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Arlyn

#3,986 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Arlyn has been given to 4,525 babies in the U.S. since 1914. In 2025 it ranked #3,986 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2007, with 59 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 52% girls, 48% boys all-time.

Babies named Arlyn, 2025

1 in 92,100

Arlyn over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
02040608018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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

In 2025, Arlyn went to 69% girls and 31% boys.

19122025

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.

Arlyn: meaning, origin, and history

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Arlyn means

Arlyn is a given name.

The naming story behind Arlyn

Wikidata records Arlyn as a unisex given name. The entity identifier is Q67084656, 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, 2,344 girls were recorded with the name Arlyn between 1914 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 59 in 2007; its best national rank was #1,582 in 1937.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #3,184 in 2020 to #3,986 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #3,537 in 2015 to #3,986 in 2025.

In the United States, 2,181 boys were recorded with the name Arlyn between 1912 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 66 in 1939; its best national rank was #738 in 1939.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #8,125 in 2020 to #5,628 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #8,799 in 2015 to #5,628 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 Arlyn?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 92,100
36 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 44,600
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#3,986
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
63,832 kids
Even odds of a second one

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

Put another way: gather 63,832 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Arlyn. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Arlyns were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Arlyn was born before 2000 — so the typical Arlyn is around 25 today.

Median birth year
2000
About 25 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
20.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
48.6%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
1,859
People you could plausibly meet
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2000s — 20.9% of all recorded uses (491).

Is Arlyn 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
−466
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−802
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−449
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.82×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
61.0%
Peak was 2007 (59)
Years since peak
18
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
19.9% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,582
1937

Spellings of Arlyn

Arlyn is not the most common spelling — Carolyn is, with 30.0% against Arlyn's 0.13%.

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 Arlyn is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Arlyn was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 33,333 girls, against 1 in 75,318 across all states with data. It was least common in Wisconsin (1 in —).

03 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in 33,333
  2. 2Arizona1 in 100,000
  3. 3New York1 in 100,000
  4. 4Texas1 in 100,000
  5. 5Michigan1 in —
  6. 6New Jersey1 in —
  7. 7Wisconsin1 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. Arlyn has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Arlyn is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Arlyn was most concentrated in Wisconsin — about 1 in 12,500 boys, against 1 in 43,739 across all states with data. It was least common in Michigan (1 in —).

08 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Wisconsin1 in 12,500
  2. 2Iowa1 in 20,000
  3. 3Minnesota1 in 25,000
  4. 4South Dakota1 in 50,000
  5. 5Illinois1 in 100,000
  6. 6Kansas1 in 100,000
  7. 7Nebraska1 in 100,000
  8. 8Michigan1 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. Arlyn has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Arlyn around the world

Where Arlyn 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.

  • Canada
    2018–2018
    #3,384
    in 2018
  • South Australia
    1981–1981
    #616
    in 1981

Popularity data from Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Arlyn in other languages

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

ArlyArlinArlyneArlynn

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

Arlyn by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#3,986
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 802
Best rank ever
#1,582
1937
Peak year
2007
59 that year
First recorded
1914
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
2,344
Count in 2025
36

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#5,628
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 2,497
Best rank ever
#738
1939
Peak year
1939
66 that year
First recorded
1912
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
2,181
Count in 2025
16

Names similar to Arlyn

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

ArlieArletArleeArlaArlenaArleyArlinArlenArlettJolynAllynArlettaArloEllynArlyArlethRilynAilynJalynFalynArlysMadlynKarlynAdilyn

Names with a curve like Arlyn

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

MarisEllenaNaomieEmelieAllenaRosyDelilaMahaliaLaelLilliaCatarinaMarygrace

Sibling names for Arlyn

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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