Arleen
Arleen or Arlene is an Irish feminine given name and variant of Carlene or Charlene and in the French derived from feminine diminutive of Charles.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Arleen
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Arleen or Arlene is an Irish feminine given name and variant of Carlene or Charlene and in the French derived from feminine diminutive of Charles.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Arleen
Arleen first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1898, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1939: 415 births, good for #303 nationwide. About 20% of every Arleen on record arrived during the 1940s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Arleen ranks #4,736 for baby girls with 28 births, falling sharply (-24%). All told, over 13K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1890s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Arleen
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About the name Arleen
Arleen is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1898 and has accumulated 13K births in the dataset. Arleen's peak popularity came in 1939 when it ranked #303. Use the chart and map above to compare Arleen's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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