Arlis
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- AR-lis
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #4,395 for boys
Arlis is a boys' name. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 4,395th for boys in the US (23 babies).
Where does Arlis come from?
American name of uncertain origin, perhaps from the surname Arliss
Is Arlis a girl's or a boy's name?
Arlis is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 23 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Arlis in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,301st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Arlis, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,803rd. Its busiest year was 2021, with 4 boys.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Arlis in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
How popular is Arlis in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,395th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 23 about 1 in 74,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 66% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 23 boys in the US were named Arlis, making it the 4,395th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. Its busiest year was 1931, with 48 boys. It first appears in the records in 1906.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had more boys named Arlis than any year since 1958.
Half of all the boys named Arlis in the US since 1880 were born between 1929 and 1966, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 1958, 33% of the babies named Arlis in the US were girls.
Arlis in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23 | #4,395 |
| 2024 | 19 | #5,063 |
| 2023 | 16 | #5,661 |
| 2022 | 14 | #6,141 |
| 2021 | 22 | #4,490 |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 22 | #4,472 |
| 2017 | 14 | #6,056 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 15 | #5,742 |
| 2014 | 9 | #8,124 |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 13 | #6,250 |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 6 | #8,472 |
| 1997 | 8 | #6,612 |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,129 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 12 | #4,556 |
| 1991 | 7 | #6,511 |
| 1990 | 6 | #7,171 |
| 1989 | 6 | #6,934 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 7 | #5,453 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 12 | #3,596 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 7 | #4,904 |
| 1982 | 6 | #5,617 |
| 1981 | 9 | #4,151 |
| 1980 | 9 | #4,133 |
| 1979 | 6 | #5,353 |
| 1978 | 11 | #3,399 |
| 1977 | 6 | #5,121 |
| 1976 | 14 | #2,825 |
| 1975 | 10 | #3,426 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 8 | #3,692 |
| 1972 | 13 | #2,658 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 11 | #2,890 |
| 1969 | 17 | #2,045 |
| 1968 | 9 | #2,906 |
| 1967 | 12 | #2,351 |
| 1966 | 13 | #2,215 |
| 1965 | 15 | #2,083 |
| 1964 | 11 | #2,545 |
| 1963 | 11 | #2,538 |
| 1962 | 12 | #2,363 |
| 1961 | 11 | #2,536 |
| 1960 | 15 | #2,120 |
| 1959 | 16 | #2,032 |
| 1958 | 24 | #1,592 |
| 1957 | 22 | #1,714 |
| 1956 | 17 | #1,944 |
| 1955 | 20 | #1,724 |
| 1954 | 19 | #1,761 |
| 1953 | 17 | #1,899 |
| 1952 | 18 | #1,803 |
| 1951 | 24 | #1,518 |
| 1950 | 17 | #1,814 |
| 1949 | 31 | #1,296 |
| 1948 | 19 | #1,702 |
| 1947 | 38 | #1,175 |
| 1946 | 31 | #1,256 |
| 1945 | 26 | #1,295 |
| 1944 | 37 | #1,085 |
| 1943 | 32 | #1,214 |
| 1942 | 36 | #1,139 |
| 1941 | 22 | #1,446 |
| 1940 | 42 | #994 |
| 1939 | 36 | #1,070 |
| 1938 | 34 | #1,109 |
| 1937 | 41 | #982 |
| 1936 | 42 | #949 |
| 1935 | 32 | #1,165 |
| 1934 | 43 | #970 |
| 1933 | 39 | #1,028 |
| 1932 | 43 | #1,004 |
| 1931 | 48 | #939 |
| 1930 | 30 | #1,299 |
| 1929 | 31 | #1,272 |
| 1928 | 41 | #1,095 |
| 1927 | 41 | #1,112 |
| 1926 | 23 | #1,565 |
| 1925 | 38 | #1,144 |
| 1924 | 36 | #1,204 |
| 1923 | 38 | #1,157 |
| 1922 | 39 | #1,140 |
| 1921 | 31 | #1,329 |
| 1920 | 30 | #1,323 |
| 1919 | 26 | #1,407 |
| 1918 | 23 | #1,538 |
| 1917 | 22 | #1,528 |
| 1916 | 20 | #1,593 |
| 1915 | 20 | #1,552 |
| 1914 | 10 | #2,100 |
| 1913 | 14 | #1,440 |
| 1912 | 7 | #2,044 |
| 1911 | 5 | #1,739 |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 5 | #1,252 |
Names like Arlis
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Otis, Arthur, Ellis, Francis, Harris, Archie, Alfred, Albert, Freddie, Louie, Leo, Frederick
Names related to Arlis
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, “Arlis: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/arlis, updated 20 October 2026.