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.

Arlyn**

#2,633 most common girls' name of all time · #4,494 across all names · 48% male / 52% female · used 1912–2025 · genuinely unisex

Rank among girls
#2,633
Rank overall
#4,494 of 105,966
First appeared
1912
Years on the list
114 of 146
All-time
4,525
Since 2016
535
Peak year
1934 #1,642
Best rank
#1,616 1937
Girls Boys peak 75/yr
192019401960198020002020

Arlyn first appears in 1912. 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 36 16 52 #3,989
2024 44 14 58 #3,530
2023 39 13 52 #3,845
2022 49 13 62 #3,283
2021 30 9 39 #4,525
2020 49 9 58 #3,187
2019 37 17 54 #3,934
2018 39 15 54 #3,800
2017 46 9 55 #3,397
2016 38 13 51 #3,930
2015 44 8 52 #3,545
2014 35 10 45 #4,188
2013 53 10 63 #3,084
2012 55 10 65 #3,050
2011 44 6 50 #3,559
2010 51 8 59 #3,211
2009 53 6 59 #3,164
2008 56 7 63 #3,056
2007 59 9 68 #2,995
2006 47 — 47 #3,428
2005 41 8 49 #3,596
2004 55 6 61 #2,894
2003 56 6 62 #2,773
2002 46 — 46 #3,109
2001 37 — 37 #3,562
2000 41 5 46 #3,276
1999 40 5 45 #3,199
1998 48 6 54 #2,762
1997 34 — 34 #3,384
1996 22 — 22 #4,603
1995 21 9 30 #4,697
1994 21 9 30 #4,715
1993 16 7 23 #5,719
1992 21 7 28 #4,716
1991 19 8 27 #5,030
1990 15 — 15 #5,874
1989 23 5 28 #4,139
1988 10 8 18 #7,182
1987 10 — 10 #6,870
1986 15 — 15 #5,011
1985 10 — 10 #6,531
1984 17 — 17 #4,347
1983 12 9 21 #5,519
1982 7 9 16 #8,358
1981 14 8 22 #5,015
1980 11 12 23 #5,988
1979 8 11 19 #7,411
1978 9 23 32 #6,475
1977 9 13 22 #6,414
1976 10 17 27 #5,681
1975 7 15 22 #7,287
1974 9 18 27 #5,852
1973 10 14 24 #5,263
1972 9 16 25 #5,575
1971 10 20 30 #5,216
1970 12 17 29 #4,554
1969 8 17 25 #5,556
1968 6 7 13 #6,404
1967 7 9 16 #5,612
1966 9 16 25 #4,605
1965 8 20 28 #4,941
1964 7 20 27 #5,588
1963 10 23 33 #4,342
1962 10 24 34 #4,351
1961 11 28 39 #4,095
1960 9 29 38 #4,552
1959 8 39 47 #4,743
1958 11 33 44 #3,816
1957 — 27 27 —
1956 10 44 54 #3,994
1955 14 29 43 #3,146
1954 15 35 50 #2,950
1953 10 32 42 #3,789
1952 13 34 47 #3,111
1951 20 46 66 #2,280
1950 14 37 51 #2,842
1949 15 38 53 #2,671
1948 13 36 49 #2,906
1947 18 48 66 #2,403
1946 19 50 69 #2,197
1945 12 41 53 #2,671
1944 9 37 46 #3,250
1943 10 41 51 #3,162
1942 15 48 63 #2,375
1941 6 49 55 #4,172
1940 12 47 59 #2,508
1939 7 66 73 #3,600
1938 14 42 56 #2,305
1937 23 38 61 #1,616
1936 18 48 66 #1,848
1935 19 36 55 #1,829
1934 22 53 75 #1,642
1933 19 39 58 #1,822
1932 15 40 55 #2,202
1931 14 36 50 #2,277
1930 20 34 54 #1,862
1929 10 35 45 #3,062
1928 16 21 37 #2,268
1927 20 22 42 #2,008
1926 15 27 42 #2,450
1925 14 26 40 #2,585
1924 22 24 46 #1,918
1923 9 14 23 #3,534
1922 10 13 23 #3,304
1921 12 12 24 #2,900
1920 9 20 29 #3,505
1919 9 5 14 #3,368
1918 9 9 18 #3,418
1917 6 7 13 #4,324
1916 10 12 22 #2,983
1915 9 7 16 #3,081
1914 5 8 13 #3,945
1913 — 5 5 —
1912 — 5 5 —