Arlon
Arlon is a city and municipality of Wallonia, and the capital of the province of Luxembourg in Lorraine, Belgium. With a population of just over 28,000, it is the smallest provincial capital in Belgium. Arlon is also the capital of its cultural region: the Arelerland.
Meaning & Origin of Arlon
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Arlon is a city and municipality of Wallonia, and the capital of the province of Luxembourg in Lorraine, Belgium. With a population of just over 28,000, it is the smallest provincial capital in Belgium. Arlon is also the capital of its cultural region: the Arelerland.
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The Story of Arlon
Arlon first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1912, with 5 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1933, when 39 Arlons were born — ranking #1,028 that year. As of 2026, Arlon ranks #7,224 for baby boys with 11 births, rising sharply (+19% over the past five years). In total, more than 1K Arlons have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1910s through the 2020s.
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About the name Arlon
Arlon is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1912 and has accumulated 1K births in the dataset. Arlon's peak popularity came in 1933 when it ranked #1,028. Use the chart and map above to compare Arlon'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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