The first name Arlena
A girl’s name.
3 syllables Female
Meaning and origin
A female given name originating as a coinage, variant of Arlene.
A form of Arlene.
From Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity
Babies registered in England and Wales, 1996–2025
Arlena last appeared in the official list in 2017, given to 4 girls.
Office for National Statistics; years with fewer than three births are not published and show as zero. Compare Arlena with other names.
Popularity in the United States
Babies named Arlena at birth, 1880–2025
In 2025, 8 girls born in the United States were named Arlena, the 11,045th most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 1919, when 60 were.
US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.
Questions
- How popular is the name Arlena?
- In 2017, 4 girls born in England and Wales were named Arlena, ranking 4,763rd.
- Is Arlena a boy's or a girl's name?
- Mostly a girl's name: 100% of the 2,830 US babies named Arlena since 1880 were girls.
- When was Arlena most popular?
- 1919 in the United States, when 60 babies were named Arlena, its highest rank at 910th.
- What name is Arlena a form of?
- Arlena is a form of Arlene.