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Arlin

#2,767 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Arlin has been given to 4,884 babies in the U.S. since 1910. In 2025 it ranked #2,767 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1935, with 85 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 83% boys, 17% girls all-time.

Babies named Arlin, 2025

1 in 72,100

Arlin over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
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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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Arlin over time

In 2025, Arlin went to 12% girls and 88% boys.

19102025

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.

Arlin: meaning, origin, and history

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Arlin means

Arlin is a given name.

The naming story behind Arlin

Wikidata records Arlin as a male given name. The entity identifier is Q120379858, and the classification was checked on 2026-10-20. The spelling matches a source label or alias exactly, without removing accents or linking it to a name merely because the letters look similar.

A database classification is different from an etymological explanation, so those questions remain open in the short meaning.

A modern root explanation needs an additional naming or linguistic reference.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 4,072 boys were recorded with the name Arlin between 1910 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 85 in 1935; its best national rank was #641 in 1935.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #3,027 in 2020 to #2,767 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #3,595 in 2015 to #2,767 in 2025.

In the United States, 812 girls were recorded with the name Arlin between 1918 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 43 in 2002; its best national rank was #3,246 in 2002.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #9,013 in 2020 to #13,366 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #10,231 in 2015 to #13,366 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 Arlin?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 72,100
46 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 37,100
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#2,767
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
49,955 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Arlin 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 49,955 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Arlin. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Arlins were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Arlin was born before 1949 — so the typical Arlin is around 76 today.

Median birth year
1949
About 76 years old
Biggest decade
1930s
17.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
16.0%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
2,010
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1930s — 17.7% of all recorded uses (719).

Is Arlin 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
−344
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
+260
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+828
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.53×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
54.1%
Peak was 1935 (85)
Years since peak
90
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
23.0% average annual change
Best rank ever
#641
1935

Spellings of Arlin

Arlin is not the most common spelling — Alan is, with 15.7% against Arlin's 0.18%.

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 Arlin is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Arlin was most concentrated in Iowa — about 1 in 20,000 boys, against 1 in 141,892 across all states with data. It was least common in Virginia (1 in —).

05 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Iowa1 in 20,000
  2. 2Alabama1 in 33,333
  3. 3Minnesota1 in 50,000
  4. 4North Dakota1 in 50,000
  5. 5Arkansas1 in 100,000
  6. 6Kentucky1 in 100,000
  7. 7Nebraska1 in 100,000
  8. 8Oklahoma1 in 100,000

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

Where Arlin is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Arlin was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 100,000 girls, against 1 in 162,550 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in 100,000
  2. 2New York1 in —
  3. 3Texas1 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. Arlin has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Arlin around the world

Where Arlin 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
    2019–2025
    #5,137
    in 2025
  • Canada
    2018–2023
    #2,436
    in 2023

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Statistics Canada. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Notable people named Arlin

People whose public names include Arlin, 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.

Arlin in other languages

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

ArlynArlindo

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

Arlin by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#2,767
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 260
Best rank ever
#641
1935
Peak year
1935
85 that year
First recorded
1910
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
4,072
Count in 2025
46

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#13,366
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 4,353
Best rank ever
#3,246
2002
Peak year
2002
43 that year
First recorded
1918
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
812
Count in 2025
6

Names similar to Arlin

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

ArleyArlanArlieArlenArlynArlisArlonArlandKylinKolinKalinJalinGatlinOrlinDevlinDallinRollinKollinArlowCarlinArlissCalinArloRylin

Names with a curve like Arlin

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

WillianOnealDeltonFarrellWaymonBoyceMaxieDaroldEzellLynwoodMeltonReynold

Sibling names for Arlin

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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