girls:
2.3k births since 1914
#3628 (37th percentile)
boys:
2.2k births since 1912
#2715 (41st percentile)
overall:
4.4k births since 1912
#4112 (47th percentile)
The name Arlyn is the #4,112 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 4,415 recorded births since 1912. This represents the 46.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 46.9% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,628 (36.5% percentile) for all time with 2,264 births since 1914. For boys, it ranks #2,715 (40.8% percentile) for all time with 2,151 births since 1912.
Arlyn first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1912 (1912 for boys and 1914 for girls).
The name Arlyn is truly gender-neutral, with nearly equal distribution between boys and girls. In 2023, 75.0% of babies named Arlyn were girls. Interestingly, until around 1983, the name was more popular for boys (69.9% boys from 1912 to 1982), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (84.3% girls from 1983 to 2023).
For girls, Arlyn reached its peak popularity in 2003, achieving the 5.6% percentile (ranked #856) with 28 births per million. The name was most common in 2012, with 28 births per million (ranked 5.3% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2018, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Arlyn ranks #913 for girls (3.6% percentile) with 22 births per million, which is 78.6% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Arlyn reached its peak popularity in 1939, achieving the 11.7% percentile (ranked #461) with 58 births per million. The name was most common in 1939, with 58 births per million (ranked 11.7% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Arlyn ranks #903 for boys (0.9% percentile) with 7 births per million, which is 12.2% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Arlyn".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Arlyn. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 84.6% confident that Arlyn is pronounced as AHR-lihn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is AHR-luhn, at 15.4% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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