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Arleth

#269 in 2025Girls' name

Variant of Arlette

Arleth has been given to 6,851 babies in the U.S. since 1991. In 2025 it ranked #269 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2025, with 1,156 recorded.

Babies named Arleth, 2025

1 in 2,870

Arleth over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
05001K1.5K18801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Arleth: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Arlette

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Arleth means

Arleth is a variant of Arlette.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Arleth → Arlette. The family’s proposed meaning is “army”, recorded in French with the source elements harjaz.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Arlette.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 6,840 girls were recorded with the name Arleth between 1991 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 1,156 in 2025; its best national rank was #269 in 2025.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #1,225 in 2020 to #269 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #1,796 in 2015 to #269 in 2025.

In the United States, 11 boys were recorded with the name Arleth between 2023 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 6 in 2025; its best national rank was #10,796 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Arleth?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 2,870
1,156 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 1,390
0.07% of girls
Rank, 2025
#269
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
1,989 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Arleth sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 301%
Grade of 1003%
School of 50016%

Put another way: gather 1,989 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Arleth. In a class of 30 the chance is 1%.

When Arleths were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Arleth was born before 2019 — so the typical Arleth is around 6 today.

Median birth year
2019
About 6 years old
Biggest decade
2020s
48.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
95.9%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
6,840
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Choose a decade

2020s — 48.7% of all recorded uses (3,330).

Is Arleth rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+159
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+956
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+1,527
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
9.97×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
100.0%
Peak was 2025 (1,156)
Years since peak
Peaking now
At its all-time high
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
31.3% average annual change
Best rank ever
#269
2025

Spellings of Arleth

Arleth is not the most common spelling — Arlene is, with 61.2% against Arleth's 2.9%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Arleth is used

Across 2016–2025, Arleth was most concentrated in Texas — about 1 in 1,724 girls, against 1 in 3,405 across all states with data. It was least common in Ohio (1 in 25,000).

458 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Texas1 in 1,724
  2. 2New Jersey1 in 2,041
  3. 3Colorado1 in 2,381
  4. 4Delaware1 in 2,381
  5. 5Arizona1 in 2,439
  6. 6New York1 in 2,564
  7. 7California1 in 2,632
  8. 8North Carolina1 in 2,703

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Geographically, Arleth is somewhat regional — more concentrated than 55% of the names used widely enough to compare. See the most regional names

Arleth by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#269
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 956
Best rank ever
#269
2025
Peak year
2025
1,156 that year
First recorded
1991
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
6,840
Count in 2025
1,156

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#10,796
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
New entry
Best rank ever
#10,796
2025
Peak year
2025
6 that year
First recorded
2023
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
11
Count in 2025
6

Names similar to Arleth

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

ArleenArlenaArletteArletLizethArlettJanethArlieArlettaArlynGwynethLisbethArlineArlaArlynnArleeArleanYamilethArleyArlyneMaribethArlinArlenLizabeth

Names with a curve like Arleth

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Arleth, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

RayaKeilaniYaraNalaniJiannaSylvieLeilanyNoahSalemOceanAmaiaElora

Sibling names for Arleth

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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