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Arli

Gender
Boy
Say it
AR-lee
Origin
English
UK rank, 2025
#4,301 for boys
US rank, 2025
#7,489 for girls

Arli is a boys' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 7,489th for girls in the US (14 babies).

Where does Arli come from?

English: spelling of Arlie; probably a spelling of Arley

Meaning borrowed from Arlie.

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

Arli is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 14 girls in the US.

How popular is Arli in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#4,301among boys
Babies in 2025
4about 1 in 75,000 boys
Five-year trend
Risingup 30% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Arli, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,803rd. Its busiest year was 2024, with 6 boys.

Half of all the boys named Arli in the UK since 1996 were born between 2016 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 150 boys in the UK were given Arli 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.

2004Busiest: 6 in 20242025
Arli in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20254#4,301
20246#3,335
20233#5,193
20223#5,017
20215#3,614
20203#4,803
20193#4,913
20184#4,169
20175#3,608
20163#5,015
20153#4,955
20143#4,829
20134#4,008
20120–
20110–
20100–
20090–
20080–
20070–
20060–
20050–
20041#4,870

How popular is Arli in the US?

Rank in 2025
#7,489among girls
Babies in 2025
14about 1 in 110,000 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, 14 girls in the US were named Arli, making it the 7,489th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 15,083rd. Its busiest year was 2003, with 17 girls. It first appears in the records in 1999.

It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had more girls named Arli than any year since 2003.

Half of all the girls named Arli in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 177 girls in the US were given Arli or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,145, up from #7,489 for this spelling alone.

1999Busiest: 17 in 20032025
Arli in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202514#7,489
202411#8,941
20237#12,192
20226#13,586
20217#12,201
20205#15,083
20197#12,442
20185#15,677
20175#15,898
20160–
20150–
20140–
20130–
20125#16,863
201111#9,719
20105#16,985
20090–
20080–
20070–
20060–
20056#14,495
20049#10,684
200317#6,571
20029#10,240
20010–
20005#15,024
19997#11,378

Names like Arli

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

Other spellings of Arli

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