How Many People Are Named Arlen?
people named Arlen are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 67,881 people in the US has this name
Based on 8,154 babies named Arlen in Social Security records from 1909 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
215 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Meaning unknown, possibly from a surname.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Arlen, 14.4% were girls and 85.6% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Arlen rose from 4.5% in the 1910s to 18.4% in the 2020s. It was highest in the 2000s, at 40%.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Arlen alive today is about 42 years old, and 41% are under 30. Half of them were between 14 and 69 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Arlen first appears in the records in 1909 and was given most often in 1934, to 215 babies. In 2025, 129 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1909 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Arlen has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #380, in 1934. In 2025 it ranked #1,587.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,587 |
| Best rank | #380 (1934) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #449 in the 1930s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Arlen alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Arlen were born in California than in any other state: about 494 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Arlen was given 11.8 times as often in North Dakota, 7.2 times in South Dakota and 7.1 times in Minnesota.
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