Arlette
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ar-LET
- Origin
- French
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #494 for girls
Arlette is a girls' name of French origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 494th for girls in the US (600 babies).
What does Arlette mean?
French: medieval Norman name of uncertain root
Arlette, also called Herleva, of Falaise was the mother of William the Conqueror.
Is Arlette a girl's or a boy's name?
Arlette is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK and 600 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Arlette in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,935among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 38% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Arlette, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,734th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 5 girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Arlette in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
How popular is Arlette in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #494among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 600about 1 in 2,700 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 85% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 600 girls in the US were named Arlette, making it the 494th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,050th. It first appears in the records in 1913.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 5 years. 2025 had the most girls named Arlette of any year since it first appeared, in 1913.
Half of all the girls named Arlette in the US since 1880 were born between 1989 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,428 girls in the US were given Arlette or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #144, up from #494 for this spelling alone.
Arlette in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 600 | #494 |
| 2024 | 517 | #583 |
| 2023 | 383 | #735 |
| 2022 | 352 | #800 |
| 2021 | 259 | #993 |
| 2020 | 238 | #1,050 |
| 2019 | 272 | #965 |
| 2018 | 301 | #895 |
| 2017 | 234 | #1,082 |
| 2016 | 254 | #1,039 |
| 2015 | 128 | #1,667 |
| 2014 | 112 | #1,818 |
| 2013 | 144 | #1,524 |
| 2012 | 148 | #1,503 |
| 2011 | 142 | #1,540 |
| 2010 | 148 | #1,513 |
| 2009 | 108 | #1,934 |
| 2008 | 127 | #1,740 |
| 2007 | 140 | #1,598 |
| 2006 | 150 | #1,473 |
| 2005 | 151 | #1,417 |
| 2004 | 189 | #1,185 |
| 2003 | 179 | #1,194 |
| 2002 | 171 | #1,192 |
| 2001 | 122 | #1,522 |
| 2000 | 78 | #2,085 |
| 1999 | 58 | #2,468 |
| 1998 | 62 | #2,276 |
| 1997 | 54 | #2,420 |
| 1996 | 32 | #3,500 |
| 1995 | 38 | #3,017 |
| 1994 | 43 | #2,792 |
| 1993 | 40 | #2,933 |
| 1992 | 36 | #3,139 |
| 1991 | 32 | #3,363 |
| 1990 | 20 | #4,689 |
| 1989 | 36 | #2,980 |
| 1988 | 23 | #3,888 |
| 1987 | 17 | #4,656 |
| 1986 | 27 | #3,275 |
| 1985 | 18 | #4,280 |
| 1984 | 19 | #3,989 |
| 1983 | 21 | #3,686 |
| 1982 | 14 | #4,943 |
| 1981 | 20 | #3,858 |
| 1980 | 25 | #3,318 |
| 1979 | 15 | #4,625 |
| 1978 | 19 | #3,777 |
| 1977 | 11 | #5,530 |
| 1976 | 13 | #4,612 |
| 1975 | 23 | #3,052 |
| 1974 | 13 | #4,458 |
| 1973 | 15 | #3,970 |
| 1972 | 25 | #2,747 |
| 1971 | 31 | #2,427 |
| 1970 | 34 | #2,267 |
| 1969 | 30 | #2,350 |
| 1968 | 37 | #1,975 |
| 1967 | 22 | #2,632 |
| 1966 | 38 | #1,859 |
| 1965 | 34 | #1,993 |
| 1964 | 38 | #1,917 |
| 1963 | 42 | #1,786 |
| 1962 | 53 | #1,539 |
| 1961 | 67 | #1,359 |
| 1960 | 38 | #1,834 |
| 1959 | 27 | #2,190 |
| 1958 | 44 | #1,605 |
| 1957 | 22 | #2,415 |
| 1956 | 47 | #1,547 |
| 1955 | 51 | #1,403 |
| 1954 | 55 | #1,343 |
| 1953 | 39 | #1,564 |
| 1952 | 34 | #1,679 |
| 1951 | 33 | #1,664 |
| 1950 | 30 | #1,719 |
| 1949 | 47 | #1,334 |
| 1948 | 46 | #1,357 |
| 1947 | 39 | #1,509 |
| 1946 | 44 | #1,305 |
| 1945 | 20 | #1,873 |
| 1944 | 16 | #2,198 |
| 1943 | 22 | #1,833 |
| 1942 | 21 | #1,859 |
| 1941 | 24 | #1,610 |
| 1940 | 29 | #1,404 |
| 1939 | 30 | #1,350 |
| 1938 | 41 | #1,127 |
| 1937 | 13 | #2,317 |
| 1936 | 28 | #1,375 |
| 1935 | 29 | #1,356 |
| 1934 | 18 | #1,834 |
| 1933 | 14 | #2,160 |
| 1932 | 14 | #2,234 |
| 1931 | 21 | #1,685 |
| 1930 | 33 | #1,320 |
| 1929 | 16 | #2,097 |
| 1928 | 26 | #1,588 |
| 1927 | 51 | #1,071 |
| 1926 | 22 | #1,829 |
| 1925 | 19 | #2,017 |
| 1924 | 15 | #2,408 |
| 1923 | 24 | #1,736 |
| 1922 | 18 | #2,109 |
| 1921 | 26 | #1,668 |
| 1920 | 20 | #1,952 |
| 1919 | 10 | #3,003 |
| 1918 | 9 | #3,243 |
| 1917 | 11 | #2,692 |
| 1916 | 10 | #2,832 |
| 1915 | 8 | #3,133 |
| 1914 | 6 | #3,187 |
| 1913 | 7 | #2,538 |
Names like Arlette
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Willow Daphne Celine Penelope Myla Autumn Athena Phoebe Ava Esme Mila Harper
Other spellings of Arlette
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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, “Arlette: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/arlette, updated 20 October 2026.