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.

Arleen

#1,416 most common girls' name of all time · #2,450 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1898–2025

Rank among girls
#1,416
Rank overall
#2,450 of 105,966
First appeared
1898
Years on the list
127 of 146
All-time
12,617
Since 2016
396
Peak year
1939 #304
Best rank
#304 1939
Girls Boys peak 415/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Arleen first appears in 1898. 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 19 — 19 #6,131
2024 28 — 28 #4,786
2023 34 — 34 #4,207
2022 46 — 46 #3,418
2021 41 — 41 #3,683
2020 40 — 40 #3,682
2019 29 — 29 #4,660
2018 61 — 61 #2,787
2017 48 — 48 #3,311
2016 50 — 50 #3,235
2015 58 — 58 #2,968
2014 63 — 63 #2,744
2013 43 — 43 #3,582
2012 56 — 56 #3,011
2011 61 — 61 #2,843
2010 58 — 58 #2,940
2009 49 — 49 #3,365
2008 68 — 68 #2,697
2007 53 — 53 #3,219
2006 68 — 68 #2,635
2005 73 — 73 #2,412
2004 51 — 51 #3,039
2003 50 — 50 #3,003
2002 48 — 48 #3,015
2001 47 — 47 #3,013
2000 40 — 40 #3,343
1999 48 — 48 #2,817
1998 45 — 45 #2,895
1997 32 — 32 #3,560
1996 36 — 36 #3,249
1995 33 — 33 #3,368
1994 37 — 37 #3,110
1993 37 — 37 #3,116
1992 30 — 30 #3,598
1991 39 — 39 #2,948
1990 35 — 35 #3,173
1989 29 — 29 #3,492
1988 35 — 35 #2,941
1987 26 — 26 #3,439
1986 39 — 39 #2,518
1985 32 — 32 #2,873
1984 28 — 28 #3,085
1983 30 — 30 #2,860
1982 30 — 30 #2,971
1981 27 — 27 #3,160
1980 28 — 28 #3,083
1979 19 — 19 #3,927
1978 28 — 28 #2,881
1977 30 — 30 #2,725
1976 24 — 24 #3,018
1975 26 — 26 #2,824
1974 26 — 26 #2,768
1973 39 — 39 #2,070
1972 38 — 38 #2,066
1971 43 — 43 #1,972
1970 58 — 58 #1,624
1969 72 — 72 #1,343
1968 88 — 88 #1,148
1967 107 — 107 #986
1966 130 — 130 #880
1965 190 — 190 #719
1964 186 — 186 #762
1963 220 — 220 #678
1962 280 — 280 #595
1961 286 — 286 #595
1960 253 — 253 #636
1959 239 — 239 #649
1958 184 — 184 #729
1957 224 — 224 #658
1956 218 — 218 #646
1955 232 — 232 #609
1954 198 — 198 #653
1953 236 — 236 #574
1952 215 — 215 #595
1951 214 — 214 #587
1950 222 — 222 #558
1949 133 — 133 #744
1948 214 — 214 #572
1947 301 — 301 #474
1946 262 — 262 #485
1945 174 — 174 #558
1944 241 — 241 #465
1943 353 — 353 #389
1942 298 6 304 #415
1941 316 — 316 #386
1940 268 — 268 #418
1939 415 — 415 #304
1938 310 — 310 #375
1937 98 — 98 #691
1936 98 — 98 #671
1935 93 — 93 #698
1934 88 — 88 #709
1933 88 — 88 #697
1932 104 — 104 #662
1931 99 — 99 #670
1930 144 — 144 #567
1929 143 — 143 #575
1928 159 — 159 #556
1927 191 — 191 #508
1926 161 — 161 #564
1925 185 — 185 #522
1924 178 — 178 #545
1923 176 — 176 #542
1922 152 — 152 #582
1921 131 — 131 #648
1920 134 — 134 #620
1919 94 — 94 #723
1918 91 — 91 #750
1917 76 — 76 #795
1916 73 — 73 #801
1915 70 — 70 #790
1914 44 — 44 #885
1913 24 — 24 #1,147
1912 26 — 26 #1,029
1911 24 — 24 #897
1910 14 — 14 #1,259
1909 9 — 9 #1,580
1908 13 — 13 #1,196
1907 10 — 10 #1,369
1906 8 — 8 #1,532
1905 9 — 9 #1,409
1904 5 — 5 #2,070
1903 9 — 9 #1,311
1902 5 — 5 #1,964
1901 5 — 5 #1,881
1899 7 — 7 #1,384
1898 5 — 5 #1,915