Arlo
Boy · AR-loh
Arlo is a boys' name. In 2025 it ranked 15th for boys in the UK (2,271 babies) and 148th for boys in the US (2,443 babies).
What does Arlo mean?
Of uncertain origin
Its best-known bearer is the American folk singer Arlo Guthrie, son of Woody Guthrie.
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- AR-loh
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Is Arlo a girl's or a boy's name?
Arlo is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls and 2,271 boys in the UK and 71 girls and 2,443 boys in the US.
How popular is Arlo in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #15among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 2,271about 1 in 130 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 26% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 10%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 2,271 boys in the UK were named Arlo, making it the 15th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 27th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 2,470 boys. 8 girls were also named Arlo in 2025 (3,101st for girls).
2025 had fewer boys named Arlo than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Arlo in the UK since 1996 were born between 2018 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 15th in England and Wales, 24th in Scotland and 48th in Northern Ireland.
In the England and Wales top 100 for boys, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 2024 (#15).
Arlo in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,271 | #15 |
| 2024 | 2,445 | #15 |
| 2023 | 2,470 | #14 |
| 2022 | 2,335 | #19 |
| 2021 | 2,310 | #20 |
| 2020 | 2,053 | #27 |
| 2019 | 1,817 | #36 |
| 2018 | 1,842 | #38 |
| 2017 | 1,603 | #41 |
| 2016 | 1,376 | #50 |
| 2015 | 657 | #111 |
| 2014 | 424 | #154 |
| 2013 | 312 | #205 |
| 2012 | 209 | #263 |
| 2011 | 171 | #299 |
| 2010 | 157 | #319 |
| 2009 | 139 | #326 |
| 2008 | 64 | #578 |
| 2007 | 47 | #676 |
| 2006 | 53 | #605 |
| 2005 | 33 | #812 |
| 2004 | 25 | #921 |
| 2003 | 15 | #1,205 |
| 2002 | 21 | #918 |
| 2001 | 6 | #2,049 |
| 2000 | 6 | #1,977 |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
How popular is Arlo in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #148among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 2,443about 1 in 700 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 69% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 2%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 2,443 boys in the US were named Arlo, making it the 148th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 220th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 2,490 boys. It first appears in the records in 1899. 71 girls were also named Arlo in 2025 (2,485th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Arlo in the US since 1880 were born between 2015 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Arlo in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,443 | #148 |
| 2024 | 2,490 | #146 |
| 2023 | 2,307 | #158 |
| 2022 | 2,220 | #169 |
| 2021 | 1,990 | #190 |
| 2020 | 1,701 | #220 |
| 2019 | 1,323 | #271 |
| 2018 | 1,268 | #277 |
| 2017 | 1,092 | #316 |
| 2016 | 977 | #349 |
| 2015 | 579 | #501 |
| 2014 | 518 | #537 |
| 2013 | 354 | #681 |
| 2012 | 274 | #811 |
| 2011 | 220 | #915 |
| 2010 | 184 | #1,047 |
| 2009 | 157 | #1,156 |
| 2008 | 101 | #1,571 |
| 2007 | 95 | #1,621 |
| 2006 | 73 | #1,855 |
| 2005 | 64 | #1,963 |
| 2004 | 58 | #2,047 |
| 2003 | 36 | #2,725 |
| 2002 | 41 | #2,424 |
| 2001 | 33 | #2,792 |
| 2000 | 37 | #2,520 |
| 1999 | 26 | #3,099 |
| 1998 | 30 | #2,708 |
| 1997 | 16 | #4,054 |
| 1996 | 21 | #3,287 |
| 1995 | 20 | #3,298 |
| 1994 | 18 | #3,590 |
| 1993 | 19 | #3,362 |
| 1992 | 13 | #4,319 |
| 1991 | 20 | #3,099 |
| 1990 | 28 | #2,427 |
| 1989 | 26 | #2,463 |
| 1988 | 25 | #2,362 |
| 1987 | 25 | #2,268 |
| 1986 | 29 | #2,005 |
| 1985 | 22 | #2,356 |
| 1984 | 18 | #2,612 |
| 1983 | 28 | #1,904 |
| 1982 | 18 | #2,595 |
| 1981 | 28 | #1,941 |
| 1980 | 35 | #1,655 |
| 1979 | 18 | #2,567 |
| 1978 | 37 | #1,537 |
| 1977 | 40 | #1,450 |
| 1976 | 36 | #1,501 |
| 1975 | 38 | #1,429 |
| 1974 | 29 | #1,659 |
| 1973 | 49 | #1,176 |
| 1972 | 46 | #1,210 |
| 1971 | 50 | #1,157 |
| 1970 | 33 | #1,461 |
| 1969 | 17 | #2,045 |
| 1968 | 7 | #3,364 |
| 1967 | 8 | #2,984 |
| 1966 | 13 | #2,215 |
| 1965 | 9 | #2,778 |
| 1964 | 13 | #2,309 |
| 1963 | 12 | #2,413 |
| 1962 | 22 | #1,712 |
| 1961 | 15 | #2,147 |
| 1960 | 18 | #1,909 |
| 1959 | 25 | #1,587 |
| 1958 | 28 | #1,482 |
| 1957 | 30 | #1,435 |
| 1956 | 21 | #1,721 |
| 1955 | 22 | #1,645 |
| 1954 | 29 | #1,407 |
| 1953 | 21 | #1,676 |
| 1952 | 34 | #1,267 |
| 1951 | 37 | #1,194 |
| 1950 | 35 | #1,219 |
| 1949 | 25 | #1,461 |
| 1948 | 43 | #1,078 |
| 1947 | 34 | #1,251 |
| 1946 | 30 | #1,277 |
| 1945 | 36 | #1,077 |
| 1944 | 43 | #991 |
| 1943 | 49 | #956 |
| 1942 | 45 | #991 |
| 1941 | 68 | #751 |
| 1940 | 49 | #904 |
| 1939 | 61 | #776 |
| 1938 | 70 | #730 |
| 1937 | 66 | #751 |
| 1936 | 64 | #756 |
| 1935 | 74 | #702 |
| 1934 | 66 | #751 |
| 1933 | 74 | #694 |
| 1932 | 77 | #703 |
| 1931 | 75 | #697 |
| 1930 | 61 | #832 |
| 1929 | 83 | #675 |
| 1928 | 78 | #722 |
| 1927 | 65 | #825 |
| 1926 | 63 | #831 |
| 1925 | 68 | #801 |
| 1924 | 67 | #823 |
| 1923 | 86 | #698 |
| 1922 | 76 | #759 |
| 1921 | 58 | #920 |
| 1920 | 82 | #718 |
| 1919 | 66 | #799 |
| 1918 | 81 | #700 |
| 1917 | 69 | #749 |
| 1916 | 66 | #750 |
| 1915 | 76 | #667 |
| 1914 | 45 | #788 |
| 1913 | 30 | #897 |
| 1912 | 26 | #876 |
| 1911 | 5 | #1,739 |
| 1910 | 13 | #859 |
| 1909 | 8 | #1,083 |
| 1908 | 6 | #1,216 |
| 1907 | 7 | #1,093 |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 5 | #1,232 |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 9 | #901 |
| 1899 | 5 | #1,050 |
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