Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Arl

#19,250 most common boys' name of all time · #50,517 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1916–1946

Rank among boys
#19,250
Rank overall
#50,517 of 105,966
First appeared
1916
Years on the list
9 of 146
All-time
54
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1926 #3,334
Best rank
#3,334 1926
Girls Boys peak 8/yr
19201940

Arl first appears in 1916. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
1946 — 5 5 #3,822
1932 — 6 6 #3,657
1926 — 8 8 #3,334
1925 — 5 5 #4,582
1924 — 5 5 #4,682
1923 — 6 6 #4,106
1921 — 6 6 #4,150
1918 — 6 6 #4,049
1916 — 7 7 #3,460