# Arlo (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/arlo/  
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 | /ˈɑːɹ.loʊ/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 25,135 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 24,245 / 890 (4% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 21,258, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Italian.

## 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 | 13 | 8,680 |
| 2012 | 9 | 11,379 |
| 2013 | 14 | 8,181 |
| 2014 | 20 | 6,232 |
| 2015 | 32 | 4,419 |
| 2016 | 56 | 2,974 |
| 2017 | 40 | 3,780 |
| 2018 | 68 | 2,566 |
| 2019 | 75 | 2,381 |
| 2020 | 89 | 2,066 |
| 2021 | 97 | 1,993 |
| 2022 | 95 | 2,036 |
| 2023 | 99 | 1,986 |
| 2024 | 84 | 2,235 |
| 2025 | 71 | 2,488 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 220 | 915 |
| 2012 | 274 | 811 |
| 2013 | 354 | 681 |
| 2014 | 518 | 537 |
| 2015 | 579 | 501 |
| 2016 | 977 | 349 |
| 2017 | 1,092 | 316 |
| 2018 | 1,268 | 277 |
| 2019 | 1,323 | 271 |
| 2020 | 1,701 | 220 |
| 2021 | 1,990 | 190 |
| 2022 | 2,220 | 169 |
| 2023 | 2,307 | 158 |
| 2024 | 2,490 | 146 |
| 2025 | 2,443 | 148 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 3 | 5,730 |
| 2016 | 5 | 4,096 |
| 2017 | 6 | 3,583 |
| 2018 | 11 | 2,340 |
| 2019 | 6 | 3,541 |
| 2020 | 8 | 2,843 |
| 2021 | 16 | 1,785 |
| 2022 | 15 | 1,849 |
| 2023 | 21 | 1,469 |
| 2024 | 15 | 1,894 |
| 2025 | 8 | 3,035 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 158 | 281 |
| 2012 | 198 | 247 |
| 2013 | 295 | 189 |
| 2014 | 397 | 141 |
| 2015 | 619 | 102 |
| 2016 | 1,285 | 49 |
| 2017 | 1,470 | 42 |
| 2018 | 1,715 | 36 |
| 2019 | 1,678 | 34 |
| 2020 | 1,908 | 27 |
| 2021 | 2,154 | 20 |
| 2022 | 2,176 | 18 |
| 2023 | 2,253 | 14 |
| 2024 | 2,220 | 15 |
| 2025 | 2,083 | 15 |

## People named Arlo

- Arlo Guthrie, American folk singer

## 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.