How Many People Are Named Arlan?
people named Arlan are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 173,055 people in the US has this name
Based on 3,434 babies named Arlan in Social Security records from 1912 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
87 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Arlan in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Arlan alive today is about 46 years old, and 45% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 15 and 71 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Arlan first appears in the records in 1912 and was given most often in 1936, to 87 babies. In 2025, 57 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1912 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Arlan has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #625, in 1936. In 2025 it ranked #2,392.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,392 |
| Best rank | #625 (1936) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #835 in the 1940s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Arlan alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Arlan were born in Pennsylvania than in any other state: about 135 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Arlan was given 11.1 times as often in Minnesota, 8 times in Iowa and 5.7 times in Wisconsin.
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