Arlyn
Boy · AR-lin
Arlyn is a boys' name. In 2025 it ranked 3,974th for girls in the US (36 babies).
Where does Arlyn come from?
Variant of Arlen or Arlene, both of uncertain origin
- Say it
- AR-lin
Is Arlyn a girl's or a boy's name?
Arlyn is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 36 girls and 16 boys in the US.
How popular is Arlyn in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2022, with 9 boys.
Arlyn in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 9 | #2,457 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 1 | #6,258 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 2 | #6,253 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 1 | #4,870 |
How popular is Arlyn in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,974among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 36about 1 in 45,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 5% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 36 girls in the US were named Arlyn, making it the 3,974th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,179th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 59 girls. It first appears in the records in 1914. 16 boys were also named Arlyn in 2025 (5,606th for boys).
Half of all the girls named Arlyn in the US since 1880 were born between 1958 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 78 girls in the US were given Arlyn or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,009, up from #3,974 for this spelling alone.
In 1924, 48% of the babies named Arlyn in the US were girls. By 2025 it was 69%, with more girls than boys since 1994.
Arlyn in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 36 | #3,974 |
| 2024 | 44 | #3,516 |
| 2023 | 39 | #3,831 |
| 2022 | 49 | #3,277 |
| 2021 | 30 | #4,503 |
| 2020 | 49 | #3,179 |
| 2019 | 37 | #3,922 |
| 2018 | 39 | #3,788 |
| 2017 | 46 | #3,386 |
| 2016 | 38 | #3,923 |
| 2015 | 44 | #3,533 |
| 2014 | 35 | #4,176 |
| 2013 | 53 | #3,075 |
| 2012 | 55 | #3,039 |
| 2011 | 44 | #3,549 |
| 2010 | 51 | #3,202 |
| 2009 | 53 | #3,160 |
| 2008 | 56 | #3,053 |
| 2007 | 59 | #2,992 |
| 2006 | 47 | #3,413 |
| 2005 | 41 | #3,583 |
| 2004 | 55 | #2,885 |
| 2003 | 56 | #2,768 |
| 2002 | 46 | #3,099 |
| 2001 | 37 | #3,545 |
| 2000 | 41 | #3,266 |
| 1999 | 40 | #3,185 |
| 1998 | 48 | #2,753 |
| 1997 | 34 | #3,362 |
| 1996 | 22 | #4,578 |
| 1995 | 21 | #4,672 |
| 1994 | 21 | #4,682 |
| 1993 | 16 | #5,667 |
| 1992 | 21 | #4,679 |
| 1991 | 19 | #4,998 |
| 1990 | 15 | #5,829 |
| 1989 | 23 | #4,115 |
| 1988 | 10 | #7,106 |
| 1987 | 10 | #6,783 |
| 1986 | 15 | #4,961 |
| 1985 | 10 | #6,455 |
| 1984 | 17 | #4,317 |
| 1983 | 12 | #5,456 |
| 1982 | 7 | #8,222 |
| 1981 | 14 | #4,962 |
| 1980 | 11 | #5,911 |
| 1979 | 8 | #7,311 |
| 1978 | 9 | #6,384 |
| 1977 | 9 | #6,338 |
| 1976 | 10 | #5,599 |
| 1975 | 7 | #7,171 |
| 1974 | 9 | #5,775 |
| 1973 | 10 | #5,189 |
| 1972 | 9 | #5,479 |
| 1971 | 10 | #5,134 |
| 1970 | 12 | #4,491 |
| 1969 | 8 | #5,455 |
| 1968 | 6 | #6,244 |
| 1967 | 7 | #5,456 |
| 1966 | 9 | #4,492 |
| 1965 | 8 | #4,830 |
| 1964 | 7 | #5,473 |
| 1963 | 10 | #4,271 |
| 1962 | 10 | #4,262 |
| 1961 | 11 | #4,008 |
| 1960 | 9 | #4,436 |
| 1959 | 8 | #4,624 |
| 1958 | 11 | #3,746 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 10 | #3,909 |
| 1955 | 14 | #3,094 |
| 1954 | 15 | #2,888 |
| 1953 | 10 | #3,686 |
| 1952 | 13 | #3,039 |
| 1951 | 20 | #2,244 |
| 1950 | 14 | #2,780 |
| 1949 | 15 | #2,619 |
| 1948 | 13 | #2,827 |
| 1947 | 18 | #2,353 |
| 1946 | 19 | #2,152 |
| 1945 | 12 | #2,597 |
| 1944 | 9 | #3,138 |
| 1943 | 10 | #3,039 |
| 1942 | 15 | #2,310 |
| 1941 | 6 | #3,952 |
| 1940 | 12 | #2,423 |
| 1939 | 7 | #3,427 |
| 1938 | 14 | #2,225 |
| 1937 | 23 | #1,580 |
| 1936 | 18 | #1,801 |
| 1935 | 19 | #1,779 |
| 1934 | 22 | #1,603 |
| 1933 | 19 | #1,773 |
| 1932 | 15 | #2,129 |
| 1931 | 14 | #2,204 |
| 1930 | 20 | #1,814 |
| 1929 | 10 | #2,920 |
| 1928 | 16 | #2,193 |
| 1927 | 20 | #1,934 |
| 1926 | 15 | #2,350 |
| 1925 | 14 | #2,488 |
| 1924 | 22 | #1,871 |
| 1923 | 9 | #3,349 |
| 1922 | 10 | #3,150 |
| 1921 | 12 | #2,762 |
| 1920 | 9 | #3,339 |
| 1919 | 9 | #3,217 |
| 1918 | 9 | #3,243 |
| 1917 | 6 | #4,081 |
| 1916 | 10 | #2,832 |
| 1915 | 9 | #2,899 |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,617 |
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