Arlene
Arlene is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 111 births. Its best rank was 53rd, in 1934.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 1110.01% of girls
- Peak year
- 19343,917 births
- Best rank
- #53in 1934
- Since 1888
- 142,880people given the name
The story in the numbers
142,880 girls have been named Arlene in the United States since 1888, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1934, with 3,917 births — 0.38% of all girls recorded that year.
The name has all but left use: 111 births in 2024, against 3,917 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1941, and the 1930s alone account for 24%. It has spent 117 of 145 years in the top 1,000, 14 of them in the top 100.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Arlene | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 14 | |
| 1890s | 226 | |
| 1900s | 846 | |
| 1910s | 7,781 | |
| 1920s | 21,961 | |
| 1930s | 34,796 | |
| 1940s | 29,092 | |
| 1950s | 20,653 | |
| 1960s | 11,232 | |
| 1970s | 4,654 | |
| 1980s | 3,670 | |
| 1990s | 3,190 | |
| 2000s | 2,615 | |
| 2010s | 1,559 | |
| 2020s | 591 |
In 1934, its biggest year
Arlene was the 53rd most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1934 were Mary, Betty, Barbara, Shirley and Dorothy. See all of 1934.
Names that rose and fell with Arlene
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Neldapeak 1938
- Lavonnepeak 1935
- Earlenepeak 1947
- Phyllispeak 1947
- Gearldinepeak 1935
- Pearlenepeak 1938
- Verlenepeak 1939
- Darlynepeak 1935
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.