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Arlow

Boy · AR-loh

Arlow is a boys' name. In 2025 it ranked 3,021st for boys in the UK (7 babies) and 3,127th for boys in the US (38 babies).

Where does Arlow come from?

Spelling of Arlo

Say it
AR-loh

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

Arlow is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the UK and 9 girls and 38 boys in the US.

How popular is Arlow in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#3,021among boys
Babies in 2025
7about 1 in 43,000 boys
Five-year trend
Steadyup 3% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 7 boys in the UK were named Arlow, making it the 3,021st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,581st. Its busiest year was 2023, with 18 boys.

2025 had fewer boys named Arlow than any year since 2018.

Half of all the boys named Arlow in the UK since 1996 were born between 2017 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 2,286 boys in the UK were given Arlow or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #17, up from #3,021 for this spelling alone.

Among boys in 2025, it was 2,938th in England and Wales.

2010Busiest: 18 in 20232025
Arlow in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20257#3,021
20249#2,515
202318#1,507
202213#1,886
20219#2,434
202016#1,581
201911#2,102
20186#3,162
20175#3,608
20168#2,690
20155#3,527
20144#4,063
20135#3,466
20123#4,999
20113#4,837
20103#4,865

How popular is Arlow in the US?

Rank in 2025
#3,127among boys
Babies in 2025
38about 1 in 45,000 boys
Five-year trend
Risingup 91% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 38 boys in the US were named Arlow, making it the 3,127th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,447th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 42 boys. It first appears in the records in 1914. 9 girls were also named Arlow in 2025 (10,104th for girls).

Half of all the boys named Arlow in the US since 1880 were born between 1936 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 2,492 boys in the US were given Arlow or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #163, up from #3,127 for this spelling alone.

Girls were 47% of the babies named Arlow in the US in 2020, and 19% in 2025.

1914Busiest: 42 in 20222025
Arlow in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
202538#3,127
202436#3,270
202331#3,627
202242#2,960
202119#4,932
202016#5,447
201916#5,551
201823#4,350
201715#5,784
201619#4,941
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20136#10,722
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19215#4,320
192012#2,458
19196#3,735
19185#4,178
19177#3,216
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19146#2,914

Names like Arlow

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

Other spellings of Arlow