Feminine dossier · first seen 1898

Arleen

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Arleen
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 93.3% from peak

Peak era

1939

Peak rank proxy

415

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Silent Generation

1898Peak 19392024

Peak year

1939

Decline from peak

93.3%

2024

All-time

12,592

Arleen once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1939, when 415 girls were named Arleen.

In 2024, only 28 girls were given the name.

Down 93.3% from its peak.

All told, about 12,592 Americans have been named Arleen and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1898.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationSilent Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 93.3% from peak

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