Fun Facts About the Name Arlyn
- More than 4 thousand babies named Arlyn: U.S. records list 4,525 babies given the name Arlyn from 1880 through 2025. Of these, 2,181 boys received the name Arlyn.
What Does the Name Arlyn Mean?
Arlyn is a given name used in English-speaking countries, mainly for girls and occasionally for boys. It is usually explained as a variant of Arlene or Arline, with the ending -lyn replacing the final syllable of those names. Arlene and Arline are themselves of uncertain etymology. Some modern name lists give the meaning 'pledge' or 'oath' for Arlene and similar names, but this sense is not securely documented. It may be a customary interpretation rather than a literal translation. Because the parent names have no agreed origin, the literal meaning of Arlyn is uncertain.
Arlyn Name History & Origins
Arlyn is found in English-speaking countries, especially the United States. Its development is tied to the names Arlene and Arline. Arline is known from the opera The Bohemian Girl (1843), where it belongs to the heroine; that literary use does not by itself establish the name's origin. Arlene is generally treated as a later variant of Arline, or possibly as a blend of Arline and Charlene. It became more common in the 20th century. Arlyn follows the same pattern, using the productive English suffix -lyn, which also appears in names such as Evelyn, Marilyn, and Carolyn. A masculine name Arlen is also used, and Arlyn can appear as a variant of it; the relationship between the masculine and feminine forms is not firmly established.
How Popular is the Name Arlyn?
Arlyn recorded its highest annual U.S. birth count in 1939. Its best rank was #738 in 1939.
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 | #3,987 | 36 | 0.0022% |
| 2024 | #3,507 | 44 | 0.0027% |
| 2023 | #3,842 | 39 | 0.0024% |
| 2022 | #3,279 | 49 | 0.0030% |
| 2021 | #4,519 | 30 | 0.0018% |
| 2020 | #3,182 | 49 | 0.0030% |
| 2019 | #3,933 | 37 | 0.0022% |
| 2018 | #3,794 | 39 | 0.0023% |
| 2017 | #3,396 | 46 | 0.0027% |
| 2016 | #3,933 | 38 | 0.0021% |
| 2015 | #3,537 | 44 | 0.0025% |
| 2014 | #4,189 | 35 | 0.0020% |
| 2013 | #3,083 | 53 | 0.0030% |
| 2012 | #3,047 | 55 | 0.0031% |
| 2011 | #3,554 | 44 | 0.0025% |
| 2010 | #3,210 | 51 | 0.0029% |
| 2009 | #3,163 | 53 | 0.0029% |
| 2008 | #3,059 | 56 | 0.0030% |
| 2007 | #3,002 | 59 | 0.0031% |
| 2006 | #3,418 | 47 | 0.0025% |
| 2005 | #3,593 | 41 | 0.0022% |
| 2004 | #2,891 | 55 | 0.0030% |
| 2003 | #2,773 | 56 | 0.0031% |
| 2002 | #3,104 | 46 | 0.0026% |
| 2001 | #3,555 | 37 | 0.0021% |
| 2000 | #3,276 | 41 | 0.0023% |
| 1999 | #3,191 | 40 | 0.0023% |
| 1998 | #2,761 | 48 | 0.0027% |
| 1997 | #3,374 | 34 | 0.0020% |
| 1996 | #4,597 | 22 | 0.0013% |
| 1995 | #4,685 | 21 | 0.0012% |
| 1994 | #4,698 | 21 | 0.0012% |
| 1993 | #5,696 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 1992 | #4,700 | 21 | 0.0011% |
| 1991 | #5,015 | 19 | 0.0010% |
| 1990 | #5,852 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 1989 | #4,129 | 23 | 0.0012% |
| 1988 | #7,159 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1987 | #6,826 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1986 | #4,984 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 1985 | #6,490 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1984 | #4,334 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 1983 | #5,482 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1982 | #8,294 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1981 | #4,978 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 1980 | #5,935 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 1979 | #7,365 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1978 | #6,420 | 9 | 0.0006% |
| 1977 | #6,385 | 9 | 0.0006% |
| 1976 | #5,622 | 10 | 0.0007% |
| 1975 | #7,220 | 7 | 0.0005% |
| 1974 | #5,800 | 9 | 0.0006% |
| 1973 | #5,215 | 10 | 0.0007% |
| 1972 | #5,499 | 9 | 0.0006% |
| 1971 | #5,154 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1970 | #4,512 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1969 | #5,480 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1968 | #6,300 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1967 | #5,483 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1966 | #4,513 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1965 | #4,849 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1964 | #5,504 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1963 | #4,283 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1962 | #4,279 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1961 | #4,024 | 11 | 0.0005% |
| 1960 | #4,454 | 9 | 0.0004% |
| 1959 | #4,652 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1958 | #3,760 | 11 | 0.0005% |
| 1956 | #3,922 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1955 | #3,103 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 1954 | #2,895 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 1953 | #3,702 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1952 | #3,046 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1951 | #2,250 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 1950 | #2,784 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 1949 | #2,629 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 1948 | #2,840 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 1947 | #2,357 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 1946 | #2,157 | 19 | 0.0012% |
| 1945 | #2,609 | 12 | 0.0009% |
| 1944 | #3,150 | 9 | 0.0007% |
| 1943 | #3,050 | 10 | 0.0007% |
| 1942 | #2,316 | 15 | 0.0011% |
| 1941 | #3,982 | 6 | 0.0005% |
| 1940 | #2,431 | 12 | 0.0010% |
| 1939 | #3,448 | 7 | 0.0006% |
| 1938 | #2,233 | 14 | 0.0013% |
| 1937 | #1,582 | 23 | 0.0022% |
| 1936 | #1,807 | 18 | 0.0017% |
| 1935 | #1,784 | 19 | 0.0018% |
| 1934 | #1,607 | 22 | 0.0021% |
| 1933 | #1,782 | 19 | 0.0019% |
| 1932 | #2,143 | 15 | 0.0014% |
| 1931 | #2,209 | 14 | 0.0013% |
| 1930 | #1,820 | 20 | 0.0018% |
| 1929 | #2,933 | 10 | 0.0009% |
| 1928 | #2,195 | 16 | 0.0014% |
| 1927 | #1,941 | 20 | 0.0017% |
| 1926 | #2,360 | 15 | 0.0013% |
| 1925 | #2,494 | 14 | 0.0012% |
| 1924 | #1,875 | 22 | 0.0018% |
| 1923 | #3,378 | 9 | 0.0007% |
| 1922 | #3,166 | 10 | 0.0008% |
| 1921 | #2,778 | 12 | 0.0010% |
| 1920 | #3,355 | 9 | 0.0008% |
| 1919 | #3,234 | 9 | 0.0008% |
| 1918 | #3,258 | 9 | 0.0008% |
| 1917 | #4,122 | 6 | 0.0006% |
| 1916 | #2,843 | 10 | 0.0010% |
| 1915 | #2,913 | 9 | 0.0009% |
| 1914 | #3,652 | 5 | 0.0007% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #5,630 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 2024 | #6,191 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 2023 | #6,550 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 2022 | #6,505 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2021 | #8,221 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2020 | #8,125 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2019 | #5,357 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 2018 | #5,794 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2017 | #8,198 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2016 | #6,384 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2015 | #8,803 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2014 | #7,594 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2013 | #7,577 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2012 | #7,597 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2011 | #10,910 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2010 | #8,867 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2009 | #11,104 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2008 | #9,932 | 7 | 0.0003% |
| 2007 | #8,226 | 9 | 0.0004% |
| 2005 | #8,355 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2004 | #10,049 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2003 | #9,662 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2000 | #10,478 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1999 | #10,024 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1998 | #8,550 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1995 | #5,953 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1994 | #5,898 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1993 | #6,863 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1992 | #6,712 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1991 | #5,981 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1989 | #7,987 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 1988 | #5,226 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1983 | #4,152 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1982 | #4,255 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1981 | #4,538 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1980 | #3,435 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1979 | #3,579 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1978 | #2,072 | 23 | 0.0014% |
| 1977 | #3,049 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 1976 | #2,514 | 17 | 0.0011% |
| 1975 | #2,644 | 15 | 0.0010% |
| 1974 | #2,280 | 18 | 0.0011% |
| 1973 | #2,611 | 14 | 0.0009% |
| 1972 | #2,327 | 16 | 0.0010% |
| 1971 | #2,060 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 1970 | #2,217 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 1969 | #2,050 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 1968 | #3,386 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1967 | #2,777 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1966 | #1,970 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 1965 | #1,776 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 1964 | #1,796 | 20 | 0.0010% |
| 1963 | #1,660 | 23 | 0.0011% |
| 1962 | #1,626 | 24 | 0.0012% |
| 1961 | #1,520 | 28 | 0.0013% |
| 1960 | #1,489 | 29 | 0.0014% |
| 1959 | #1,246 | 39 | 0.0018% |
| 1958 | #1,345 | 33 | 0.0016% |
| 1957 | #1,512 | 27 | 0.0013% |
| 1956 | #1,140 | 44 | 0.0021% |
| 1955 | #1,421 | 29 | 0.0014% |
| 1954 | #1,268 | 35 | 0.0017% |
| 1953 | #1,333 | 32 | 0.0016% |
| 1952 | #1,269 | 34 | 0.0017% |
| 1951 | #1,054 | 46 | 0.0024% |
| 1950 | #1,184 | 37 | 0.0021% |
| 1949 | #1,145 | 38 | 0.0021% |
| 1948 | #1,195 | 36 | 0.0021% |
| 1947 | #1,036 | 48 | 0.0026% |
| 1946 | #944 | 50 | 0.0031% |
| 1945 | #995 | 41 | 0.0030% |
| 1944 | #1,087 | 37 | 0.0027% |
| 1943 | #1,054 | 41 | 0.0029% |
| 1942 | #958 | 48 | 0.0035% |
| 1941 | #905 | 49 | 0.0040% |
| 1940 | #929 | 47 | 0.0041% |
| 1939 | #738 | 66 | 0.0060% |
| 1938 | #977 | 42 | 0.0038% |
| 1937 | #1,034 | 38 | 0.0036% |
| 1936 | #882 | 48 | 0.0046% |
| 1935 | #1,078 | 36 | 0.0035% |
| 1934 | #860 | 53 | 0.0051% |
| 1933 | #1,031 | 39 | 0.0039% |
| 1932 | #1,059 | 40 | 0.0038% |
| 1931 | #1,130 | 36 | 0.0035% |
| 1930 | #1,218 | 34 | 0.0031% |
| 1929 | #1,175 | 35 | 0.0033% |
| 1928 | #1,651 | 21 | 0.0019% |
| 1927 | #1,648 | 22 | 0.0020% |
| 1926 | #1,406 | 27 | 0.0024% |
| 1925 | #1,452 | 26 | 0.0023% |
| 1924 | #1,578 | 24 | 0.0021% |
| 1923 | #2,228 | 14 | 0.0013% |
| 1922 | #2,347 | 13 | 0.0012% |
| 1921 | #2,506 | 12 | 0.0011% |
| 1920 | #1,753 | 20 | 0.0019% |
| 1919 | #4,190 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1918 | #2,893 | 9 | 0.0009% |
| 1917 | #3,235 | 7 | 0.0008% |
| 1916 | #2,270 | 12 | 0.0013% |
| 1915 | #3,103 | 7 | 0.0008% |
| 1914 | #2,463 | 8 | 0.0012% |
| 1913 | #2,843 | 5 | 0.0010% |
| 1912 | #2,567 | 5 | 0.0012% |
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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How the Name Arlyn Shapes Your Personality and Life?
Powerful and complete. You are good intellectually and require several outlets for your energies. You are not a builder but a planner, and you want others to carry out your plans. You are bold, independent, inquisitive and interested in research. You know what you want and why you want it.
You are very intuitive. You have a reservoir of inspired wisdom combined with inherited analytical ability, which could reward you through expressions of spiritual leadership, business analysis, marketing, artistic visions, and scientific research. Operating on spiritual side of your individuality can bring you to the great heights, and drop you off if you neglect your spiritual identity. You are always looking for an opportunity to investigate the unknown, to use and show your mental abilities, to find the purpose and meaning of life. You want to grow wise and to understand people and things. You need privacy to replenish your energy. You have a unique way of thinking, intuitive, reflective, absorbing.
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