Boy or Girl

Is Arlie a boy or girl name?

Arlie is used for both, more often for girls in the US. In 2024, 61 girls and 19 boys were named Arlie, so 76.3% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 27.4% of the 9,218 US babies named Arlie were girls.

Boy rank, 2024
#5,061
Girl rank, 2024
#2,768
Babies named Arlie since 1880
9,218
Most popular year
1921
249 babies
Babies named Arlie each year in the US
Line chart of US births named Arlie from 1880 to 2024, boys and girls. The table below has every value.05010015020018801900192019401960198020002020

Boys and girls named Arlie, by decade

DecadeBoysGirlsShare girls
1880s946842%
1890s17814444.7%
1900s23718744.1%
1910s96142030.4%
1920s1,48645623.5%
1930s1,08722417.1%
1940s89913513.1%
1950s6117611.1%
1960s396102.5%
1970s23162.5%
1980s1397535%
1990s994732.2%
2000s7713463.5%
2010s12227869.5%
2020s7926276.8%
Every year
YearBoysBoy rankGirlsGirl rank
202419#5,06161#2,768
202319#5,08271#2,490
20229#8,36458#2,897
202119#4,94336#4,025
202013#6,31936#3,925
201925#4,11535#4,082
201815#5,79343#3,567
201712#6,71837#4,008
201611#7,18027#5,011
20156#10,77128#4,870
201417#5,26529#4,783
20135#12,29824#5,510
20129#8,20018#6,902
20119#8,12725#5,378
201013#6,37712#9,297
200911#7,25816#7,719
20089#8,36815#8,158
20076#11,03514#8,582
20060–21#6,153
200513#5,89511#9,533
20046#10,04817#6,808
20036#9,66010#9,754
20028#7,69810#9,568
200111#6,0459#10,190
20007#8,26211#8,603
19999#6,5708#10,436
199812#5,17413#7,149
19979#6,1245#13,930
19968#6,5386#11,960
19957#7,0350–
19949#5,8970–
199316#3,8325#13,634
19928#6,17110#8,114
199112#4,4970–
19909#5,4070–
19899#5,1910–
198819#2,8668#8,449
19879#4,5930–
198611#3,8968#7,799
198513#3,41510#6,489
198421#2,36815#4,751
198311#3,63715#4,697
198213#3,3007#8,293
198116#2,7886#9,195
198017#2,7356#9,178
197919#2,4690–
197816#2,6760–
197719#2,3700–
197623#2,0550–
197525#1,8880–
197422#1,9916#7,748
197322#1,9310–
197222#1,9300–
197125#1,7860–
197038#1,3520–
196929#1,4950–
196832#1,3650–
196732#1,3410–
196639#1,1960–
196528#1,4570–
196445#1,1475#6,828
196345#1,1530–
196260#9865#6,627
196136#1,3220–
196050#1,0980–
195942#1,2000–
195855#1,0265#6,140
195771#89911#3,708
195653#1,0347#4,859
195566#9156#5,248
195471#8689#3,989
195373#84011#3,492
195266#8649#3,820
195156#9348#4,034
195058#89910#3,437
194972#80811#3,187
194891#70015#2,600
194793#71212#3,068
194684#71111#3,041
194570#73513#2,468
1944103#6049#3,149
1943113#59417#2,156
194291#67713#2,546
194193#62910#2,853
194089#63124#1,594
193999#57422#1,643
193890#6289#2,953
193790#61622#1,632
1936101#57318#1,805
193578#67925#1,485
1934110#56324#1,519
1933121#51222#1,610
1932129#50827#1,453
1931138#48724#1,552
1930131#52331#1,372
1929118#53624#1,600
1928149#49545#1,136
1927155#48536#1,332
1926132#52549#1,069
1925146#50441#1,210
1924148#51437#1,329
1923162#47738#1,269
1922149#50661#949
1921170#46979#829
1920157#48546#1,104
1919139#50346#1,075
1918147#49258#937
1917139#48866#843
1916152#46152#950
1915122#50333#1,193
191491#51247#858
191363#54541#824
191251#56235#846
191134#50716#1,118
191023#59826#846
190938#39822#870
190826#48916#1,007
190726#45722#795
190629#40020#818
190522#47914#1,016
190430#36916#911
190317#52719#790
190216#53714#940
190117#46822#685
190016#62422#781
189913#55016#815
189813#61216#844
189721#41214#869
189620#43812#957
189521#42717#772
189417#48011#954
189318#43516#741
189218#45916#731
189116#44216#671
189021#39110#874
188911#58412#759
188817#46513#724
18878#68814#609
18867#7629#779
18859#6477#849
188415#4898#795
188314#4825#932
18826#8450–
18810–0–
18807#7490–

Highest rank

As a boy name, Arlie reached #369 in 1904. As a girl name, it reached #609 in 1887. 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 1920s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.

Names spelled like Arlie

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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.