girls:
767 births since 1918
#4949 (13th percentile)
boys:
7.1k births since 1909
#1397 (70th percentile)
overall:
7.9k births since 1909
#3040 (61st percentile)
The name Arlen is the #3,040 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 7,905 recorded births since 1909. This represents the 60.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 60.7% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,397 (69.5% percentile) for all time with 7,138 births since 1909. For girls, it ranks #4,949 (13.4% percentile) for all time with 767 births since 1918.
Arlen first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1909 (1909 for boys and 1918 for girls). Birth data for Arlen is available in 112 out of the 115 years between 1909 and 2023 (112 years for boys and 61 years for girls). 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 Arlen has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 90.3% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 82.1% of babies named Arlen were boys.
For boys, Arlen reached its peak popularity in 1934, achieving the 36.1% percentile (ranked #338) with 194 births per million. The name was most common in 1934, with 194 births per million (ranked 36.1% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2010, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Arlen ranks #815 for boys (10.5% percentile) with 55 births per million, which is 28.4% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Arlen reached its peak popularity in 2007, achieving the 2.6% percentile (ranked #961) with 15 births per million. The name was most common in 2007, with 15 births per million (ranked 2.6% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2017, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Arlen ranks #930 for girls (1.8% percentile) with 13 births per million, which is 85.9% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Arlen".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Arlen. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 58.3% confident that Arlen is pronounced as AHR-luhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is AHR-lihn, at 20.8% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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