Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Arlen” in the USA?

Number of people named “Arlen” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Arlen” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Arlen” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Arlen” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Arlen” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Arlen” by birth year

This chart shows how “Arlen” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1909 5 0.00000978 5 -100%
1910 8 0.000013543 8 -100%
1914 14 0.000009885 14 -100%
1915 13 0.000007094 13 -100%
1916 12 0.000006203 12 -100%
1917 18 0.00000897 18 -100%
1918 21 0.000009672 5 16 -52%
1919 25 0.000011847 25 -100%
1920 27 0.000011933 5 22 -63%
1921 18 0.00000771 18 -100%
1922 24 0.000010484 24 -100%
1923 34 0.000014767 34 -100%
1924 38 0.000015956 5 33 -74%
1925 29 0.000012429 5 24 -66%
1926 35 0.000015245 35 -100%
1927 35 0.00001509 35 -100%
1928 68 0.000030076 68 -100%
1929 96 0.000043792 96 -100%
1930 137 0.00006162 137 -100%
1931 150 0.00007128 7 143 -91%
1932 189 0.000089519 11 178 -88%
1933 185 0.000092526 5 180 -95%
1934 215 0.000103524 9 206 -92%
1935 186 0.000088999 5 181 -95%
1936 190 0.000091453 190 -100%
1937 157 0.000073686 12 145 -85%
1938 163 0.00007367 11 152 -87%
1939 141 0.000063991 5 136 -93%
1940 113 0.000049073 113 -100%
1941 121 0.000049663 121 -100%
1942 92 0.000033677 92 -100%
1943 80 0.000028343 80 -100%
1944 83 0.000030854 83 -100%
1945 85 0.00003204 6 79 -86%
1946 114 0.000035677 114 -100%
1947 86 0.000023873 86 -100%
1948 94 0.000027227 5 89 -89%
1949 105 0.000030131 5 100 -90%
1950 106 0.000030257 106 -100%
1951 129 0.000035019 129 -100%
1952 128 0.000033702 128 -100%
1953 123 0.000031918 123 -100%
1954 164 0.000041199 6 158 -93%
1955 153 0.000038106 5 148 -93%
1956 110 0.000026679 110 -100%
1957 102 0.000024273 102 -100%
1958 108 0.000026125 6 102 -89%
1959 114 0.000027417 114 -100%
1960 78 0.000018778 78 -100%
1961 79 0.000019072 79 -100%
1962 69 0.000017099 69 -100%
1963 60 0.000015158 60 -100%
1964 72 0.00001852 72 -100%
1965 51 0.000014067 51 -100%
1966 63 0.000018126 7 56 -78%
1967 52 0.000015317 52 -100%
1968 41 0.000012136 41 -100%
1969 43 0.000012373 43 -100%
1970 48 0.000013309 48 -100%
1971 50 0.000014567 50 -100%
1972 37 0.000011772 37 -100%
1973 23 0.000007624 23 -100%
1974 43 0.000014145 5 38 -77%
1975 31 0.000010267 31 -100%
1976 30 0.000009887 30 -100%
1977 39 0.000012278 5 34 -74%
1978 36 0.000011343 6 30 -67%
1979 26 0.000007815 26 -100%
1980 43 0.000012484 7 36 -67%
1981 48 0.000013875 9 39 -63%
1982 34 0.000009692 34 -100%
1983 32 0.00000924 32 -100%
1984 30 0.000008599 30 -100%
1985 58 0.000016251 7 51 -76%
1986 42 0.000011807 6 36 -71%
1987 38 0.000010539 38 -100%
1988 44 0.000011908 6 38 -73%
1989 52 0.000013526 13 39 -50%
1990 41 0.000010373 11 30 -46%
1991 27 0.000006931 27 -100%
1992 44 0.000011455 10 34 -55%
1993 47 0.000012466 16 31 -32%
1994 41 0.000011028 11 30 -46%
1995 52 0.000014199 11 41 -58%
1996 51 0.000013983 15 36 -41%
1997 55 0.000015169 17 38 -38%
1998 51 0.000013865 19 32 -25%
1999 38 0.000010287 10 28 -47%
2000 49 0.000012963 26 23 6%
2001 46 0.000012288 23 23 0%
2002 49 0.000013108 17 32 -31%
2003 48 0.000012624 21 27 -13%
2004 54 0.000014133 22 32 -19%
2005 66 0.000017166 19 47 -42%
2006 57 0.000014408 14 43 -51%
2007 62 0.000015509 31 31 0%
2008 43 0.00001094 17 26 -21%
2009 56 0.000014659 22 34 -21%
2010 36 0.000009741 9 27 -50%
2011 64 0.000017497 23 41 -28%
2012 57 0.000015585 15 42 -47%
2013 53 0.000014538 11 42 -58%
2014 69 0.000018617 16 53 -54%
2015 81 0.000021886 22 59 -46%
2016 72 0.000019625 12 60 -67%
2017 79 0.000022091 13 66 -67%
2018 76 0.000021616 21 55 -45%
2019 91 0.000026218 24 67 -47%
2020 83 0.000024846 17 66 -59%
2021 105 0.000030992 17 88 -68%
2022 104 0.000030741 24 80 -54%
2023 123 0.000037147 22 101 -64%
2024 118 0.000035451 19 99 -68%

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