Arline
Arline is a female given name. Notable people with the name include:Arline Fisch, American artist and educator who works with metal as her medium Arline Friscia (1934–2019), American politician who served in the New Jersey General Assembly Arline Burks Gant, director, actress, and costume designer Arline Hunter (1931–2018), American actress and model Arline Isaacson, American gay rights…
- English
Meaning & Origin of Arline
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Arline is a female given name. Notable people with the name include:Arline Fisch, American artist and educator who works with metal as her medium Arline Friscia (1934–2019), American politician who served in the New Jersey General Assembly Arline Burks Gant, director, actress, and costume designer Arline Hunter (1931–2018), American actress and model Arline Isaacson, American gay rights…
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Arline
American parents first put Arline on the record books as a baby girl name in 1883, with 7 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1924, when 677 Arlines were born — ranking #253 that year. About 33% of every Arline on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Arline last appeared in the published SSA data in 2023, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 18K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Arline
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About the name Arline
Arline is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1883 and has accumulated 18K births in the dataset. Arline's peak popularity came in 1924 when it ranked #253. Use the chart and map above to compare Arline'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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