girls' name ★ peaked 2025

Arlette

Gender Girl Rank 2025 #494 Trend ↑ Rising 92%
Rank 2025
#494
among girls · ↑90 vs 2024
Babies in 2025
600
named Arlette · +16% vs 2024
How common
1 in 2,679
girls born in 2025
Peak year
2025
600 babies
All-time total
8,109
#1,893 all-time among girls
First recorded
1913
in Social Security records

Arlette popularity over time

8,109 babies have been named Arlette since 1913, according to official Social Security records. Switch measure to see births per year or the yearly rank.

Measure
Births per 1,000 babies of that sex, comparable across eras
0.10.20.30.418801900192019401960198020002020Peak 2025Girls

By decade. Change compares yearly averages, so the current partial decade is on equal footing. Best rank is the name's best yearly rank within the decade.

Decade Girls Per year Change Best rank
1880s – – – –
1890s – – – –
1900s – – – –
1910s 61 6 – #2,558
1920s 237 24 +289% #1,071
1930s 241 24 +2% #1,127
1940s 308 31 +28% #1,306
1950s 382 38 +24% #1,346
1960s 399 40 +4% #1,360
1970s 199 20 -50% #2,269
1980s 220 22 +11% #2,990
1990s 415 42 +89% #2,284
2000s 1,415 142 +241% #1,186
2010s 1,883 188 +33% #895
2020s (to 2025) 2,349 392 +108% #494

Where Arlette is heading

A five-year projection from the recent trend in births per 1,000 girls (damped so it flattens over time), converted to babies at today's birth totals. The implied rank places that projection in the 2025 field. A projection, not a promise: real trends bend.

Year Projected babies Per 1,000 girls Implied rank
2026 666 0.41 #463
2027 729 0.45 #428
2028 786 0.49 #395
2029 838 0.52 #364
2030 885 0.55 #345

Where Arlette is most popular

Girls named Arlette per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021–2025. National average: 0.260 per 1,000. Strongest in California, Texas, and Arizona.

Vs national average
well below below near national above well above no data

All 50 states and DC, sorted by rate. Counts are girls named Arlette born 2021–2025; the per-1,000 rate makes states of different sizes comparable, and the last column shows each state against the national average.

State Girls 2021–2025 Per 1,000 vs national
California 547 0.651 +150%
Texas 519 0.645 +148%
Arizona 76 0.542 +108%
Nevada 24 0.517 +99%
New Mexico 11 0.452 +74%
New Jersey 61 0.338 +30%
Utah 27 0.324 +25%
Kansas 18 0.312 +20%
Illinois 71 0.310 +19%
Colorado 31 0.278 +7%
New York 104 0.263 ≈ national
Washington 34 0.235 -10%
North Carolina 53 0.233 -11%
Maryland 21 0.198 -24%
Tennessee 31 0.196 -25%
Oklahoma 14 0.190 -27%
Florida 78 0.182 -30%
Georgia 40 0.176 -32%
Oregon 11 0.169 -35%
Massachusetts 19 0.157 -40%
Iowa 8 0.137 -47%
Virginia 23 0.135 -48%
Minnesota 12 0.111 -57%
Pennsylvania 25 0.106 -59%
Arkansas 5 0.095 -64%
Louisiana 7 0.080 -69%
Wisconsin 7 0.068 -74%
Indiana 6 0.043 -84%
Ohio 10 0.042 -84%
Alaska – – –
Alabama – – –
Connecticut – – –
District of Columbia – – –
Delaware – – –
Hawaii – – –
Idaho – – –
Kentucky – – –
Maine – – –
Michigan – – –
Missouri – – –
Mississippi – – –
Montana – – –
North Dakota – – –
Nebraska – – –
New Hampshire – – –
Rhode Island – – –
South Carolina – – –
South Dakota – – –
Vermont – – –
West Virginia – – –
Wyoming – – –

State counts come from the Social Security Administration's state files, which omit any state-year with fewer than five babies of a name, so small states can undercount slightly.

The story of Arlette

Arlette is moderately common for girls in the United States, ranked #494 in 2025 with 600 babies given the name. It is currently rising compared with a decade ago.

Since 1913, 8,109 American babies have been named Arlette. Its peak came in 2025, when 600 newborns received the name, the signature sound of the 2020s.

The chart above shows the full history: the popularity view (births per 1,000 babies) is the honest comparison across generations, since total US births have changed enormously since 1880. Switch to the rank view to see where Arlette stood among all girls' names in any year, or use the compare tool to plot it against other names.

How old are people named Arlette?

The median living Arlette is about 12 years old; half are between 4 and 25. An estimated 7,400 people named Arlette are alive in the United States today.

median 12 020406080100

Estimated from births per year and Social Security period life tables; an approximation of the living age distribution, by age in years.

Arlette year by year

Every year since 2001, and five-year steps back to 1880. Rank is within each sex.

Year Girls Girls rank
2025 600 #494
2024 517 #584
2023 383 #735
2022 352 #800
2021 259 #993
2020 238 #1,050
2019 272 #965
2018 301 #895
2017 234 #1,083
2016 254 #1,039
2015 128 #1,670
2014 112 #1,819
2013 144 #1,525
2012 148 #1,503
2011 142 #1,543
2010 148 #1,514
2009 108 #1,936
2008 127 #1,745
2007 140 #1,599
2006 150 #1,474
2005 151 #1,418
2004 189 #1,186
2003 179 #1,195
2002 171 #1,193
2001 122 #1,524
2000 78 #2,090
1995 38 #3,030
1990 20 #4,707
1985 18 #4,293
1980 25 #3,325
1975 23 #3,060
1970 34 #2,269
1965 34 #1,994
1960 38 #1,836
1955 51 #1,405
1950 30 #1,727
1945 20 #1,878
1940 29 #1,407
1935 29 #1,358
1930 33 #1,325
1925 19 #2,027
1920 20 #1,955
1915 8 #3,155
1910 – –
1905 – –
1900 – –
1895 – –
1890 – –
1885 – –
1880 – –

Famous people named Arlette

The most globally famous bearers of the name, ranked by fame across Wikipedia editions (Pantheon project, MIT).

  1. 1 Arlette Laguiller Arlette Laguiller French politician (born 1940) Contemporary

Portraits from Wikipedia (Wikimedia Commons).

Frequently asked questions

Quick answers about Arlette, drawn from the same Social Security data as the charts above.

How old is the average Arlette?

The median living Arlette is about 12 years old. Half of all living Arlettes are between 4 and 25 years old.

How many people named Arlette are alive today?

An estimated 7,400 people named Arlette are alive in the United States, based on 8,109 recorded births and Social Security life tables.

How popular is the name Arlette in 2025?

Arlette ranked #494 among girls' names in the United States in 2025, with 600 babies given the name, according to Social Security Administration data.

How many people are named Arlette?

8,109 babies have been named Arlette in the United States since 1913, based on Social Security card applications.

When was the name Arlette most popular?

Arlette peaked in 2025, when 600 newborns received the name.

Is Arlette a boy or girl name?

Arlette is overwhelmingly a girl's name: 100% of babies with the name.

Is the name Arlette rising or falling?

Arlette is on the rise, noticeably more popular now than a decade ago.

Will Arlette become more popular?

Arlette is trending upward. If the recent trend holds, we project roughly 885 girls named Arlette in 2030, which would rank around #345. Forecasts assume the current trend continues and become less certain further out.

Who are famous people named Arlette?

Well-known people named Arlette include Arlette Laguiller (politician).

Names like Arlette

Names that sound and feel close to Arlette: shared sounds, similar era, similar popularity. Each links to its full history.

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