Aaliyah-Mae vs Arlo
Aaliyah-Mae and Arlocompared on official birth-registration statistics and Namewise's recorded data. This page states what each name's record shows — it never picks a winner or scores one name against the other.
Head to head
Ranks are only compared within one published list and one year. Two ranks from different years, from a boys' and a girls' list, or from different registrars are not comparable, so they are not placed side by side.
England and Wales · Girls
In 2025, Aaliyah-Mae was ranked #4201 and Arlo #3035 among girls in England and Wales.
Aaliyah-Mae and Arlo over time
Aaliyah-Mae and Arlo appear together in 1 published list, across 8 years of shared records. Arlo held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Aaliyah-Mae in 0.
The order between them changed and held in one of those lists — a change in that published list, never a claim that one name displaced the other.
Counted list by list. Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale in the same year, so those comparisons are real — but positions from different lists are not, so nothing here is combined into an overall standing.
List by list
England and Wales · Girls8 shared years, 2016–2025
Aaliyah-Mae held the stronger position in 1 of those years, Arlo in 7.
Highest recorded here: Aaliyah-Mae #3218 in 2023, Arlo #1469 in 2023.
The order changed in 2017: Arlo moved ahead. In 2016 they stood at #3609 and #4096; by 2017 that had become #5765 and #3583.
Most recent shared year, 2025: Aaliyah-Mae #4201, Arlo #3035.
Two names moving past each other in a ranking is a fact about the ranking. Namewise does not claim one name displaced the other, that families chose between them, or that either influenced the other — none of that is in this data.
Side by side
| Field | Aaliyah-Mae | Arlo |
|---|---|---|
| Record type | Official statistical record (evidence-only) | Editorially researched profile |
| Gender usage | female | male |
| Meaning | Not yet recorded | Meaning uncertain — likely derived by Edmund Spenser from the real Irish place name Aherlow ('between two highlands') for the fictional Arlo Hill in The Faerie Queene (1590). |
| Origin | Not yet recorded | Irish (place name origin, via literary adaptation) |
| Pronunciation | Not yet recorded | /ˈɑɹ.loʊ/ |
| Syllables | 3 | 2 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | GB-ENW | AU-NSW, GB-ENW, GB-NIR, GB-SCT, IE, NZ |
| Most recent popularity observation | England and Wales · Girls #4201 (2025) | England and Wales · Boys #15 (2025) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | 90/100 |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 58/100 | 95/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 40/100 | 100/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Arlo has a recorded origin (Irish (place name origin, via literary adaptation)); Aaliyah-Mae does not have one recorded yet.
- Aaliyah-Mae has 3 syllables, compared with 2 for Arlo.
- A meaning is recorded for Arlo; Aaliyah-Mae doesn't have one written yet.
- Both names have recorded usage in GB-ENW.
How each name got here
Aaliyah-Mae
Popularity journey
First recorded2011
First recorded at #5785 among girls in England and Wales in 2011 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2011–2025
Highest recorded position: #3218 among girls in England and Wales, in 2023 (recorded 2011–2025).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #4201 among girls in England and Wales, in 2025.
England and Wales · Girls
Arlo
Popularity journey
First recorded1999
First recorded at #2943 among boys in England and Wales in 1999 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2013–2023
Highest recorded position: #10 among boys in New Zealand, in 2017 (recorded 2013–2023).
New Zealand · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #3035 among girls in England and Wales, in 2025.
England and Wales · Girls