Boy or Girl

Is Arleen a boy or girl name?

Arleen is a girl name in the US. In 2024, 28 girls and 0 boys were named Arleen, so 100% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 100% of the 12,598 US babies named Arleen were girls.

Boy rank, 2024
Not ranked
Girl rank, 2024
#4,767
Babies named Arleen since 1898
12,598
Most popular year
1939
415 babies
Babies named Arleen each year in the US
Line chart of US births named Arleen from 1898 to 2024, boys and girls. The table below has every value.01503004506001900192019401960198020002020

Boys and girls named Arleen, by decade

DecadeBoysGirlsShare girls
1890s012100%
1900s073100%
1910s0536100%
1920s01,610100%
1930s01,537100%
1940s62,56099.8%
1950s02,182100%
1960s01,812100%
1970s0331100%
1980s0304100%
1990s0372100%
2000s0547100%
2010s0527100%
2020s0189100%
Every year
YearBoysBoy rankGirlsGirl rank
20240–28#4,767
20230–34#4,196
20220–46#3,425
20210–41#3,680
20200–40#3,685
20190–29#4,661
20180–61#2,785
20170–48#3,308
20160–50#3,235
20150–58#2,966
20140–63#2,745
20130–43#3,577
20120–56#3,008
20110–61#2,844
20100–58#2,941
20090–49#3,370
20080–68#2,695
20070–53#3,218
20060–68#2,637
20050–73#2,408
20040–51#3,037
20030–50#3,005
20020–48#3,021
20010–47#3,013
20000–40#3,338
19990–48#2,815
19980–45#2,891
19970–32#3,556
19960–36#3,243
19950–33#3,363
19940–37#3,104
19930–37#3,109
19920–30#3,590
19910–39#2,940
19900–35#3,162
19890–29#3,482
19880–35#2,934
19870–26#3,431
19860–39#2,514
19850–32#2,865
19840–28#3,076
19830–30#2,857
19820–30#2,961
19810–27#3,148
19800–28#3,071
19790–19#3,913
19780–28#2,868
19770–30#2,720
19760–24#3,005
19750–26#2,816
19740–26#2,760
19730–39#2,064
19720–38#2,058
19710–43#1,971
19700–58#1,619
19690–72#1,339
19680–88#1,148
19670–107#984
19660–130#880
19650–190#718
19640–186#762
19630–220#678
19620–280#595
19610–286#594
19600–253#636
19590–239#647
19580–184#728
19570–224#658
19560–218#645
19550–232#607
19540–198#652
19530–236#573
19520–215#594
19510–214#586
19500–222#557
19490–133#743
19480–214#569
19470–301#474
19460–262#484
19450–174#557
19440–241#464
19430–353#388
19426#3,231298#414
19410–316#386
19400–268#418
19390–415#303
19380–310#375
19370–98#688
19360–98#666
19350–93#693
19340–88#709
19330–88#694
19320–104#657
19310–99#667
19300–144#566
19290–143#572
19280–159#555
19270–191#507
19260–161#562
19250–185#520
19240–178#543
19230–176#539
19220–152#579
19210–131#646
19200–134#617
19190–94#721
19180–91#747
19170–76#792
19160–73#797
19150–70#787
19140–44#878
19130–24#1,123
19120–26#1,004
19110–24#879
19100–14#1,212
19090–9#1,477
19080–13#1,138
19070–10#1,303
19060–8#1,424
19050–9#1,307
19040–5#1,908
19030–9#1,206
19020–5#1,815
19010–5#1,695
19000–0–
18990–7#1,285
18980–5#1,718

Highest rank

As a boy name, Arleen reached #3,231 in 1942. As a girl name, it reached #303 in 1939. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.

Names from the same era

These names were also most popular in the 1930s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.

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Names spelled like Arleen

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Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.