Arlington
- Gender
- Mostly boys
- Say it
- AR-ling-tun
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #5,606 for boys
Arlington is a name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,606th for boys in the US (16 babies).
What does Arlington mean?
English: English place name and surname
Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia takes its name from Arlington House, the former estate of the Custis and Lee families.
Is Arlington a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Arlington has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls and 16 boys in the US.
How popular is Arlington in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,606th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 16 about 1 in 110,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 27% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 16 boys in the US were named Arlington, making it the 5,606th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,694th. Its busiest year was 1917, with 44 boys. 7 girls were also named Arlington in 2025 (11,928th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Arlington in the US since 1880 were born between 1921 and 1981, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2023, 37% of the babies named Arlington in the US were girls.
Arlington in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #5,606 |
| 2024 | 22 | #4,567 |
| 2023 | 24 | #4,339 |
| 2022 | 15 | #5,870 |
| 2021 | 14 | #6,027 |
| 2020 | 20 | #4,694 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 19 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 17 | #5,293 |
| 2016 | 13 | #6,344 |
| 2015 | 12 | #6,671 |
| 2014 | 10 | #7,557 |
| 2013 | 10 | #7,532 |
| 2012 | 11 | #7,044 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,422 |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 7 | #8,636 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 8 | #7,132 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 11 | #5,180 |
| 1995 | 7 | #6,985 |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 6 | #7,263 |
| 1990 | 14 | #3,965 |
| 1989 | 7 | #6,222 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 7 | #5,453 |
| 1986 | 9 | #4,453 |
| 1985 | 10 | #4,047 |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,557 |
| 1983 | 7 | #4,904 |
| 1982 | 12 | #3,481 |
| 1981 | 9 | #4,151 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 10 | #3,808 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 7 | #4,580 |
| 1976 | 9 | #3,722 |
| 1975 | 7 | #4,307 |
| 1974 | 9 | #3,556 |
| 1973 | 6 | #4,503 |
| 1972 | 5 | #4,983 |
| 1971 | 8 | #3,656 |
| 1970 | 6 | #4,228 |
| 1969 | 5 | #4,403 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 8 | #2,984 |
| 1966 | 5 | #3,946 |
| 1965 | 15 | #2,083 |
| 1964 | 8 | #3,049 |
| 1963 | 7 | #3,317 |
| 1962 | 13 | #2,278 |
| 1961 | 6 | #3,650 |
| 1960 | 6 | #3,663 |
| 1959 | 6 | #3,618 |
| 1958 | 16 | #2,025 |
| 1957 | 11 | #2,492 |
| 1956 | 13 | #2,261 |
| 1955 | 14 | #2,138 |
| 1954 | 10 | #2,591 |
| 1953 | 10 | #2,530 |
| 1952 | 8 | #2,872 |
| 1951 | 11 | #2,366 |
| 1950 | 15 | #1,940 |
| 1949 | 13 | #2,122 |
| 1948 | 10 | #2,442 |
| 1947 | 15 | #1,987 |
| 1946 | 15 | #1,883 |
| 1945 | 8 | #2,573 |
| 1944 | 13 | #1,987 |
| 1943 | 27 | #1,342 |
| 1942 | 12 | #2,144 |
| 1941 | 14 | #1,903 |
| 1940 | 19 | #1,573 |
| 1939 | 14 | #1,879 |
| 1938 | 16 | #1,741 |
| 1937 | 24 | #1,372 |
| 1936 | 9 | #2,451 |
| 1935 | 17 | #1,708 |
| 1934 | 19 | #1,608 |
| 1933 | 15 | #1,829 |
| 1932 | 23 | #1,465 |
| 1931 | 27 | #1,333 |
| 1930 | 17 | #1,821 |
| 1929 | 13 | #2,198 |
| 1928 | 16 | #1,960 |
| 1927 | 26 | #1,468 |
| 1926 | 22 | #1,605 |
| 1925 | 30 | #1,332 |
| 1924 | 28 | #1,414 |
| 1923 | 25 | #1,502 |
| 1922 | 36 | #1,196 |
| 1921 | 30 | #1,360 |
| 1920 | 35 | #1,225 |
| 1919 | 28 | #1,351 |
| 1918 | 36 | #1,152 |
| 1917 | 44 | #982 |
| 1916 | 32 | #1,157 |
| 1915 | 26 | #1,306 |
| 1914 | 24 | #1,188 |
| 1913 | 21 | #1,112 |
| 1912 | 14 | #1,267 |
| 1911 | 6 | #1,536 |
| 1910 | 13 | #859 |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 9 | #946 |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 5 | #1,232 |
| 1904 | 8 | #874 |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 6 | #1,012 |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 7 | #1,049 |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 6 | #1,001 |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 8 | #825 |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 5 | #1,073 |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 5 | #994 |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 5 | #1,030 |
| 1887 | 5 | #921 |
| 1886 | 7 | #758 |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 8 | #701 |
| 1883 | 6 | #798 |
| 1882 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 5 | #865 |
| 1880 | 6 | #809 |
Names like Arlington
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Anderson, Wilson, Emerson, Arthur, Archie, Harrison, Warren, Watson, Judson, Everett, Nelson, Alton
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie
Sources
Figures from 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, “Arlington: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/arlington, updated 20 October 2026.