girls:
797 births since 1918
#4919 (14th percentile)
boys:
4k births since 1910
#1953 (57th percentile)
overall:
4.8k births since 1910
#3953 (49th percentile)
The name Arlin is the #3,953 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 4,766 recorded births since 1910. This represents the 48.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 48.9% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,953 (57.4% percentile) for all time with 3,969 births since 1910. For girls, it ranks #4,919 (13.9% percentile) for all time with 797 births since 1918.
Arlin first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1910 (1910 for boys and 1918 for girls).
The name Arlin has been given predominantly to boys, with 83.3% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 67.8% of babies named Arlin were boys.
For boys, Arlin reached its peak popularity in 1935, achieving the 15.5% percentile (ranked #436) with 79 births per million. The name was most common in 1935, with 79 births per million (ranked 15.5% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2017, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Arlin ranks #876 for boys (3.8% percentile) with 22 births per million, which is 27.5% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Arlin reached its peak popularity in 2002, achieving the 4.3% percentile (ranked #856) with 22 births per million. The name was most common in 2002, with 22 births per million (ranked 4.3% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2019, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Arlin ranks #933 for girls (1.5% percentile) with 11 births per million, which is 49.9% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Arlin".
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Our model is 100.0% confident that Arlin is pronounced as AHR-lihn, which has 2 syllables.
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