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Arleth

Girl · ar-LET · French

Arleth is a girls' name of French origin. In 2025 it ranked 269th for girls in the US (1,156 babies).

What does Arleth mean?

French: spelling of Arlette, a medieval Norman name of uncertain root

Arlette, also called Herleva, of Falaise was the mother of William the Conqueror.

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ar-LET

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

Arleth is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 1,156 girls and 6 boys in the US.

How popular is Arleth in the US?

Rank in 2025
#269among girls
Babies in 2025
1,156about 1 in 1,400 girls
Five-year trend
Rising fastup 276% in five years
Same name in a class
1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 1,156 girls in the US were named Arleth, making it the 269th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,224th. It first appears in the records in 1991. 6 boys were also named Arleth in 2025 (10,690th for boys).

It has been given to more girls each year for the last 5 years. 2025 had the most girls named Arleth of any year since it first appeared, in 1991.

Half of all the girls named Arleth in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 2,428 girls in the US were given Arleth or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #144, up from #269 for this spelling alone.

1991Busiest: 1,156 in 20252025
Arleth in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20251,156#269
2024719#428
2023536#559
2022462#638
2021270#962
2020187#1,224
2019218#1,117
2018237#1,071
2017219#1,131
2016256#1,034
2015116#1,793
2014103#1,940
201397#2,002
2012103#1,918
2011133#1,619
2010144#1,546
2009209#1,198
2008124#1,774
2007155#1,489
2006229#1,097
2005314#820
2004162#1,313
2003139#1,421
2002158#1,251
2001115#1,599
2000104#1,686
199964#2,304
199825#4,363
199746#2,692
199618#5,275
19955#13,380
19946#11,771
19935#13,435
19920–
19916#11,501

Names like Arleth

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

Other spellings of Arleth

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