Arlene

Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Meaning

Arleen or Arlene is an Irish feminine given name and variant of Carlene or Charlene and in the French derived from feminine diminutive of Charles.

From Wikipedia

Arlene first appears in the data in 1888 and has been recorded in 137 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1934 with 3,917 babies (rank #53 that year). In 2024 it was given to 111 girls (rank #1,798). The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Arlene

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Arlene yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

1Destiny numberThe leaderIndependent, pioneering, drawn to going first.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
11Soul urgeThe visionary (master)Intuitive and inspirational — a heightened 2.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
8PersonalityThe achieverDriven, capable, comfortable wielding influence.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

143,241

Total babies (all years)

137

Years in the data

3,917

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

Famous people named Arlene

Arlene Dahlfilm actor · b. 1925
Arlene Fosterpolitician · b. 1970
Arlene Francisgame show host · b. 1907

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1888	9	#900
1889	5	#1,293
1890	11	#830
1891	13	#754
1892	19	#666
1893	17	#716
1894	19	#684
1895	23	#639
1896	33	#516
1897	28	#569
1898	30	#588
1899	33	#514
1900	47	#494
1901	38	#488
1902	47	#459
1903	67	#388
1904	59	#421
1905	77	#386
1906	107	#325
1907	101	#351
1908	143	#296
1909	160	#282
1910	207	#268
1911	226	#257
1912	325	#246
1913	471	#218
1914	608	#209
1915	864	#193
1916	1,105	#172
1917	1,208	#167
1918	1,340	#165
1919	1,427	#156
1920	1,594	#145
1921	1,837	#138
1922	1,884	#133
1923	2,090	#127
1924	2,277	#122
1925	2,275	#120
1926	2,522	#108
1927	2,563	#108
1928	2,521	#106
1929	2,398	#105
1930	2,509	#103
1931	3,217	#77
1932	3,109	#80
1933	3,185	#74
1934	3,917	#53
1935	3,684	#59
1936	3,898	#54
1937	3,806	#60
1938	3,893	#63
1939	3,578	#69
1940	3,257	#75
1941	3,291	#77
1942	3,331	#83
1943	3,145	#90
1944	2,714	#101
1945	2,771	#99
1946	2,801	#113
1947	2,907	#118
1948	2,480	#125
1949	2,395	#133
1950	2,390	#132
1951	2,502	#134
1952	2,330	#147
1953	2,305	#153
1954	2,075	#169
1955	1,982	#175
1956	1,807	#191
1957	1,693	#203
1958	1,778	#192
1959	1,791	#199
1960	1,624	#211
1961	1,554	#216
1962	1,341	#237
1963	1,295	#245
1964	1,224	#253
1965	1,053	#266
1966	911	#279
1967	773	#310
1968	719	#324
1969	738	#330
1970	718	#349
1971	605	#380
1972	500	#401
1973	501	#400
1974	435	#444
1975	408	#462
1976	416	#462
1977	391	#487
1978	355	#521
1979	325	#564
1980	371	#520
1981	413	#495
1982	421	#487
1983	369	#516
1984	350	#543
1985	347	#568
1986	353	#565
1987	364	#551
1988	341	#591
1989	341	#622
1990	314	#680
1991	332	#659
1992	369	#616
1993	342	#652
1994	298	#702
1995	297	#705
1996	302	#705
1997	319	#679
1998	304	#726
1999	313	#722
2000	286	#798
2001	280	#827
2002	318	#760
2003	285	#849
2004	244	#974
2005	307	#830
2006	242	#1,056
2007	225	#1,141
2008	234	#1,104
2009	194	#1,259
2010	208	#1,166
2011	179	#1,314
2012	157	#1,452
2013	159	#1,426
2014	150	#1,487
2015	171	#1,381
2016	148	#1,524
2017	153	#1,466
2018	114	#1,787
2019	120	#1,727
2020	134	#1,569
2021	115	#1,769
2022	119	#1,740
2023	112	#1,804
2024	111	#1,798