Arlee
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- AR-lee
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #4,171 for girls
Arlee is a boys' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 4,171st for girls in the US (34 babies).
Where does Arlee come from?
English: spelling of Arlie; probably a spelling of Arley
Meaning borrowed from Arlie.
Is Arlee a girl's or a boy's name?
Arlee is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 34 girls in the US.
How popular is Arlee in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,301st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Arlee, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2017, with 7 boys.
In 2025, 150 boys in the UK were given Arlee or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #341, up from #4,301 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Arlee in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,184 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 7 | #2,875 |
How popular is Arlee in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,171st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 34 about 1 in 47,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 21% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 34 girls in the US were named Arlee, making it the 4,171st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,261st. Its busiest year was 2023, with 48 girls. It first appears in the records in 1907.
Half of all the girls named Arlee in the US since 1880 were born between 1927 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 177 girls in the US were given Arlee or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,145, up from #4,171 for this spelling alone.
Girls were 63% of the babies named Arlee in the US in 1915, and 87% in 2022.
Arlee in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34 | #4,171 |
| 2024 | 40 | #3,758 |
| 2023 | 48 | #3,329 |
| 2022 | 41 | #3,701 |
| 2021 | 30 | #4,503 |
| 2020 | 32 | #4,261 |
| 2019 | 45 | #3,450 |
| 2018 | 24 | #5,311 |
| 2017 | 27 | #4,920 |
| 2016 | 28 | #4,849 |
| 2015 | 27 | #4,979 |
| 2014 | 17 | #6,985 |
| 2013 | 18 | #6,725 |
| 2012 | 22 | #5,892 |
| 2011 | 14 | #8,192 |
| 2010 | 12 | #9,227 |
| 2009 | 11 | #9,971 |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,574 |
| 2007 | 15 | #8,094 |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,259 |
| 2003 | 12 | #8,500 |
| 2002 | 11 | #8,831 |
| 2001 | 11 | #8,751 |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 11 | #7,569 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
| 1993 | 8 | #9,552 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 8 | #9,241 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 6 | #9,540 |
| 1985 | 8 | #7,560 |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
| 1983 | 18 | #4,108 |
| 1982 | 16 | #4,526 |
| 1981 | 8 | #7,407 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 7 | #6,361 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 6 | #5,816 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 5 | #6,591 |
| 1962 | 5 | #6,577 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 11 | #3,746 |
| 1957 | 6 | #5,376 |
| 1956 | 6 | #5,324 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 7 | #4,653 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 6 | #4,906 |
| 1951 | 6 | #4,832 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 9 | #3,611 |
| 1948 | 10 | #3,349 |
| 1947 | 9 | #3,704 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 6 | #4,023 |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 8 | #3,492 |
| 1942 | 10 | #2,984 |
| 1941 | 6 | #3,952 |
| 1940 | 9 | #2,962 |
| 1939 | 10 | #2,734 |
| 1938 | 16 | #2,021 |
| 1937 | 10 | #2,734 |
| 1936 | 13 | #2,262 |
| 1935 | 6 | #3,740 |
| 1934 | 9 | #2,922 |
| 1933 | 10 | #2,687 |
| 1932 | 12 | #2,488 |
| 1931 | 12 | #2,425 |
| 1930 | 15 | #2,201 |
| 1929 | 14 | #2,300 |
| 1928 | 21 | #1,836 |
| 1927 | 19 | #2,025 |
| 1926 | 21 | #1,882 |
| 1925 | 16 | #2,282 |
| 1924 | 14 | #2,513 |
| 1923 | 23 | #1,782 |
| 1922 | 31 | #1,464 |
| 1921 | 24 | #1,765 |
| 1920 | 29 | #1,511 |
| 1919 | 19 | #1,921 |
| 1918 | 22 | #1,754 |
| 1917 | 12 | #2,551 |
| 1916 | 16 | #2,028 |
| 1915 | 22 | #1,571 |
| 1914 | 12 | #2,009 |
| 1913 | 10 | #2,033 |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,632 |
| 1911 | 9 | #1,656 |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 9 | #1,471 |
| 1908 | 9 | #1,439 |
| 1907 | 6 | #1,820 |
Names like Arlee
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Archie, Arthur, Chester, Stanley, Louie, Albert, Freddie, Alfred, Wilfred, Harris, Ollie, Otis
Other spellings of Arlee
Names related to Arlee
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Arlee: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/arlee, updated 20 October 2026.