girls:
142.8k births since 1888
#277 (95th percentile)
boys:
361 births since 1916
#4225 (8th percentile)
overall:
143.1k births since 1888
#521 (93rd percentile)
The name Arlene is the #521 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 143,129 recorded births since 1888. This represents the 93.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 93.3% of all names). For girls, it ranks #277 (95.2% percentile) for all time with 142,768 births since 1888. For boys, it ranks #4,225 (7.8% percentile) for all time with 361 births since 1916.
Arlene first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1888 (1888 for girls and 1916 for boys).
The name Arlene has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 99.7% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Arlene reached its peak popularity in 1934, achieving the 90.8% percentile (ranked #53) with 3,619 births per million. The name was most common in 1934, with 3,619 births per million (ranked 90.8% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 1938, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Arlene ranks #840 for girls (11.3% percentile) with 64 births per million, which is 1.8% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Arlene reached its peak popularity in 1937, achieving the 3.4% percentile (ranked #506) with 21 births per million. The name was most common in 1937, with 21 births per million (ranked 3.4% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1989.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Arlene".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Arlene. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 45.5% confident that Arlene is pronounced as AHR-leen, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is AHR-LEEN, at 29.1% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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