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.

Arlene

#285 most common girls' name of all time · #526 across all names · <1% boys / >99% girls · used 1888–2025

Rank among girls
#285
Rank overall
#526 of 105,966
First appeared
1888
Years on the list
138 of 146
All-time
143,371
Since 2016
1,254
Peak year
1934 #53
Best rank
#53 1934
Girls Boys peak 3,930/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Arlene first appears in 1888. 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 127 — 127 #1,631
2024 112 — 112 #1,799
2023 112 — 112 #1,803
2022 119 — 119 #1,746
2021 115 — 115 #1,768
2020 134 — 134 #1,571
2019 120 — 120 #1,725
2018 114 — 114 #1,790
2017 153 — 153 #1,467
2016 148 — 148 #1,525
2015 171 — 171 #1,382
2014 150 — 150 #1,490
2013 159 — 159 #1,426
2012 157 — 157 #1,452
2011 179 — 179 #1,313
2010 208 — 208 #1,168
2009 194 — 194 #1,260
2008 234 — 234 #1,104
2007 225 — 225 #1,141
2006 242 — 242 #1,058
2005 307 — 307 #830
2004 244 — 244 #974
2003 285 — 285 #849
2002 318 — 318 #759
2001 280 — 280 #827
2000 286 — 286 #798
1999 313 — 313 #722
1998 304 — 304 #726
1997 319 — 319 #679
1996 302 — 302 #705
1995 297 — 297 #705
1994 298 — 298 #702
1993 342 — 342 #653
1992 369 — 369 #616
1991 332 — 332 #660
1990 314 — 314 #681
1989 341 7 348 #623
1988 341 — 341 #591
1987 364 — 364 #550
1986 353 6 359 #565
1985 347 — 347 #568
1984 350 — 350 #544
1983 369 — 369 #516
1982 421 — 421 #488
1981 413 — 413 #495
1980 371 — 371 #520
1979 325 — 325 #565
1978 355 — 355 #522
1977 391 — 391 #487
1976 416 — 416 #462
1975 408 — 408 #463
1974 435 — 435 #444
1973 501 — 501 #401
1972 500 — 500 #401
1971 605 — 605 #380
1970 718 — 718 #349
1969 737 — 737 #330
1968 719 — 719 #325
1967 773 5 778 #310
1966 911 — 911 #279
1965 1,054 — 1,054 #266
1964 1,225 — 1,225 #253
1963 1,295 6 1,301 #245
1962 1,341 — 1,341 #237
1961 1,554 6 1,560 #216
1960 1,625 8 1,633 #211
1959 1,790 — 1,790 #199
1958 1,778 — 1,778 #192
1957 1,693 6 1,699 #203
1956 1,807 — 1,807 #191
1955 1,982 5 1,987 #175
1954 2,075 5 2,080 #169
1953 2,305 6 2,311 #154
1952 2,330 5 2,335 #147
1951 2,502 — 2,502 #134
1950 2,390 5 2,395 #132
1949 2,395 — 2,395 #133
1948 2,480 5 2,485 #125
1947 2,907 5 2,912 #118
1946 2,801 7 2,808 #113
1945 2,771 7 2,778 #99
1944 2,714 13 2,727 #101
1943 3,146 7 3,153 #90
1942 3,331 17 3,348 #83
1941 3,291 6 3,297 #77
1940 3,257 15 3,272 #75
1939 3,578 20 3,598 #69
1938 3,894 20 3,914 #63
1937 3,805 23 3,828 #60
1936 3,898 15 3,913 #54
1935 3,684 8 3,692 #59
1934 3,917 13 3,930 #53
1933 3,185 10 3,195 #74
1932 3,109 15 3,124 #80
1931 3,217 11 3,228 #77
1930 2,509 13 2,522 #103
1929 2,398 8 2,406 #105
1928 2,521 10 2,531 #106
1927 2,563 7 2,570 #108
1926 2,522 9 2,531 #108
1925 2,275 5 2,280 #120
1924 2,277 — 2,277 #122
1923 2,090 6 2,096 #127
1922 1,884 6 1,890 #133
1921 1,837 — 1,837 #138
1920 1,594 5 1,599 #145
1919 1,427 — 1,427 #156
1918 1,340 — 1,340 #165
1917 1,208 — 1,208 #167
1916 1,105 5 1,110 #172
1915 864 — 864 #193
1914 608 — 608 #209
1913 471 — 471 #220
1912 325 — 325 #246
1911 226 — 226 #257
1910 207 — 207 #269
1909 160 — 160 #284
1908 143 — 143 #296
1907 101 — 101 #353
1906 107 — 107 #327
1905 77 — 77 #386
1904 59 — 59 #423
1903 67 — 67 #389
1902 47 — 47 #463
1901 38 — 38 #498
1900 47 — 47 #498
1899 33 — 33 #525
1898 30 — 30 #596
1897 28 — 28 #583
1896 33 — 33 #526
1895 23 — 23 #657
1894 19 — 19 #696
1893 17 — 17 #738
1892 19 — 19 #684
1891 13 — 13 #793
1890 11 — 11 #869
1889 5 — 5 #1,402
1888 9 — 9 #957