Arlen

Boy · recorded 1909–2025

  • #1,585in 2025
  • 1 in 15,963boys in 2025
  • +104%last ten years

Most popular in 1934.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1909

010019919091938196719962025

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 114 recorded years as a table
Arlen, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
190930
191041
191421
191515
191613
191719
191816
191926
192021
192116
192222
192331
192429
192522
192632
192731
192861
192989
1930125
1931138
1932170
1933182
1934199
1935174
1936183
1937136
1938137
1939123
194097
194199
194267
194356
194461
194559
194670
194747
194851
194956
195059
195169
195266
195362
195477
195572
195652
195747
195848
195953
196037
196137
196233
196330
196436
196527
196631
196730
196824
196924
197026
197128
197223
197315
197424
197520
197619
197721
197818
197915
198020
198122
198219
198318
198417
198528
198620
198720
198820
198919
199015
199113
199217
199316
199416
199522
199619
199720
199817
199915
200012
200112
200216
200314
200416
200524
200621
200715
200813
200917
201014
201122
201222
201322
201428
201531
201632
201736
201830
201938
202038
202150
202246
202359
202457
202563

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. California 0.8×

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
107
Rank in 2025
#1,585
How rare
1 in 15,963 boys
Since 1909
7,345

Most popular in 1934, at 199 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 104% per million boys born.

Top 1 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
California0.8×26

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.