Arlis
#4,408 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' nameMeaning not yet documented
Arlis has been given to 2,769 babies in the U.S. since 1906. In 2025 it ranked #4,408 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1931, with 48 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 71% boys, 29% girls all-time.
Babies named Arlis, 2025
1 in 144,000
Arlis over time, 1880–2025
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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Arlis over time
In 2025, Arlis went to 0% girls and 100% boys.
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.
How common is Arlis?
Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.
- Among all babies, 2025
- 1 in 144,000
- 23 of 3,315,165 births
- Among boys only
- 1 in 74,300
- <0.01% of boys
- Rank, 2025
- #4,408
- of 13,926 boys’ names in use
- Coin-flip room size
- 99,910 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Arlis sits on the popularity scale
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.
Put another way: gather 99,910 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Arlis. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Arliss were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Arlis was born before 1942 — so the typical Arlis is around 83 today.
- Biggest decade
- 1930s
- 19.7% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 12.8%
- Spread across generations
- Recorded since 1950
- 770
- People you could plausibly meet
1930s — 19.7% of all recorded uses (388).
Is Arlis 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
- +671
- Places climbed
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- +6,295
- Places climbed
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- +1,350
- Places climbed
- Births vs 10 years ago
- 1.53×
- More babies than then
- Share of its own peak
- 47.9%
- Peak was 1931 (48)
- Years since peak
- 94
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Volatile
- 48.5% average annual change
Spellings of Arlis
Arlis is not the most common spelling — Carlos is, with 44.1% against Arlis's 0.28%.
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 Arlis is used — boys
Across 1910–2025, Arlis was most concentrated in Arkansas — about 1 in 12,500 boys, against 1 in 66,332 across all states with data. It was least common in West Virginia (1 in —).
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. Arlis has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Where Arlis is used — girls
Across 1910–2025, Arlis was most concentrated in Minnesota — about 1 in 33,333 girls, against 1 in 57,965 across all states with data. It was least common in Nebraska (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1Minnesota1 in 33,333
- 2South Dakota1 in 33,333
- 3Iowa1 in —
- 4Nebraska1 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. Arlis has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Arlis around the world
Where Arlis 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 & Wales2019–2025#4,275in 2025
Popularity data from Office for National Statistics. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0.
Arlis by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a boy's name
Names similar to Arlis
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Arlis
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.