boys:
1.4k births since 1912
#3199 (30th percentile)
overall:
1.4k births since 1912
#6300 (19th percentile)
The name Arlon is the #6,300 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,445 recorded births since 1912. This represents the 18.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 18.6% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,199 (30.2% percentile) for all time with 1,445 births since 1912.
Arlon first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1912 (first recorded for boys in 1912). Birth data for Arlon is available in 93 out of the 112 years between 1912 and 2023. 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.
For boys, Arlon reached its peak popularity in 1933, achieving the 6.5% percentile (ranked #487) with 38 births per million. The name was most common in 1933, with 38 births per million (ranked 6.5% percentile). Despite a peak around 2013, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for boys. Currently, Arlon ranks #910 for boys (0.1% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 8.6% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Arlon".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Arlon. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 61.1% confident that Arlon is pronounced as AHR-luhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is AHR-lahn, at 25.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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