Arlene is a familiar girls' name that peaked in 1934 and has since faded.
Arlene is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #1,632 for girl births in the United States (and #3,002 across all names), given to 127 babies. Arlene first appears in 1888 and peaked in 1934 (3,917 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 127 | 127 | #1,632 | — |
| 2024 | 112 | 112 | #1,796 | — |
| 2023 | 112 | 112 | #1,806 | — |
| 2022 | 119 | 119 | #1,742 | — |
| 2021 | 115 | 115 | #1,769 | — |
| 2020 | 134 | 134 | #1,571 | — |
| 2019 | 120 | 120 | #1,728 | — |
| 2018 | 114 | 114 | #1,787 | — |
| 2017 | 153 | 153 | #1,466 | — |
| 2016 | 148 | 148 | #1,524 | — |
| 2015 | 171 | 171 | #1,382 | — |
| 2014 | 150 | 150 | #1,487 | — |
| 2013 | 159 | 159 | #1,427 | — |
| 2012 | 157 | 157 | #1,452 | — |
| 2011 | 179 | 179 | #1,314 | — |
| 2010 | 208 | 208 | #1,166 | — |
| 2009 | 194 | 194 | #1,259 | — |
| 2008 | 234 | 234 | #1,104 | — |
| 2007 | 225 | 225 | #1,141 | — |
| 2006 | 242 | 242 | #1,056 | — |
| 2005 | 307 | 307 | #830 | — |
| 2004 | 244 | 244 | #974 | — |
| 2003 | 285 | 290 | #849 | — |
| 2002 | 318 | 324 | #760 | — |
| 2001 | 280 | 280 | #827 | — |
| 2000 | 286 | 292 | #798 | — |
| 1999 | 313 | 325 | #722 | — |
| 1998 | 304 | 312 | #726 | — |
| 1997 | 319 | — | #679 | — |
| 1996 | 302 | — | #705 | — |
| 1995 | 297 | — | #705 | — |
| 1994 | 298 | — | #702 | — |
| 1993 | 342 | — | #652 | — |
| 1992 | 369 | — | #616 | — |
| 1991 | 332 | — | #659 | — |
| 1990 | 314 | — | #680 | — |
| 1989 | 348 | — | #622 | #6,263 |
| 1988 | 341 | — | #591 | — |
| 1987 | 364 | — | #551 | — |
| 1986 | 359 | — | #564 | #5,980 |
| 1985 | 347 | — | #568 | — |
| 1984 | 350 | — | #543 | — |
| 1983 | 369 | — | #516 | — |
| 1982 | 421 | — | #487 | — |
| 1981 | 413 | — | #495 | — |
| 1980 | 371 | — | #520 | — |
| 1979 | 325 | — | #564 | — |
| 1978 | 355 | — | #521 | — |
| 1977 | 391 | — | #487 | — |
| 1976 | 416 | — | #462 | — |
| 1975 | 408 | — | #461 | — |
| 1974 | 435 | — | #444 | — |
| 1973 | 501 | — | #400 | — |
| 1972 | 500 | — | #401 | — |
| 1971 | 605 | — | #380 | — |
| 1970 | 718 | — | #349 | — |
| 1969 | 737 | — | #330 | — |
| 1968 | 719 | — | #324 | — |
| 1967 | 778 | — | #310 | #3,994 |
| 1966 | 911 | — | #279 | — |
| 1965 | 1,054 | — | #266 | — |
| 1964 | 1,225 | — | #253 | — |
| 1963 | 1,301 | — | #245 | #3,666 |
| 1962 | 1,341 | — | #237 | — |
| 1961 | 1,560 | — | #216 | #3,662 |
| 1960 | 1,633 | — | #211 | #3,095 |
| 1959 | 1,790 | — | #199 | — |
| 1958 | 1,778 | — | #192 | — |
| 1957 | 1,699 | — | #203 | #3,570 |
| 1956 | 1,807 | — | #191 | — |
| 1955 | 1,987 | — | #175 | #3,905 |
| 1954 | 2,080 | — | #169 | #3,850 |
| 1953 | 2,311 | — | #153 | #3,443 |
| 1952 | 2,335 | — | #147 | #3,764 |
| 1951 | 2,502 | — | #134 | — |
| 1950 | 2,395 | — | #132 | #3,711 |
| 1949 | 2,395 | — | #133 | — |
| 1948 | 2,485 | — | #125 | #3,703 |
| 1947 | 2,912 | — | #118 | #3,750 |
| 1946 | 2,808 | — | #113 | #2,933 |
| 1945 | 2,778 | — | #99 | #2,758 |
| 1944 | 2,727 | — | #101 | #1,992 |
| 1943 | 3,153 | — | #90 | #2,975 |
| 1942 | 3,348 | — | #83 | #1,734 |
| 1941 | 3,297 | — | #77 | #3,157 |
| 1940 | 3,272 | — | #75 | #1,804 |
| 1939 | 3,598 | — | #69 | #1,495 |
| 1938 | 3,914 | — | #63 | #1,523 |
| 1937 | 3,828 | — | #60 | #1,404 |
| 1936 | 3,913 | — | #54 | #1,804 |
| 1935 | 3,692 | — | #59 | #2,727 |
| 1934 | 3,930 | — | #53 | #2,027 |
| 1933 | 3,195 | — | #74 | #2,373 |
| 1932 | 3,124 | — | #80 | #1,925 |
| 1931 | 3,228 | — | #77 | #2,335 |
| 1930 | 2,522 | — | #103 | #2,184 |
| 1929 | 2,406 | — | #105 | #2,998 |
| 1928 | 2,531 | — | #106 | #2,670 |
| 1927 | 2,570 | — | #108 | #3,467 |
| 1926 | 2,531 | — | #108 | #2,916 |
| 1925 | 2,280 | — | #120 | #4,233 |
| 1924 | 2,277 | — | #122 | — |
| 1923 | 2,096 | — | #127 | #3,843 |
| 1922 | 1,890 | — | #133 | #3,888 |
| 1921 | 1,837 | — | #138 | — |
| 1920 | 1,599 | — | #145 | #4,326 |
| 1919 | 1,427 | — | #156 | — |
| 1918 | 1,340 | — | #165 | — |
| 1917 | 1,208 | — | #167 | — |
| 1916 | 1,110 | — | #172 | #3,931 |
| 1915 | 864 | — | #193 | — |
| 1914 | 608 | — | #209 | — |
| 1913 | 471 | — | #218 | — |
| 1912 | 325 | — | #246 | — |
| 1911 | 226 | — | #257 | — |
| 1910 | 207 | — | #268 | — |
| 1909 | 160 | — | #282 | — |
| 1908 | 143 | — | #296 | — |
| 1907 | 101 | — | #351 | — |
| 1906 | 107 | — | #325 | — |
| 1905 | 77 | — | #386 | — |
| 1904 | 59 | — | #421 | — |
| 1903 | 67 | — | #388 | — |
| 1902 | 47 | — | #459 | — |
| 1901 | 38 | — | #488 | — |
| 1900 | 47 | — | #494 | — |
| 1899 | 33 | — | #514 | — |
| 1898 | 30 | — | #588 | — |
| 1897 | 28 | — | #569 | — |
| 1896 | 33 | — | #516 | — |
| 1895 | 23 | — | #639 | — |
| 1894 | 19 | — | #684 | — |
| 1893 | 17 | — | #716 | — |
| 1892 | 19 | — | #666 | — |
| 1891 | 13 | — | #754 | — |
| 1890 | 11 | — | #830 | — |
| 1889 | 5 | — | #1,293 | — |
| 1888 | 9 | — | #900 | — |