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.

Arlena

#3,578 most common girls' name of all time · #6,118 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1883–2025

Rank among girls
#3,578
Rank overall
#6,118 of 105,966
First appeared
1883
Years on the list
140 of 146
All-time
2,830
Since 2016
97
Peak year
1919 #911
Best rank
#843 1908
Girls Boys peak 60/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Arlena first appears in 1883. 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 8 — 8 #10,963
2024 13 — 13 #7,987
2023 6 — 6 #13,510
2022 9 — 9 #10,411
2021 9 — 9 #10,319
2020 7 — 7 #12,186
2019 11 — 11 #9,127
2018 8 — 8 #11,463
2017 18 — 18 #6,543
2016 8 — 8 #11,811
2015 7 — 7 #13,034
2014 13 — 13 #8,503
2013 6 — 6 #14,626
2012 6 — 6 #15,008
2011 6 — 6 #14,864
2010 9 — 9 #11,271
2009 8 — 8 #12,456
2008 7 — 7 #13,870
2007 10 — 10 #10,839
2006 9 — 9 #11,442
2005 5 — 5 #16,517
2004 14 — 14 #7,850
2003 16 — 16 #6,905
2002 16 — 16 #6,716
2001 13 — 13 #7,748
2000 15 — 15 #6,822
1999 13 — 13 #7,262
1998 15 — 15 #6,378
1997 21 — 21 #4,831
1996 22 — 22 #4,591
1995 29 — 29 #3,680
1994 34 — 34 #3,313
1993 24 — 24 #4,273
1992 34 — 34 #3,272
1991 31 — 31 #3,453
1990 26 — 26 #3,916
1989 18 — 18 #4,856
1988 18 — 18 #4,666
1987 18 — 18 #4,492
1986 15 — 15 #4,982
1985 17 — 17 #4,474
1984 20 — 20 #3,882
1983 22 — 22 #3,566
1982 26 — 26 #3,267
1981 25 — 25 #3,351
1980 23 — 23 #3,515
1979 19 — 19 #3,916
1978 28 — 28 #2,872
1977 25 — 25 #3,093
1976 19 — 19 #3,554
1975 17 — 17 #3,788
1974 27 — 27 #2,696
1973 18 — 18 #3,490
1972 24 — 24 #2,829
1971 22 — 22 #3,070
1970 26 — 26 #2,713
1969 29 — 29 #2,405
1968 24 — 24 #2,548
1967 11 — 11 #4,086
1966 25 — 25 #2,416
1965 24 — 24 #2,481
1964 27 — 27 #2,360
1963 26 — 26 #2,374
1962 26 — 26 #2,366
1961 22 — 22 #2,619
1960 20 — 20 #2,746
1959 24 — 24 #2,353
1958 31 — 31 #1,996
1957 16 — 16 #2,942
1956 13 — 13 #3,345
1955 12 — 12 #3,411
1954 18 — 18 #2,614
1953 20 — 20 #2,377
1952 21 — 21 #2,278
1951 26 — 26 #1,924
1950 30 — 30 #1,730
1949 17 — 17 #2,436
1948 29 — 29 #1,746
1947 18 — 18 #2,371
1946 22 — 22 #1,982
1945 22 — 22 #1,806
1944 20 — 20 #1,924
1943 22 — 22 #1,848
1942 30 — 30 #1,506
1941 24 — 24 #1,624
1940 25 — 25 #1,562
1939 24 — 24 #1,552
1938 25 — 25 #1,514
1937 25 — 25 #1,509
1936 23 — 23 #1,562
1935 19 — 19 #1,793
1934 27 — 27 #1,417
1933 35 — 35 #1,209
1932 33 — 33 #1,282
1931 33 — 33 #1,268
1930 48 — 48 #1,065
1929 33 — 33 #1,317
1928 27 — 27 #1,557
1927 41 — 41 #1,218
1926 33 — 33 #1,400
1925 54 — 54 #1,026
1924 46 — 46 #1,158
1923 34 — 34 #1,360
1922 32 — 32 #1,442
1921 39 — 39 #1,243
1920 45 — 45 #1,125
1919 60 — 60 #911
1918 34 — 34 #1,310
1917 32 — 32 #1,291
1916 41 — 41 #1,106
1915 26 — 26 #1,414
1914 28 — 28 #1,159
1913 24 — 24 #1,130
1912 20 — 20 #1,195
1911 20 — 20 #990
1910 20 — 20 #981
1909 10 — 10 #1,405
1908 22 — 22 #843
1907 14 — 14 #1,067
1906 13 — 13 #1,072
1905 15 — 15 #997
1904 13 — 13 #1,025
1903 13 — 13 #1,000
1902 16 — 16 #891
1901 7 — 7 #1,384
1900 17 — 17 #934
1899 9 — 9 #1,142
1898 8 — 8 #1,312
1897 8 — 8 #1,210
1896 8 — 8 #1,252
1895 6 — 6 #1,473
1894 10 — 10 #1,038
1893 6 — 6 #1,344
1892 13 — 13 #853
1890 8 — 8 #1,063
1889 5 — 5 #1,346
1887 5 — 5 #1,220
1886 5 — 5 #1,198
1885 5 — 5 #1,128
1883 6 — 6 #899