How Many People Are Named Arlie?
people named Arlie are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 111,077 people in the US has this name
Based on 9,297 babies named Arlie in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
249 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From a surname which was derived from a place name meaning "eagle wood" in Old English. This name can also be a diminutive of ARLENE.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Arlie, 34.6% were girls and 65.4% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Arlie rose from 42% in the 1880s to 77.4% in the 2020s. It was lowest in the 1960s and 1970s, at 2.5%.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Arlie alive today is about 47 years old, and 45% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 14 and 74 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Arlie first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1921, to 249 babies. In 2025, 77 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Arlie has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #369, in 1904. In 2025 it ranked #5,625. Among girls, its best rank was #609, in 1887.
| Boys | Girls | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #5,625 | #2,781 |
| Best rank | #369 (1904) | #609 (1887) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #499 in the 1920s | #1,128 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Arlie alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Arlie were born in Kentucky than in any other state: about 117 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Arlie was given 8.6 times as often in West Virginia, 8.2 times in Kentucky and 4.5 times in Tennessee.
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