Arlan Boy
How popular is Arlan?
#2,390 boy name in 2025
57 baby boys were named Arlan in the US in 2025, making it the 2390th most popular boy name.
Arlan popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #2,390 for boys (▲ 360 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 57 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+138% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #4,177 in 2015, #2,805 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1936 (87 boys) |
| Highest rank | #625 in 1936 |
| First recorded | 1912 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Arlan counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Arlen family of names ranked #927 for boys in 2025 (#961 the year before), with 226 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Arlan is most popular
Babies named Arlan per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Pennsylvania: 0.2 per 1,000 (43 boys)
- Indiana: 0.0 per 1,000 (6 boys)
- New York: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 boys)
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (8 boys)
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 boys)
Arlan by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 90 | #1,884 |
| 1920s | 264 | #1,214 |
| 1930s | 604 | #625 |
| 1940s | 606 | #746 |
| 1950s | 517 | #938 |
| 1960s | 309 | #1,151 |
| 1970s | 169 | #1,744 |
| 1980s | 122 | #2,777 |
| 1990s | 104 | #4,161 |
| 2000s | 134 | #4,219 |
| 2010s | 245 | #3,104 |
| 2020s | 270 | #2,390 |
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Questions
- Is Arlan a boy or girl name?
- Arlan is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Arlan were boys.
- How popular is the name Arlan?
- 57 baby boys were named Arlan in the US in 2025, making it the 2390th most popular boy name.
- When was Arlan most popular?
- Arlan peaked in 1936, when 87 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #625 in 1936.
- How many people are named Arlan?
- 3,434 babies have been named Arlan in the US since 1880. We estimate about 2,017 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 56.
- Where is Arlan most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Arlan was most common in Pennsylvania, at 0.2 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.