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Arleen

Pronounced AA0 R L IY1 N (ARPABET)

  • 2 syllables
  • Peaked 1939
  • 127 years in use
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How popular is Arleen?

Arleen is a girls' name, and first appears in 1898. It has been given to 12,604 children — the 1,239th most common girls' name on record.

It is still recorded, but barely: 435 births across the past decade, against a peak of 415 in a single year. That peak was in 1939.

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1939Girls: 415Boys: 0

Characteristics

  • 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
Pronunciations:
AA0 R L IY1 N
Stress pattern:
01
Syllables:
2

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Names like Arleen

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Sibling names for Arleen

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

Frequently asked questions

How popular is the name Arleen?
Arleen ranks 1,239th among girls' names in US records, with 12,604 births since 1898. Over the past decade it accounts for 435.
Is Arleen a unisex name?
No. Arleen is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Arleen most popular?
1939, when 415 children were given the name. It has been in use for 127 years and is still recorded as of 2024.