Feminine dossier · first seen 1888

Arlene

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

Endangered Down 97.2% from peak

Peak era

1934

Peak rank proxy

3,917

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Silent Generation

1888Peak 19342024

Peak year

1934

Decline from peak

97.2%

2024

111

All-time

142,880

Arlene 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 1934, when 3,917 girls were named Arlene.

In 2024, only 111 girls were given the name.

Down 97.2% from its peak.

All told, about 142,880 Americans have been named Arlene and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1888.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationSilent Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 97.2% from peak

19343,917 girls named Arlene

2024111 girls named Arlene

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