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Arlie

#5,625 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Diminutive of Arline

Arlie has been given to 9,297 babies in the U.S. since 1880. In 2025 it ranked #5,625 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1921, with 170 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 72% boys, 28% girls all-time.

Babies named Arlie, 2025

1 in 207,000

Arlie over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
05010015020018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Arlie over time

In 2025, Arlie went to 79% girls and 21% boys.

18802025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Arlie: meaning, origin, and history

Diminutive of Arline

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Arlie means

Arlie is a diminutive of Arline.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Arline.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 6,712 boys were recorded with the name Arlie between 1880 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 170 in 1921; its best national rank was #369 in 1904.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #6,319 in 2020 to #5,625 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #10,767 in 2015 to #5,625 in 2025.

In the United States, 2,585 girls were recorded with the name Arlie between 1883 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 79 in 1921; its best national rank was #609 in 1887.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #3,925 in 2020 to #2,781 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #4,869 in 2015 to #2,781 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.

How common is Arlie?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 207,000
16 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 107,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#5,625
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
143,620 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Arlie sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

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 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 143,620 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Arlie. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Arlies were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Arlie was born before 1933 — so the typical Arlie is around 92 today.

Median birth year
1933
About 92 years old
Biggest decade
1920s
22.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
4.3%
Mostly a past generation
Recorded since 1950
1,770
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Choose a decade

1920s — 22.1% of all recorded uses (1,486).

Is Arlie 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
−547
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
+694
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+5,142
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
2.67×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
9.4%
Peak was 1921 (170)
Years since peak
104
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
55.0% average annual change
Best rank ever
#369
1904

Spellings of Arlie

Arlie is not the most common spelling — Charlie is, with 32.3% against Arlie's 1.2%.

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 Arlie is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Arlie was most concentrated in West Virginia — about 1 in 3,704 boys, against 1 in 38,935 across all states with data. It was least common in Washington (1 in —).

027 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1West Virginia1 in 3,704
  2. 2Kentucky1 in 5,000
  3. 3Arkansas1 in 8,333
  4. 4Oklahoma1 in 9,091
  5. 5Tennessee1 in 11,111
  6. 6Missouri1 in 25,000
  7. 7Alabama1 in 33,333
  8. 8North Carolina1 in 33,333

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys 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. Arlie has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Arlie is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Arlie was most concentrated in Kentucky — about 1 in 50,000 girls, against 1 in 349,315 across all states with data. It was least common in Pennsylvania (1 in —).

02 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Kentucky1 in 50,000
  2. 2Arkansas1 in 100,000
  3. 3Mississippi1 in 100,000
  4. 4Tennessee1 in 100,000
  5. 5Texas1 in 100,000
  6. 6West Virginia1 in 100,000
  7. 7Alabama1 in —
  8. 8California1 in —

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. Arlie has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Arlie around the world

Where Arlie ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2001–2025
    #763
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    2021–2021
    #720
    in 2021
  • South Australia
    2005–2012
    #771
    in 2012

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Arlie

People whose public names include Arlie, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Arlie in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Arlie. Linked forms have their own page here.

ArlyArleyArlineEarlie

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Arlie by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#5,625
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 694
Best rank ever
#369
1904
Peak year
1921
170 that year
First recorded
1880
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
6,712
Count in 2025
16

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#2,781
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 1,144
Best rank ever
#609
1887
Peak year
1921
79 that year
First recorded
1883
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
2,585
Count in 2025
61

Names similar to Arlie

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

ArlenArlinArleyArlanArlynArlisWylieArlonArloArlandOllieRollieElieArlowRylieArlissAllieBillieArlandoJulieArleeArlindEllieEarlie

Names with a curve like Arlie

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

HarmonBurlCletusOlenOdisHobertVerneLymanDewittGranvilleMilfordRollin

Sibling names for Arlie

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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