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Arleen

Arleen was most popular in 1939, when 415 girls got the name. In 2025 it ranked number 6,145 for girls.

12,617babies since 1880
1939most popular year
#303best rank, 1939
#6,145rank in 2025

Babies named Arleen each year in the US

Girls Boys

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DecadeGirlsBoys
1890s120
1900s730
1910s5360
1920s1,6100
1930s1,5370
1940s2,5606
1950s2,1820
1960s1,8120
1970s3310
1980s3040
1990s3720
2000s5470
2010s5270
2020s2080

Arleen in other countries

Out of every 10,000 girls born each year, how many were named Arleen.

US England and Wales Scotland

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CountryTop yearAt peak2025 rank
US 1939 1 in 2,642 #6,145
England and Wales 1939 1 in 7,260 n/a
Scotland 1977 1 in 4,098 n/a

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Where the counts come from: the US from Social Security card records from 1880 (names given to at least 5 babies in a year; years before about 1937 count fewer people, because the cards started then), and before 1880 from Douglas Galbi's tables of a census sample. England and Wales from the Office for National Statistics from 1996, and before that from Stephen Bush's study of local birth records, a sample of about 120,000 births a year (CC BY 4.0). Scotland from National Records of Scotland. Northern Ireland from NISRA. France from INSEE, first names and last names. Italy from ISTAT (CC BY 4.0), the top 50 names a year. Berlin from the city's open data (CC BY 3.0 DE), counting only the first of a child's names. UK figures are Crown copyright, used under the Open Government Licence. US last names from the 2020 census, and before 1850 from the 1790 census. Irish last names from Robert Matheson's report on the births of 1890. Italian last names from the City of Florence (CC BY 4.0). Norwegian last names from Statistics Norway (CC BY 4.0).

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