Arlen

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Arlen: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Arlen: Recorded since 1996, it reached #641 in 2021, and it stood at #727 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
28times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#641highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2020
1997	#2022
1998	#2074
1999	#2425
2000	#3036
2002	#3225
2003	#3467
2004	#1498
2006	#2282
2007	#1885
2008	#1706
2009	#1859
2010	#1801
2011	#3830
2012	#1756
2013	#1920
2014	#2079
2015	#1586
2016	#1319
2017	#1289
2018	#763
2019	#1253
2020	#921
2021	#641
2022	#784
2023	#710
2024	#898

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 27 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #727 among boys in Scotland, #898 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2020 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #641 among boys in England and Wales, in 2021 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #898 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Arlen by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Arlen in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	19	4 of 10	5
2000s	60	8 of 10	8
2010s	168	10 of 10	17
2020sbusiest	212	5 of 10	42

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 42 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2020 and 2021, when recorded births rose by 26, from 31 to 57.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Arlen appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #641 in England and Wales in 2021.

Arlen's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#898	35	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#710	48	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#784	41	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#641	57	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#921	31	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1253	20	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#763	43	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1289	20	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1319	20	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1586	15	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2079	10	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1920	11	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1756	13	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#3830	4	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1801	12	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1859	11	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1706	12	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1885	10	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2282	7	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1498	11	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#3467	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#3225	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#3036	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2425	4	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2074	5	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2022	5	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2020	5	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#727	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 27 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #641, first reached in 2021.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 57 births, registered in England and Wales in 2021.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2024, and 28 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Rumaisa · #643, 28y
Blythe · #638, 29y
Clover · #638, 27y
Ginny · #638, 25y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Manon · #641, 29y
Tahmina · #641, 22y
Daanish · #642, 27y
Rumaisa · #643, 28y

Arlen was ranked #641 in England and Wales · Boys in 2021. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Arlen and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Arlen without appearing here.

Arlen moved ahead of

Rodney Compare
In 2011 they stood at #3830 and #2613 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #1756 and #4805.
Espen Compare
In 2008 they stood at #3225 and #3225 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #1859 and #4527.
Jade Compare
In 2003 they stood at #3467 and #2470 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #1498 and #3651.
Sander Compare
In 2012 they stood at #3830 and #3830 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #1920 and #3822.

Moved ahead of Arlen

Arlo Compare
In 1999 they stood at #2425 and #2943 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #3036 and #2142.
Hunter Compare
In 2005 they stood at #1498 and #1878 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #2282 and #1643.
Tadhg Compare
In 2018 they stood at #763 and #786 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #1253 and #634.
Theodor Compare
In 2009 they stood at #1859 and #2544 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #1801 and #1201.

Moved the opposite way to Arlen

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Arlen went from #2020 to #898 while Aaron went from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Arlen went from #2020 to #898 while Adam went from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Arlen went from #2020 to #898 while Alan went from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Arlen went from #2020 to #898 while Alex went from #43 to #171.

Moved the same way as Arlen

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Arlen went from #2020 to #898 and Albie from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Arlen went from #2020 to #898 and Alfie from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Arlen went from #2020 to #898 and Alfred from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Arlen went from #2020 to #898 and Archie from #192 to #10.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #641 in England and Wales in 2021. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Arlen by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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