girls:
2.5k births since 1918
#3466 (39th percentile)
boys:
5 births since 1922
#4581 (0th percentile)
overall:
2.5k births since 1918
#5335 (31st percentile)
The name Arlet is the #5,335 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,505 recorded births since 1918. This represents the 31.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 31.1% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,466 (39.3% percentile) for all time with 2,500 births since 1918. For boys, it ranks #4,581 (0.0% percentile) for all time with 5 births since 1922.
Arlet first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1918 (1918 for girls and 1922 for boys). Birth data for Arlet is available in 47 out of the 106 years between 1918 and 2023 (47 years for girls and 1 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 Arlet has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 99.8% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Arlet reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 45.9% percentile (ranked #513) with 280 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 280 births per million (ranked 45.9% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2010, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Arlet is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #513 (45.9% percentile) with 280 births per million.
For boys, Arlet reached its peak popularity in 1922, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #546) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 1922, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1922.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Arlet".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Arlet", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 4 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Arlette" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Arlette..
Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Arlet. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 63.9% confident that Arlet is pronounced as AHR-leht, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is AHR-luht, at 27.8% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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