Fun Facts About the Name Arleth
- More than 6 thousand babies named Arleth: U.S. records list 6,847 babies given the name Arleth from 1880 through 2025. Even 11 boys received the name Arleth - about 1 boy for every 621 girls.
What Does the Name Arleth Mean?
Arleth is a feminine name used mainly in Spanish-speaking countries, particularly Mexico, and it is generally treated as a spelling variant of the French name Arlette (also written Arlet). Arlette is a diminutive form of the medieval Norman name Herleva, and the meaning of that older name is not settled. Herleva is usually described as Germanic in origin, and some explanations connect its first element to a Germanic root for "army," but the second element and the overall sense are disputed. Because the derivation rests on an uncertain medieval name, the meaning of Arleth is best given as uncertain rather than as a fixed translation.
Arleth Name History & Origins
The name behind Arleth belongs to medieval Normandy. Herleva - also recorded as Herleve and in later tradition as Arlete or Arlotte - was the name of the mother of William the Conqueror, born around the early eleventh century at Falaise. The form Arlette is a later French rendering of that name, formed with the French diminutive ending -ette. Arlette remained in use in France and is also found in other French-speaking regions.
As French names spread into the Spanish-speaking world, Arlette and the shorter Arlet were adopted and re-spelled to suit local writing habits; Arleth is one such form, replacing the French ending with a th spelling. In this way Arleth shares the history of Arlette rather than having a separate origin of its own. Whether each modern use of Arleth is a direct borrowing from French, or whether some instances are independent coinages built from the same sound, is not documented; the name's recorded use belongs to the modern period rather than to the medieval era of Herleva.
How Popular is the Name Arleth?
Arleth recorded its highest annual U.S. birth count in 2025. Its best rank was #269 in 2025.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #269 | 1,156 | 0.0719% |
| 2024 | #429 | 715 | 0.0443% |
| 2023 | #559 | 536 | 0.0334% |
| 2022 | #638 | 462 | 0.0282% |
| 2021 | #962 | 270 | 0.0165% |
| 2020 | #1,225 | 187 | 0.0116% |
| 2019 | #1,117 | 218 | 0.0130% |
| 2018 | #1,071 | 237 | 0.0139% |
| 2017 | #1,130 | 219 | 0.0127% |
| 2016 | #1,033 | 256 | 0.0145% |
| 2015 | #1,796 | 116 | 0.0065% |
| 2014 | #1,942 | 103 | 0.0058% |
| 2013 | #2,004 | 97 | 0.0055% |
| 2012 | #1,919 | 103 | 0.0058% |
| 2011 | #1,619 | 133 | 0.0076% |
| 2010 | #1,546 | 144 | 0.0081% |
| 2009 | #1,199 | 209 | 0.0114% |
| 2008 | #1,775 | 124 | 0.0066% |
| 2007 | #1,490 | 155 | 0.0081% |
| 2006 | #1,097 | 229 | 0.0120% |
| 2005 | #820 | 314 | 0.0170% |
| 2004 | #1,315 | 162 | 0.0088% |
| 2003 | #1,424 | 139 | 0.0076% |
| 2002 | #1,252 | 158 | 0.0088% |
| 2001 | #1,600 | 115 | 0.0064% |
| 2000 | #1,690 | 104 | 0.0057% |
| 1999 | #2,312 | 64 | 0.0036% |
| 1998 | #4,381 | 25 | 0.0014% |
| 1997 | #2,700 | 46 | 0.0026% |
| 1996 | #5,307 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 1995 | #13,609 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1994 | #11,912 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1993 | #13,631 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1991 | #11,631 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #10,800 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 2023 | #12,386 | 5 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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