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Arlene

Gender
Girl
Say it
ar-LEEN
Origin
Modern
UK rank, 2025
#5,990 for girls
US rank, 2025
#1,631 for girls

Arlene is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 1,631st for girls in the US (127 babies).

Where does Arlene come from?

Modern: 20th-century coinage, perhaps from Arlette or Charlene

More on Wiktionary.

Is Arlene a girl's or a boy's name?

Arlene is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 127 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Arlene in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#5,990among girls
Babies in 2025
3about 1 in 93,000 girls
Five-year trend
Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Arlene, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 1997, with 11 girls.

Half of all the girls named Arlene in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2015. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 11 in 19972025
Arlene in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20253#5,990
20243#5,966
20230–
20220–
20210–
20200–
20190–
20183#5,896
20170–
20164#4,980
20155#4,294
20140–
20130–
20120–
20111#7,717
20105#4,220
20091#7,377
20083#5,772
20071#7,017
20060–
20052#6,264
20041#6,173
20031#5,865
20024#3,556
20013#4,156
20002#5,211
19992#5,117
19986#2,535
199711#1,664
19965#2,815

How popular is Arlene in the US?

Rank in 2025
#1,631among girls
Babies in 2025
127about 1 in 13,000 girls
Five-year trend
Steadydown 5% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 127 girls in the US were named Arlene, making it the 1,631st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,571st. Its busiest year was 1934, with 3,917 girls. It first appears in the records in 1888.

2025 had more girls named Arlene than any year since 2020.

Half of all the girls named Arlene in the US since 1880 were born between 1931 and 1955, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 146 girls in the US were given Arlene or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,293, up from #1,631 for this spelling alone.

1888Busiest: 3,917 in 19342025
Arlene in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025127#1,631
2024112#1,796
2023112#1,802
2022119#1,742
2021115#1,768
2020134#1,571
2019120#1,724
2018114#1,787
2017153#1,465
2016148#1,523
2015171#1,382
2014150#1,487
2013159#1,425
2012157#1,452
2011179#1,311
2010208#1,165
2009194#1,258
2008234#1,104
2007225#1,141
2006242#1,056
2005307#830
2004244#974
2003285#849
2002318#759
2001280#827
2000286#798
1999313#721
1998304#726
1997319#679
1996302#705
1995297#704
1994298#701
1993342#652
1992369#616
1991332#659
1990314#678
1989341#621
1988341#591
1987364#550
1986353#564
1985347#568
1984350#543
1983369#516
1982421#487
1981413#495
1980371#520
1979325#564
1978355#521
1977391#487
1976416#462
1975408#461
1974435#444
1973501#400
1972500#401
1971605#380
1970718#349
1969737#330
1968719#324
1967773#310
1966911#279
19651,054#266
19641,225#253
19631,295#245
19621,341#237
19611,554#216
19601,625#211
19591,790#199
19581,778#192
19571,693#203
19561,807#191
19551,982#175
19542,075#169
19532,305#153
19522,330#147
19512,502#134
19502,390#132
19492,395#133
19482,480#125
19472,907#118
19462,801#113
19452,771#99
19442,714#101
19433,146#90
19423,331#83
19413,291#77
19403,257#75
19393,578#69
19383,894#63
19373,805#60
19363,898#54
19353,684#59
19343,917#53
19333,185#74
19323,109#80
19313,217#77
19302,509#103
19292,398#105
19282,521#106
19272,563#108
19262,522#108
19252,275#120
19242,277#122
19232,090#127
19221,884#133
19211,837#138
19201,594#145
19191,427#156
19181,340#165
19171,208#167
19161,105#172
1915864#193
1914608#209
1913471#218
1912325#246
1911226#257
1910207#268
1909160#282
1908143#296
1907101#351
1906107#325
190577#386
190459#421
190367#388
190247#459
190138#487
190047#494
189933#514
189830#586
189728#567
189633#514
189523#638
189419#682
189317#713
189219#666
189113#750
189011#825
18895#1,278
18889#894

Nicknames for Arlene

Names like Arlene

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Alice Charlotte Billie Bonnie Annie Florence Adele Connie Frankie Georgia Rosie Eloise

Other spellings of Arlene

Arleen

Names related to Arlene

Arlen Arlin Arlyn Arleny Arlena Arline Arlenne

More Modern names

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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, “Arlene: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/arlene, updated 20 October 2026.