Arlando vs Arline
American parents have registered 17,626 Arlines since 1880, against 568 Arlandos. But in 2025 it was Arlando that was commoner, 5 babies to fewer than five.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Arlando Arline
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 140 years in which either name was published, Arline for 116 years and Arlando for 24 years. The lead changed hands 23 times.
- 1883–1973 Arline ahead
- 1974–1980 Arlando ahead, apart from one short spell
- 1997–2005 Arline ahead
- 2008–2012 Arlando ahead
- 2018–2021 Arline ahead
- 2022–2025 Arlando ahead
17 shorter spells of a year or two are folded into the spans above rather than listed separately.
Side by side
| Arlando | Arline | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 568 | 17,626 |
| Most in one year | 30 | 677 |
| Babies in 2025 | 5 | under 5 |
| Estimated living today | 530 | 3,800 |
| Median age today | 38 | 79 |
| Peak year | 1975 | 1924 |
| Best rank | 1,658th boys | 253rd girls |
| Rank in 2025 | 12,008th | unranked |
| First recorded | 1913 | 1883 |
| Girls / boys | 0 / 568 | 17,590 / 36 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Arlines alive today are over 79; half the Arlandos are over 38. That is 41 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Arlando and Arline.