Arlo vs Indiana
Arlo and Indianacompared 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 · Boys
In 2025, Arlo was ranked #15 and Indiana #1538 among boys in England and Wales.
England and Wales · Girls
In 2025, Arlo was ranked #3035 and Indiana #816 among girls in England and Wales.
Arlo and Indiana over time
Arlo and Indiana appear together in 2 published lists, across 38 years of shared records. Neither was ahead in more lists than the other.
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.
Indiana reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 2 of those lists, and Arlo in none. Each position is a place inside its own list, so this compares when they peaked and never how high.
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 · Boys27 shared years, 1999–2025
Arlo held the stronger position in 26 of those years, Indiana in 1.
Highest recorded here: Arlo #14 in 2023, Indiana #996 in 2015.
The order changed in 2000: Arlo moved ahead. In 1999 they stood at #2943 and #2425; by 2000 that had become #2142 and #3036.
Most recent shared year, 2025: Arlo #15, Indiana #1538.
England and Wales · Girls11 shared years, 2015–2025
Arlo held the stronger position in 0 of those years, Indiana in 11.
Highest recorded here: Arlo #1469 in 2023, Indiana #453 in 2019.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2025: Arlo #3035, Indiana #816.
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 | Arlo | Indiana |
|---|---|---|
| Record type | Editorially researched profile | Official statistical record (evidence-only) |
| Gender usage | male | Used for both boys and girls |
| Meaning | 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). | Not yet recorded |
| Origin | Irish (place name origin, via literary adaptation) | Not yet recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈɑɹ.loʊ/ | Not yet recorded |
| Syllables | 2 | 3 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | AU-NSW, GB-ENW, GB-NIR, GB-SCT, IE, NZ | AU-NSW, GB-ENW, IE |
| Most recent popularity observation | England and Wales · Boys #15 (2025) | England and Wales · Girls #816 (2025) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | 90/100 | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 95/100 | 82/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 100/100 | 100/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Arlo has a recorded origin (Irish (place name origin, via literary adaptation)); Indiana does not have one recorded yet.
- Arlo has 2 syllables, compared with 3 for Indiana.
- A meaning is recorded for Arlo; Indiana doesn't have one written yet.
- Both names have recorded usage in AU-NSW, GB-ENW, IE.
How each name got here
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
Indiana
Popularity journey
First recorded1996
First recorded at #2096 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2011–2019
Highest recorded position: #63 among girls in New South Wales, Australia, in 2015 (recorded 2011–2019).
New South Wales, Australia · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #816 among girls in England and Wales, in 2025.
England and Wales · Girls