeak 1928
- Corinepeak 1920
- Elvirapeak 1920
- Mignonpeak 1979
- Zitapeak 1922
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.