Arlis is an uncommon name used for both girls and boys that peaked in 1931 and has grown less common since.
Arlis is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #4,409 for boy births in the United States (and #9,416 across all names), given to 23 babies. Arlis first appears in 1906 and peaked in 1931 (48 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23 | 23 | — | #4,409 |
| 2024 | 19 | 19 | — | #5,083 |
| 2023 | 16 | 16 | — | #5,681 |
| 2022 | 14 | 14 | — | #6,173 |
| 2021 | 22 | 22 | — | #4,504 |
| 2020 | 6 | 6 | — | #10,709 |
| 2019 | 7 | 7 | — | #9,831 |
| 2018 | 22 | 22 | — | #4,490 |
| 2017 | 14 | 14 | — | #6,081 |
| 2016 | 9 | 9 | — | #8,200 |
| 2015 | 15 | 15 | — | #5,762 |
| 2014 | 9 | 9 | — | #8,192 |
| 2013 | 6 | 6 | — | #10,835 |
| 2012 | 9 | 9 | — | #8,203 |
| 2011 | 13 | 13 | — | #6,283 |
| 2010 | 6 | 6 | — | #10,868 |
| 2009 | 6 | 6 | — | #11,103 |
| 2008 | 10 | 10 | #17,838 | #12,698 |
| 2007 | 7 | 7 | — | #9,859 |
| 2006 | 6 | 6 | — | #10,771 |
| 2005 | 7 | 7 | — | #9,195 |
| 2003 | 6 | 6 | — | #9,661 |
| 2002 | 5 | 5 | — | #10,802 |
| 2000 | 6 | 6 | — | #9,167 |
| 1999 | 6 | 6 | — | #8,784 |
| 1998 | 6 | 6 | — | #8,548 |
| 1997 | 8 | — | — | #6,653 |
| 1996 | 7 | — | — | #7,188 |
| 1994 | 5 | — | — | #8,877 |
| 1992 | 12 | — | — | #4,588 |
| 1991 | 7 | — | — | #6,562 |
| 1990 | 6 | — | — | #7,234 |
| 1989 | 6 | — | — | #7,003 |
| 1987 | 7 | — | — | #5,494 |
| 1985 | 12 | — | — | #3,612 |
| 1983 | 7 | — | — | #4,951 |
| 1982 | 6 | — | — | #5,676 |
| 1981 | 9 | — | — | #4,173 |
| 1980 | 9 | — | — | #4,159 |
| 1979 | 6 | — | — | #5,394 |
| 1978 | 11 | — | — | #3,410 |
| 1977 | 6 | — | — | #5,167 |
| 1976 | 14 | — | — | #2,835 |
| 1975 | 10 | — | — | #3,445 |
| 1973 | 8 | — | — | #3,725 |
| 1972 | 13 | — | — | #2,668 |
| 1970 | 11 | — | — | #2,902 |
| 1969 | 17 | — | — | #2,048 |
| 1968 | 9 | — | — | #2,920 |
| 1967 | 12 | — | — | #2,359 |
| 1966 | 13 | — | — | #2,221 |
| 1965 | 15 | — | — | #2,092 |
| 1964 | 17 | — | #6,048 | #2,551 |
| 1963 | 16 | — | #6,653 | #2,545 |
| 1962 | 17 | — | #6,627 | #2,372 |
| 1961 | 19 | — | #4,908 | #2,547 |
| 1960 | 20 | — | #6,431 | #2,123 |
| 1959 | 26 | — | #4,040 | #2,037 |
| 1958 | 36 | — | #3,554 | #1,595 |
| 1957 | 27 | — | #6,129 | #1,716 |
| 1956 | 26 | — | #4,179 | #1,948 |
| 1955 | 34 | — | #3,102 | #1,725 |
| 1954 | 33 | — | #3,026 | #1,765 |
| 1953 | 35 | — | #2,518 | #1,902 |
| 1952 | 36 | — | #2,505 | #1,808 |
| 1951 | 36 | — | #3,113 | #1,522 |
| 1950 | 32 | — | #2,657 | #1,817 |
| 1949 | 50 | — | #2,276 | #1,297 |
| 1948 | 41 | — | #2,074 | #1,706 |
| 1947 | 60 | — | #2,090 | #1,176 |
| 1946 | 47 | — | #2,398 | #1,260 |
| 1945 | 47 | — | #1,829 | #1,298 |
| 1944 | 50 | — | #2,519 | #1,086 |
| 1943 | 61 | — | #1,558 | #1,218 |
| 1942 | 61 | — | #1,670 | #1,140 |
| 1941 | 41 | — | #1,886 | #1,448 |
| 1940 | 61 | — | #1,850 | #995 |
| 1939 | 56 | — | #1,736 | #1,070 |
| 1938 | 61 | — | #1,444 | #1,110 |
| 1937 | 64 | — | #1,581 | #985 |
| 1936 | 69 | — | #1,415 | #950 |
| 1935 | 69 | — | #1,166 | #1,167 |
| 1934 | 62 | — | #1,772 | #971 |
| 1933 | 66 | — | #1,403 | #1,029 |
| 1932 | 63 | — | #1,759 | #1,004 |
| 1931 | 69 | — | #1,693 | #941 |
| 1930 | 58 | — | #1,460 | #1,300 |
| 1929 | 53 | — | #1,710 | #1,272 |
| 1928 | 67 | — | #1,594 | #1,096 |
| 1927 | 65 | — | #1,730 | #1,112 |
| 1926 | 38 | — | #2,359 | #1,565 |
| 1925 | 56 | — | #2,121 | #1,144 |
| 1924 | 46 | — | #3,158 | #1,205 |
| 1923 | 51 | — | #2,599 | #1,158 |
| 1922 | 51 | — | #2,785 | #1,141 |
| 1921 | 44 | — | #2,644 | #1,331 |
| 1920 | 39 | — | #3,354 | #1,323 |
| 1919 | 26 | — | — | #1,409 |
| 1918 | 23 | — | — | #1,542 |
| 1917 | 22 | — | — | #1,532 |
| 1916 | 25 | — | #4,469 | #1,597 |
| 1915 | 25 | — | #4,322 | #1,555 |
| 1914 | 10 | — | — | #2,111 |
| 1913 | 14 | — | — | #1,442 |
| 1912 | 7 | — | — | #2,057 |
| 1911 | 10 | — | #2,495 | #1,755 |
| 1910 | 5 | — | #2,430 | — |
| 1906 | 5 | — | — | #1,260 |