# Arlen (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/arlen/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 8,154 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 7,345 / 809 (10% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 503, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 23 | 5,755 |
| 2012 | 15 | 7,857 |
| 2013 | 11 | 9,686 |
| 2014 | 16 | 7,349 |
| 2015 | 22 | 5,855 |
| 2016 | 12 | 8,954 |
| 2017 | 13 | 8,344 |
| 2018 | 21 | 5,807 |
| 2019 | 24 | 5,324 |
| 2020 | 17 | 6,663 |
| 2021 | 17 | 6,724 |
| 2022 | 24 | 5,330 |
| 2023 | 22 | 5,571 |
| 2024 | 20 | 5,977 |
| 2025 | 22 | 5,576 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 41 | 2,856 |
| 2012 | 42 | 2,815 |
| 2013 | 42 | 2,766 |
| 2014 | 53 | 2,406 |
| 2015 | 59 | 2,255 |
| 2016 | 60 | 2,232 |
| 2017 | 66 | 2,092 |
| 2018 | 55 | 2,388 |
| 2019 | 68 | 2,110 |
| 2020 | 66 | 2,114 |
| 2021 | 88 | 1,790 |
| 2022 | 80 | 1,939 |
| 2023 | 101 | 1,683 |
| 2024 | 99 | 1,686 |
| 2025 | 107 | 1,587 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 4 | 3,830 |
| 2012 | 13 | 1,756 |
| 2013 | 11 | 1,920 |
| 2014 | 10 | 2,079 |
| 2015 | 15 | 1,586 |
| 2016 | 20 | 1,319 |
| 2017 | 20 | 1,289 |
| 2018 | 43 | 763 |
| 2019 | 20 | 1,253 |
| 2020 | 31 | 921 |
| 2021 | 57 | 641 |
| 2022 | 41 | 784 |
| 2023 | 48 | 710 |
| 2024 | 35 | 898 |
| 2025 | 44 | 763 |

## People named Arlen

- Arlen Specter, American politician (1930–2012)
- Arlen Escarpeta, Belizean actor
- Arlen Erdahl, American politician (1931–2023)
- Gary Kildall, American computer scientist and entrepreneur (1942–1994)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.