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.

Arlin*

#1,757 most common boys' name of all time · #4,271 across all names · 83% male / 17% female · used 1910–2025 · notable crossover

Rank among boys
#1,757
Rank overall
#4,271 of 105,966
First appeared
1910
Years on the list
116 of 146
All-time
4,884
Since 2016
481
Peak year
1935 #646
Best rank
#646 1935
Girls Boys peak 85/yr
192019401960198020002020

Arlin first appears in 1910. 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 6 46 52 #2,771
2024 9 57 66 #2,426
2023 19 40 59 #3,061
2022 19 45 64 #2,832
2021 13 38 51 #3,129
2020 11 38 49 #3,035
2019 17 26 43 #4,021
2018 11 24 35 #4,234
2017 13 20 33 #4,763
2016 12 17 29 #5,344
2015 10 30 40 #3,601
2014 20 24 44 #4,150
2013 16 21 37 #4,483
2012 19 25 44 #4,018
2011 15 17 32 #5,219
2010 18 21 39 #4,532
2009 18 15 33 #5,825
2008 20 21 41 #4,556
2007 33 18 51 #5,015
2006 36 15 51 #5,536
2005 39 16 55 #5,057
2004 20 22 42 #4,021
2003 30 15 45 #5,055
2002 43 14 57 #5,157
2001 24 27 51 #3,243
2000 29 17 46 #4,414
1999 17 10 27 #6,099
1998 15 16 31 #4,221
1997 13 10 23 #5,686
1996 15 23 38 #3,123
1995 12 8 20 #6,462
1994 22 14 36 #4,317
1993 15 11 26 #5,052
1992 17 20 37 #3,242
1991 21 16 37 #3,660
1990 16 14 30 #4,003
1989 13 23 36 #2,710
1988 8 23 31 #2,536
1987 8 9 17 #4,647
1986 12 17 29 #2,922
1985 9 14 23 #3,254
1984 16 8 24 #4,625
1983 7 20 27 #2,433
1982 8 13 21 #3,324
1981 6 10 16 #3,910
1980 — 18 18 #2,644
1979 5 17 22 #2,698
1978 — 18 18 #2,498
1977 — 17 17 #2,596
1976 — 14 14 #2,862
1975 — 18 18 #2,391
1974 — 21 21 #2,077
1973 — 18 18 #2,247
1972 — 22 22 #1,939
1971 — 20 20 #2,080
1970 5 35 40 #1,430
1969 — 25 25 #1,659
1968 — 35 35 #1,303
1967 — 23 23 #1,629
1966 — 29 29 #1,441
1965 — 36 36 #1,285
1964 — 33 33 #1,380
1963 — 42 42 #1,210
1962 — 39 39 #1,252
1961 — 32 32 #1,430
1960 — 48 48 #1,136
1959 — 44 44 #1,177
1958 — 47 47 #1,128
1957 — 46 46 #1,144
1956 — 57 57 #996
1955 — 48 48 #1,090
1954 — 30 30 #1,401
1953 — 67 67 #881
1952 — 52 52 #1,001
1951 — 58 58 #926
1950 — 53 53 #953
1949 — 51 51 #979
1948 — 55 55 #941
1947 — 71 71 #830
1946 — 51 51 #939
1945 — 53 53 #862
1944 — 45 45 #973
1943 — 69 69 #794
1942 — 55 55 #898
1941 — 64 64 #784
1940 5 70 75 #737
1939 — 75 75 #690
1938 — 84 84 #655
1937 — 56 56 #822
1936 5 68 73 #734
1935 — 85 85 #646
1934 — 81 81 #677
1933 — 81 81 #649
1932 — 70 70 #753
1931 — 62 62 #799
1930 5 57 62 #884
1929 — 56 56 #899
1928 — 66 66 #813
1927 — 55 55 #935
1926 — 56 56 #900
1925 5 39 44 #1,140
1924 7 53 60 #978
1923 — 50 50 #990
1922 — 48 48 #1,031
1921 — 36 36 #1,225
1920 — 39 39 #1,154
1919 — 38 38 #1,138
1918 5 40 45 #1,092
1917 — 28 28 #1,320
1916 — 34 34 #1,137
1915 — 46 46 #924
1914 — 28 28 #1,099
1913 — 24 24 #1,047
1912 — 8 8 #1,999
1911 — 6 6 #1,706
1910 — 9 9 #1,190