Arlin
Boy · AR-lin
Arlin is a boys' name. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 2,764th for boys in the US (46 babies).
Where does Arlin come from?
Probably a spelling of Arlen, a surname of uncertain origin
- Say it
- AR-lin
Is Arlin a girl's or a boy's name?
Arlin is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 6 girls and 46 boys in the US.
How popular is Arlin in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,065among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 29% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Arlin, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,025th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 6 boys.
In 2025, 68 boys in the UK were given Arlin or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #567, up from #5,065 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Arlin in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,279 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 1 | #6,179 |
How popular is Arlin in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,764among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 46about 1 in 37,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 62% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 46 boys in the US were named Arlin, making it the 2,764th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,024th. Its busiest year was 1935, with 85 boys. It first appears in the records in 1910. 6 girls were also named Arlin in 2025 (13,203rd for girls).
Half of all the boys named Arlin in the US since 1880 were born between 1933 and 1976, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 242 boys in the US were given Arlin or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #885, up from #2,764 for this spelling alone.
In 2025, 12% of the babies named Arlin in the US were girls.
Arlin in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 46 | #2,764 |
| 2024 | 57 | #2,418 |
| 2023 | 40 | #3,053 |
| 2022 | 45 | #2,828 |
| 2021 | 38 | #3,120 |
| 2020 | 38 | #3,024 |
| 2019 | 26 | #4,000 |
| 2018 | 24 | #4,222 |
| 2017 | 20 | #4,742 |
| 2016 | 17 | #5,314 |
| 2015 | 30 | #3,590 |
| 2014 | 24 | #4,135 |
| 2013 | 21 | #4,461 |
| 2012 | 25 | #4,000 |
| 2011 | 17 | #5,196 |
| 2010 | 21 | #4,516 |
| 2009 | 15 | #5,796 |
| 2008 | 21 | #4,537 |
| 2007 | 18 | #4,994 |
| 2006 | 15 | #5,521 |
| 2005 | 16 | #5,029 |
| 2004 | 22 | #4,000 |
| 2003 | 15 | #5,030 |
| 2002 | 14 | #5,124 |
| 2001 | 27 | #3,223 |
| 2000 | 17 | #4,383 |
| 1999 | 10 | #6,036 |
| 1998 | 16 | #4,193 |
| 1997 | 10 | #5,636 |
| 1996 | 23 | #3,102 |
| 1995 | 8 | #6,400 |
| 1994 | 14 | #4,284 |
| 1993 | 11 | #4,995 |
| 1992 | 20 | #3,213 |
| 1991 | 16 | #3,629 |
| 1990 | 14 | #3,965 |
| 1989 | 23 | #2,684 |
| 1988 | 23 | #2,504 |
| 1987 | 9 | #4,567 |
| 1986 | 17 | #2,888 |
| 1985 | 14 | #3,213 |
| 1984 | 8 | #4,549 |
| 1983 | 20 | #2,407 |
| 1982 | 13 | #3,281 |
| 1981 | 10 | #3,856 |
| 1980 | 18 | #2,616 |
| 1979 | 17 | #2,668 |
| 1978 | 18 | #2,472 |
| 1977 | 17 | #2,555 |
| 1976 | 14 | #2,825 |
| 1975 | 18 | #2,360 |
| 1974 | 21 | #2,050 |
| 1973 | 18 | #2,214 |
| 1972 | 22 | #1,928 |
| 1971 | 20 | #2,051 |
| 1970 | 35 | #1,415 |
| 1969 | 25 | #1,641 |
| 1968 | 35 | #1,282 |
| 1967 | 23 | #1,608 |
| 1966 | 29 | #1,427 |
| 1965 | 36 | #1,271 |
| 1964 | 33 | #1,370 |
| 1963 | 42 | #1,194 |
| 1962 | 39 | #1,241 |
| 1961 | 32 | #1,405 |
| 1960 | 48 | #1,130 |
| 1959 | 44 | #1,171 |
| 1958 | 47 | #1,113 |
| 1957 | 46 | #1,129 |
| 1956 | 57 | #985 |
| 1955 | 48 | #1,083 |
| 1954 | 30 | #1,381 |
| 1953 | 67 | #877 |
| 1952 | 52 | #993 |
| 1951 | 58 | #918 |
| 1950 | 53 | #947 |
| 1949 | 51 | #966 |
| 1948 | 55 | #932 |
| 1947 | 71 | #821 |
| 1946 | 51 | #935 |
| 1945 | 53 | #860 |
| 1944 | 45 | #964 |
| 1943 | 69 | #787 |
| 1942 | 55 | #888 |
| 1941 | 64 | #778 |
| 1940 | 70 | #729 |
| 1939 | 75 | #685 |
| 1938 | 84 | #652 |
| 1937 | 56 | #817 |
| 1936 | 68 | #729 |
| 1935 | 85 | #641 |
| 1934 | 81 | #673 |
| 1933 | 81 | #642 |
| 1932 | 70 | #746 |
| 1931 | 62 | #794 |
| 1930 | 57 | #873 |
| 1929 | 56 | #888 |
| 1928 | 66 | #806 |
| 1927 | 55 | #924 |
| 1926 | 56 | #894 |
| 1925 | 39 | #1,121 |
| 1924 | 53 | #960 |
| 1923 | 50 | #976 |
| 1922 | 48 | #1,023 |
| 1921 | 36 | #1,199 |
| 1920 | 39 | #1,139 |
| 1919 | 38 | #1,122 |
| 1918 | 40 | #1,079 |
| 1917 | 28 | #1,291 |
| 1916 | 34 | #1,120 |
| 1915 | 46 | #916 |
| 1914 | 28 | #1,073 |
| 1913 | 24 | #1,023 |
| 1912 | 8 | #1,884 |
| 1911 | 6 | #1,536 |
| 1910 | 9 | #1,117 |
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Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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