Arlis**
#2,567 most common boys' name of all time · #6,194 across all names · 71% male / 29% female · used 1906–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#2,567
Rank overall
#6,194 of 105,966
First appeared
1906
Years on the list
108 of 146
All-time
2,769
Since 2016
152
Peak year
1931 #954
Best rank
#954 1931
Girls
Boys
peak 69/yr
Arlis first appears in 1906. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 23 | 23 | #4,406 |
| 2024 | — | 19 | 19 | #5,081 |
| 2023 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,682 |
| 2022 | — | 14 | 14 | #6,165 |
| 2021 | — | 22 | 22 | #4,505 |
| 2020 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,689 |
| 2019 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,810 |
| 2018 | — | 22 | 22 | #4,485 |
| 2017 | — | 14 | 14 | #6,077 |
| 2016 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,186 |
| 2015 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,768 |
| 2014 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,165 |
| 2013 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,785 |
| 2012 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,198 |
| 2011 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,281 |
| 2010 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,836 |
| 2009 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,075 |
| 2008 | 5 | 5 | 10 | #12,662 |
| 2007 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,852 |
| 2006 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,744 |
| 2005 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,181 |
| 2003 | — | 6 | 6 | #9,656 |
| 2002 | — | 5 | 5 | #10,775 |
| 2000 | — | 6 | 6 | #9,197 |
| 1999 | — | 6 | 6 | #8,776 |
| 1998 | — | 6 | 6 | #8,543 |
| 1997 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,679 |
| 1996 | — | 7 | 7 | #7,217 |
| 1994 | — | 5 | 5 | #8,892 |
| 1992 | — | 12 | 12 | #4,604 |
| 1991 | — | 7 | 7 | #6,582 |
| 1990 | — | 6 | 6 | #7,261 |
| 1989 | — | 6 | 6 | #7,038 |
| 1987 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,533 |
| 1985 | — | 12 | 12 | #3,641 |
| 1983 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,979 |
| 1982 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,721 |
| 1981 | — | 9 | 9 | #4,208 |
| 1980 | — | 9 | 9 | #4,200 |
| 1979 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,462 |
| 1978 | — | 11 | 11 | #3,444 |
| 1977 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,223 |
| 1976 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,859 |
| 1975 | — | 10 | 10 | #3,481 |
| 1973 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,765 |
| 1972 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,697 |
| 1970 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,950 |
| 1969 | — | 17 | 17 | #2,079 |
| 1968 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,963 |
| 1967 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,395 |
| 1966 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,256 |
| 1965 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,124 |
| 1964 | 6 | 11 | 17 | #2,592 |
| 1963 | 5 | 11 | 16 | #2,585 |
| 1962 | 5 | 12 | 17 | #2,430 |
| 1961 | 8 | 11 | 19 | #2,597 |
| 1960 | 5 | 15 | 20 | #2,165 |
| 1959 | 10 | 16 | 26 | #2,074 |
| 1958 | 12 | 24 | 36 | #1,616 |
| 1957 | 5 | 22 | 27 | #1,733 |
| 1956 | 9 | 17 | 26 | #1,977 |
| 1955 | 14 | 20 | 34 | #1,761 |
| 1954 | 14 | 19 | 33 | #1,796 |
| 1953 | 18 | 17 | 35 | #1,935 |
| 1952 | 18 | 18 | 36 | #1,836 |
| 1951 | 12 | 24 | 36 | #1,537 |
| 1950 | 15 | 17 | 32 | #1,847 |
| 1949 | 19 | 31 | 50 | #1,316 |
| 1948 | 22 | 19 | 41 | #1,736 |
| 1947 | 22 | 38 | 60 | #1,184 |
| 1946 | 16 | 31 | 47 | #1,273 |
| 1945 | 21 | 26 | 47 | #1,313 |
| 1944 | 13 | 37 | 50 | #1,100 |
| 1943 | 29 | 32 | 61 | #1,233 |
| 1942 | 25 | 36 | 61 | #1,157 |
| 1941 | 19 | 22 | 41 | #1,475 |
| 1940 | 19 | 42 | 61 | #1,003 |
| 1939 | 20 | 36 | 56 | #1,081 |
| 1938 | 27 | 34 | 61 | #1,120 |
| 1937 | 23 | 41 | 64 | #997 |
| 1936 | 27 | 42 | 69 | #969 |
| 1935 | 37 | 32 | 69 | #1,189 |
| 1934 | 19 | 43 | 62 | #980 |
| 1933 | 27 | 39 | 66 | #1,043 |
| 1932 | 20 | 43 | 63 | #1,022 |
| 1931 | 21 | 48 | 69 | #954 |
| 1930 | 28 | 30 | 58 | #1,319 |
| 1929 | 22 | 31 | 53 | #1,290 |
| 1928 | 26 | 41 | 67 | #1,106 |
| 1927 | 24 | 41 | 65 | #1,126 |
| 1926 | 15 | 23 | 38 | #1,591 |
| 1925 | 18 | 38 | 56 | #1,161 |
| 1924 | 10 | 36 | 46 | #1,218 |
| 1923 | 13 | 38 | 51 | #1,172 |
| 1922 | 12 | 39 | 51 | #1,155 |
| 1921 | 13 | 31 | 44 | #1,352 |
| 1920 | 9 | 30 | 39 | #1,341 |
| 1919 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,442 |
| 1918 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,582 |
| 1917 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,574 |
| 1916 | 5 | 20 | 25 | #1,632 |
| 1915 | 5 | 20 | 25 | #1,591 |
| 1914 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,200 |
| 1913 | — | 14 | 14 | #1,481 |
| 1912 | — | 7 | 7 | #2,171 |
| 1911 | 5 | 5 | 10 | #1,902 |
| 1910 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1906 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,394 |