Arleen
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ar-LEEN
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #6,115 for girls
Arleen is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 6,115th for girls in the US (19 babies).
Where does Arleen come from?
Modern: variant of Arlene, an early 20th-century coinage
More on Wiktionary.
Is Arleen a girl's or a boy's name?
Arleen is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 19 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Arleen in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2018, with 5 girls.
Arleen in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 1 | #7,682 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 1 | #7,629 |
How popular is Arleen in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,115among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 19about 1 in 85,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 38% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 19 girls in the US were named Arleen, making it the 6,115th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,675th. Its busiest year was 1939, with 415 girls. It first appears in the records in 1898.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Arleen than any year since 1979.
Half of all the girls named Arleen in the US since 1880 were born between 1938 and 1963, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 146 girls in the US were given Arleen or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,293, up from #6,115 for this spelling alone.
- Arlene 127
- Arleen 19
Arleen in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | #6,115 |
| 2024 | 28 | #4,770 |
| 2023 | 34 | #4,189 |
| 2022 | 46 | #3,415 |
| 2021 | 41 | #3,677 |
| 2020 | 40 | #3,675 |
| 2019 | 29 | #4,652 |
| 2018 | 61 | #2,781 |
| 2017 | 48 | #3,305 |
| 2016 | 50 | #3,229 |
| 2015 | 58 | #2,964 |
| 2014 | 63 | #2,737 |
| 2013 | 43 | #3,571 |
| 2012 | 56 | #3,005 |
| 2011 | 61 | #2,837 |
| 2010 | 58 | #2,937 |
| 2009 | 49 | #3,360 |
| 2008 | 68 | #2,690 |
| 2007 | 53 | #3,214 |
| 2006 | 68 | #2,631 |
| 2005 | 73 | #2,403 |
| 2004 | 51 | #3,029 |
| 2003 | 50 | #2,996 |
| 2002 | 48 | #3,010 |
| 2001 | 47 | #3,005 |
| 2000 | 40 | #3,329 |
| 1999 | 48 | #2,809 |
| 1998 | 45 | #2,886 |
| 1997 | 32 | #3,544 |
| 1996 | 36 | #3,232 |
| 1995 | 33 | #3,352 |
| 1994 | 37 | #3,093 |
| 1993 | 37 | #3,103 |
| 1992 | 30 | #3,575 |
| 1991 | 39 | #2,929 |
| 1990 | 35 | #3,151 |
| 1989 | 29 | #3,471 |
| 1988 | 35 | #2,926 |
| 1987 | 26 | #3,421 |
| 1986 | 39 | #2,511 |
| 1985 | 32 | #2,859 |
| 1984 | 28 | #3,068 |
| 1983 | 30 | #2,852 |
| 1982 | 30 | #2,958 |
| 1981 | 27 | #3,147 |
| 1980 | 28 | #3,069 |
| 1979 | 19 | #3,902 |
| 1978 | 28 | #2,859 |
| 1977 | 30 | #2,715 |
| 1976 | 24 | #3,001 |
| 1975 | 26 | #2,811 |
| 1974 | 26 | #2,757 |
| 1973 | 39 | #2,064 |
| 1972 | 38 | #2,057 |
| 1971 | 43 | #1,966 |
| 1970 | 58 | #1,619 |
| 1969 | 72 | #1,338 |
| 1968 | 88 | #1,147 |
| 1967 | 107 | #984 |
| 1966 | 130 | #879 |
| 1965 | 190 | #718 |
| 1964 | 186 | #762 |
| 1963 | 220 | #678 |
| 1962 | 280 | #595 |
| 1961 | 286 | #594 |
| 1960 | 253 | #636 |
| 1959 | 239 | #647 |
| 1958 | 184 | #727 |
| 1957 | 224 | #657 |
| 1956 | 218 | #644 |
| 1955 | 232 | #606 |
| 1954 | 198 | #651 |
| 1953 | 236 | #572 |
| 1952 | 215 | #593 |
| 1951 | 214 | #584 |
| 1950 | 222 | #556 |
| 1949 | 133 | #741 |
| 1948 | 214 | #568 |
| 1947 | 301 | #474 |
| 1946 | 262 | #484 |
| 1945 | 174 | #557 |
| 1944 | 241 | #465 |
| 1943 | 353 | #388 |
| 1942 | 298 | #414 |
| 1941 | 316 | #386 |
| 1940 | 268 | #417 |
| 1939 | 415 | #303 |
| 1938 | 310 | #375 |
| 1937 | 98 | #688 |
| 1936 | 98 | #666 |
| 1935 | 93 | #693 |
| 1934 | 88 | #709 |
| 1933 | 88 | #693 |
| 1932 | 104 | #656 |
| 1931 | 99 | #667 |
| 1930 | 144 | #566 |
| 1929 | 143 | #571 |
| 1928 | 159 | #555 |
| 1927 | 191 | #507 |
| 1926 | 161 | #562 |
| 1925 | 185 | #519 |
| 1924 | 178 | #543 |
| 1923 | 176 | #539 |
| 1922 | 152 | #579 |
| 1921 | 131 | #646 |
| 1920 | 134 | #617 |
| 1919 | 94 | #721 |
| 1918 | 91 | #747 |
| 1917 | 76 | #792 |
| 1916 | 73 | #796 |
| 1915 | 70 | #787 |
| 1914 | 44 | #878 |
| 1913 | 24 | #1,120 |
| 1912 | 26 | #1,003 |
| 1911 | 24 | #875 |
| 1910 | 14 | #1,207 |
| 1909 | 9 | #1,471 |
| 1908 | 13 | #1,135 |
| 1907 | 10 | #1,289 |
| 1906 | 8 | #1,416 |
| 1905 | 9 | #1,297 |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,876 |
| 1903 | 9 | #1,204 |
| 1902 | 5 | #1,792 |
| 1901 | 5 | #1,678 |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 7 | #1,277 |
| 1898 | 5 | #1,699 |
Names like Arleen
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Bonnie Evelyn Nancy Billie Connie Annie Rosie Frankie Iris Alice Arla Betsy
Other spellings of Arleen
Names related to Arleen
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya
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, “Arleen: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/arleen, updated 20 October 2026.