girls:
1.2k births since 1907
#4525 (21st percentile)
boys:
435 births since 1915
#4151 (9th percentile)
overall:
1.6k births since 1907
#6118 (21st percentile)
The name Arlee is the #6,118 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,628 recorded births since 1907. This represents the 20.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 20.9% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,525 (20.8% percentile) for all time with 1,193 births since 1907. For boys, it ranks #4,151 (9.4% percentile) for all time with 435 births since 1915.
Arlee first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1907 (1907 for girls and 1915 for boys). Birth data for Arlee is available in 93 out of the 117 years between 1907 and 2023 (85 years for girls and 53 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Arlee has been given predominantly to girls, with 73.3% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 100.0% of babies named Arlee were girls.
For girls, Arlee reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 4.5% percentile (ranked #904) with 27 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 27 births per million (ranked 4.5% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2009, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Arlee is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #904 (4.5% percentile) with 27 births per million.
For boys, Arlee reached its peak popularity in 1925, achieving the 1.7% percentile (ranked #537) with 12 births per million. The name was most common in 1915, with 15 births per million (ranked 1.6% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2022.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Arlee".
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