Arlene

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Arlene: Recorded since 1965, it reached #157 in 1984, and it stood at #5,891 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
45times a registrar ranked it
60years from first to last
#157highest recorded position
10groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1997–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#3824
2002	#4137
2008	#5545
2010	#5707
2015	#4103
2016	#5785
2018	#5666
2024	#5891

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

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 37 of the 59 years from 1965 to 2023.

In 1997: #326 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #3824 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1965–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1965
First recorded at #262 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1965 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1965–2023
Highest recorded position: #157 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1984 (recorded 1965–2023).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #5891 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Arlene appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 37 years beginning in 1965, and has registered 483 births with the name.

Arlene across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Arlene's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#262 (1965)	#157 (1984)	#856 (2023)	37 of 59	483 (1965–2023)	39 (1984)
England and Wales · Girls	#3824 (1997)	#3824 (1997)	#5891 (2024)	8 of 28	26 (1997–2024)	5 (2015)

Arlene by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

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 Arlene in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	32	5 of 10	6
1970s	136	10 of 10	14
1980sbusiest	222	10 of 10	22
1990s	85	10 of 10	9
2000s	5	1 of 10	5
2020s	3	1 of 10	3

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1980s were its busiest decade, averaging 22 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Arlene 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 1965 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #157 in Republic of Ireland in 1984.

Arlene'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	female	#5891	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#5666	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#4103	5	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#5707	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#5545	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#4137	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3824	3	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#856	3	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#413	5	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#439	4	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#380	5	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#326	9	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#316	9	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#261	13	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#309	9	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#340	8	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#338	8	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#263	13	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#357	7	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#224	17	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#203	20	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#181	27	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#275	13	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#250	15	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#157	39	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#203	24	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#201	27	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#230	21	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#239	19	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#213	24	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#253	16	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#227	19	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#312	9	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#262	13	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#271	13	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#331	8	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#248	14	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#289	9	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#252	11	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#288	8	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	female	#258	9	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	female	#315	5	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	female	#380	3	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	female	#262	7	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1965 and 2024, ranked in 44 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #157, first reached in 1984.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 39 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 1984.

Its record falls into 7 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 5 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1997, and 32 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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Arli · #3254, 12y

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.

Clement · #156, 49y
Ambrose · #155, 46y
Doreen · #161, 48y
Jolanta · #151, 39y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Clement · #156, 49y
Eilis · #158, 59y
Jurgita · #156, 19y
Raphael · #156, 51y

Arlene was ranked #157 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1984. 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.

Arlene 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 Arlene without appearing here.

Arlene moved ahead of

Belinda Compare
In 1993 they stood at #340 and #340 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1994 that had become #309 and #502.
Cheryl Compare
In 1994 they stood at #309 and #255 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1995 that had become #261 and #451.
Tania Compare
In 1990 they stood at #357 and #336 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1991 that had become #263 and #423.
Wendy Compare
In 1993 they stood at #340 and #275 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1994 that had become #309 and #450.

Moved ahead of Arlene

Bonnie Compare
In 2022 they stood at #413 and #465 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2023 that had become #856 and #33.
Daisy Compare
In 2022 they stood at #413 and #465 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2023 that had become #856 and #58.
Layla Compare
In 2022 they stood at #413 and #465 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2023 that had become #856 and #64.
Heidi Compare
In 2022 they stood at #316 and #534 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2023 that had become #856 and #89.

Moved the opposite way to Arlene

Amelia Compare
Between 1965 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Arlene went from #262 to #856 while Amelia went from #325 to #8.
Amy Compare
Between 1965 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Arlene went from #262 to #856 while Amy went from #262 to #114.
Annie Compare
Between 1965 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Arlene went from #262 to #856 while Annie went from #131 to #48.
Aoife Compare
Between 1965 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Arlene went from #262 to #856 while Aoife went from #175 to #31.

Moved the same way as Arlene

Alison Compare
Between 1965 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Arlene went from #262 to #856 and Alison from #117 to #226.
Alma Compare
Between 1965 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Arlene went from #262 to #856 and Alma from #262 to #625.
Amanda Compare
Between 1965 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Arlene went from #262 to #856 and Amanda from #129 to #495.
Andrea Compare
Between 1965 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Arlene went from #262 to #856 and Andrea from #215 to #404.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Nicknames and spelling variants

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 1965 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #157 in Republic of Ireland in 1984. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Arlene

Arlene at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Arlene across 2 official records

Arlene by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

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Popularity data

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Arlene at a glance

Arlene across 2 official records

Arlene by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Arlene appears in

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Arlene

Arlene and the names beside it

Arlene moved ahead of

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