# Arlena (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/arlena/  
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 | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 2,830 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 2,830 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 4, 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 | 6 | 15,042 |
| 2012 | 6 | 15,174 |
| 2013 | 6 | 14,819 |
| 2014 | 13 | 8,527 |
| 2015 | 7 | 13,156 |
| 2016 | 8 | 11,910 |
| 2017 | 18 | 6,564 |
| 2018 | 8 | 11,528 |
| 2019 | 11 | 9,187 |
| 2020 | 7 | 12,297 |
| 2021 | 9 | 10,385 |
| 2022 | 9 | 10,484 |
| 2023 | 6 | 13,643 |
| 2024 | 13 | 8,019 |
| 2025 | 8 | 11,045 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 4 | 4,763 |

## 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.