How Many People Are Named Arlene?
people named Arlene are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 4,994 people in the US has this name
Based on 143,371 babies named Arlene in Social Security records from 1888 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
3,930 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of ARLINE.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Arlene in English. Counting Arlene and these spellings together, about 79,731 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Arlene (99.8%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Arlene alive today is about 66 years old, and 73% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 57 and 81 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Arlene first appears in the records in 1888 and was given most often in 1934, to 3,930 babies. In 2025, 127 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1888 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Arlene never made the top 10 girls' names. Its best rank was #53, in 1934, and it was in the top 100 in 14 years between 1931 and 1945. In 2025 it ranked #1,632.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,632 |
| Best rank | #53 (1934) |
| Years in the top 100 | 14 (1931 to 1945) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #67 in the 1930s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Arlene alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Arlene were born in New York than in any other state: about 11,371 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Arlene was given 2.3 times as often in North Dakota, 2.3 times in South Dakota and 2.2 times in Maine.
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