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.

Arlan

#2,239 most common boys' name of all time · #5,389 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1912–2025

Rank among boys
#2,239
Rank overall
#5,389 of 105,966
First appeared
1912
Years on the list
114 of 146
All-time
3,434
Since 2016
395
Peak year
1936 #627
Best rank
#627 1936
Girls Boys peak 87/yr
192019401960198020002020

Arlan first appears in 1912. 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
2025 — 57 57 #2,397
2024 — 47 47 #2,757
2023 — 49 49 #2,663
2022 — 34 34 #3,423
2021 — 40 40 #3,030
2020 — 43 43 #2,812
2019 — 34 34 #3,359
2018 — 37 37 #3,117
2017 — 29 29 #3,688
2016 — 25 25 #4,114
2015 — 24 24 #4,187
2014 — 18 18 #5,079
2013 — 21 21 #4,485
2012 — 16 16 #5,504
2011 — 22 22 #4,372
2010 — 19 19 #4,865
2009 — 16 16 #5,569
2008 — 12 12 #6,806
2007 — 16 16 #5,461
2006 — 22 22 #4,248
2005 — 15 15 #5,304
2004 — 12 12 #6,179
2003 — 11 11 #6,297
2002 — 13 13 #5,432
2001 — 7 7 #8,414
2000 — 10 10 #6,372
1999 — 8 8 #7,212
1998 — 12 12 #5,205
1997 — 13 13 #4,705
1996 — 7 7 #7,226
1995 — 5 5 #8,996
1994 — 10 10 #5,509
1993 — 12 12 #4,741
1992 — 11 11 #4,924
1991 — 13 13 #4,270
1990 — 13 13 #4,210
1989 — 11 11 #4,573
1988 — 14 14 #3,559
1987 — 14 14 #3,385
1986 — 12 12 #3,701
1985 — 9 9 #4,410
1984 — 10 10 #3,984
1983 — 10 10 #3,929
1982 — 11 11 #3,761
1981 — 16 16 #2,815
1980 — 15 15 #2,994
1979 — 13 13 #3,224
1978 — 15 15 #2,842
1977 — 11 11 #3,447
1976 — 11 11 #3,322
1975 — 13 13 #2,958
1974 — 22 22 #2,005
1973 — 18 18 #2,251
1972 — 20 20 #2,039
1971 — 26 26 #1,754
1970 — 20 20 #2,020
1969 — 20 20 #1,889
1968 — 20 20 #1,816
1967 — 27 27 #1,493
1966 — 26 26 #1,527
1965 — 31 31 #1,396
1964 — 34 34 #1,363
1963 — 29 29 #1,478
1962 — 34 34 #1,357
1961 — 42 42 #1,228
1960 — 46 46 #1,161
1959 — 67 67 #943
1958 — 53 53 #1,056
1957 — 52 52 #1,060
1956 — 47 47 #1,117
1955 — 51 51 #1,065
1954 — 55 55 #1,014
1953 — 38 38 #1,229
1952 — 54 54 #976
1951 — 53 53 #969
1950 — 47 47 #1,032
1949 — 51 51 #981
1948 — 66 66 #843
1947 — 58 58 #920
1946 — 55 55 #895
1945 — 65 65 #766
1944 — 59 59 #822
1943 — 61 61 #854
1942 — 56 56 #886
1941 — 69 69 #748
1940 — 66 66 #766
1939 — 65 65 #753
1938 — 69 69 #741
1937 — 56 56 #823
1936 — 87 87 #627
1935 — 58 58 #821
1934 — 65 65 #769
1933 — 63 63 #774
1932 — 40 40 #1,073
1931 — 48 48 #957
1930 — 53 53 #927
1929 — 33 33 #1,235
1928 — 28 28 #1,410
1927 — 33 33 #1,290
1926 — 21 21 #1,712
1925 — 25 25 #1,530
1924 — 28 28 #1,450
1923 — 23 23 #1,637
1922 — 26 26 #1,496
1921 — 27 27 #1,473
1920 — 20 20 #1,809
1919 — 13 13 #2,344
1918 — 16 16 #2,057
1917 — 9 9 #2,841
1916 — 15 15 #2,023
1915 — 11 11 #2,417
1914 — 9 9 #2,400
1913 — 9 9 #2,059
1912 — 8 8 #2,009