Head to head · Girls' names
Arleth vs Evie
#269 vs #270 in 2025 · both climbing the charts fast
Arleth is a whisker ahead (#269 vs #270 in 2025) and both are climbing the charts fast. The records will not split these two — sound, story and your own last name will.
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The tale of the tape
The tape is even: Arleth and Evie each lead 3 measures of 6.
Ranks, counts and years are measured in the official US birth record; the classroom and living figures are estimates computed from it. The dot marks the side each measure favours on the charts — more common, not better.
What the records say
146 years of US births, drawn on one scale
Two curves, one scale
Who owned which decade
- 1880s: Arleth —, Evie #351 — Evie higher
- 1890s: Arleth —, Evie #350 — Evie higher
- 1900s: Arleth —, Evie #401 — Evie higher
- 1910s: Arleth —, Evie #583 — Evie higher
- 1920s: Arleth —, Evie #800 — Evie higher
- 1930s: Arleth —, Evie #956 — Evie higher
- 1940s: Arleth —, Evie #1148 — Evie higher
- 1950s: Arleth —, Evie #1471 — Evie higher
- 1960s: Arleth —, Evie #2021 — Evie higher
- 1970s: Arleth —, Evie #2712 — Evie higher
- 1980s: Arleth —, Evie #2989 — Evie higher
- 1990s: Arleth #8095, Evie #3633 — Evie higher
- 2000s: Arleth #1366, Evie #1443 — Arleth higher
- 2010s: Arleth #1517, Evie #493 — Evie higher
- 2020s: Arleth #680, Evie #284 — Evie higher
Evie stood higher in 14 of 15 decades; Evie has held the lead since the 2010s.
Rank by decade
| Decade | Arleth | Evie |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | — | #351 |
| 1890s | — | #350 |
| 1900s | — | #401 |
| 1910s | — | #583 |
| 1920s | — | #800 |
| 1930s | — | #956 |
| 1940s | — | #1148 |
| 1950s | — | #1471 |
| 1960s | — | #2021 |
| 1970s | — | #2712 |
| 1980s | — | #2989 |
| 1990s | #8095 | #3633 |
| 2000s | #1366 | #1443 |
| 2010s | #1517 | #493 |
| 2020s | #680 | #284 |
Average national rank across each decade. A dash means the name sat outside the recorded top of that decade.
Around the world
Arleth
Not charting outside the US.
Evie
- Scotland#18
- England & Wales#29
National statistics offices, latest published year.
The names themselves
Meaning, roots, sound and the people who carried each
Where each name comes from
Arleth
Traced through French Arlette to a Germanic name read as containing an element meaning "army"
Arlette is a French diminutive generally connected to the older Norman name Herleva, whose parts have been read as Germanic elements for "army" and "heir" or "legacy" — but that reading is argued rather than agreed, and some treat Arlette simply as an affectionate short form with no recoverable sense of its own. For the spelling Arleth specifically, no separate meaning is documented; what is documented is the family it sits in.
Arlette → Arlet → Arleth
How it traveled
The line behind Arleth runs through Arlette, a French feminine name long associated with Herleva, the eleventh-century Norman woman remembered as the mother of William the Conqueror and called Arlette or Arletta by later chroniclers. Arlette traveled into Spanish and Portuguese as Arlet and Arlete, and in Mexico and Central America it met a strong local habit of ending girls' names in -th — the pattern that also gives Lizeth, Yaneth and Marleth, borrowed from the tail of Elizabeth.
Evie
"Life" or "living," through Eve
Evie is a pet form, and its meaning depends on which name stands behind it. Through Eve — Hebrew Chavvah — it carries the sense of life or living. Through Evelyn it goes back to the Norman French Aveline, whose own root is not settled; through Genevieve it reaches an Old Germanic compound that scholars still argue over. Used on its own, most parents take the Eve reading.
Chavvah → Eua → Eva → Eve → Evie
How it traveled
Chavvah in Hebrew became Eua in the Greek of the Septuagint and Eva in the Latin Vulgate, which is how the name reached medieval Europe. English took it as Eve, and English speakers did to it what they do to most short names — added the -ie ending, the same one that turns Anne into Annie and Margaret into Maggie.
Where a reading is contested the note says so — this page does not turn a guess into a fact. The chain is each name's recorded forms, oldest first; the story is its opening, told in full on the name's own page.
Out loud, and in short
Arleth
ar-LETH
Stress on the second syllable. In Spanish-speaking families the final -th is usually said as a plain t: ar-LET. English speakers more often give it the th of "with". Both are current, and neither needs correcting.
- Ari — Informal and very common in Spanish- and English-speaking households alike; also stands alone as a given name.
- Arly — Informal short form, sometimes written Arli or Arlee.
- Arlethita — Spanish affectionate diminutive, used within the family rather than in public settings.
Evie
EE-vee
Two syllables, stress on the first. A short-e opening — EV-ee — turns up occasionally in families where it stands in for Evelyn, but EE-vee is the standard reading in both American and British use.
- Eve — The parent name; used as the formal alternative on documents by families who register Evie in full.
- Ev — A clipped, informal form heard mostly at home or among close friends.
- Evs — Playground and sibling usage; rarely written down.
Is it right for you
The differences that decide it, laid out by what you want
Choose by what you want
Choose Arleth if you want…
- a name on the way upup 954 places on the charts in five years
- a newer arrivalArleth entered the US charts in 1991
Choose Evie if you want…
- a name that charts abroad tooEvie is on the national lists of Scotland and England & Wales
- a long American recordEvie was already in use when US records began in 1880
Each line is a measured difference between the two names — a rank, a count, a recorded form — never a judgement of either. Save the one that answers your question; it lands on your shortlist.
The trade-offs, name by name
Arleth
Strengths
- Six letters, two syllables, and spelled as it sounds — easy for a child to write early.
- Works in both Spanish and English with no change of spelling, only a small shift in the final consonant.
- Sits inside a recognized family of -th names, so it looks familiar to many people even on first sight.
To consider
- The competing spellings are the main friction: Arlet, Arlette and Arleth all exist, so she will spell it out fairly often, especially outside communities where the -th ending is already known.
- Two pronunciations circulate — the final th as a t, or as in "with" — and both will be used by different people over her life. Families usually settle on one and let the rest go.
- She is unlikely to meet another Arleth at school. That is a pleasure for some children and a small burden for others, particularly in the years when blending in matters most.
Evie
Strengths
- Short, phonetic and spelled the way it sounds — most people get it right on first hearing.
- Works either as a full given name or as the short form of Eve, Eva, Evelyn or Genevieve, so it can be grown into or out of.
- Established on the charts in England, Wales and Scotland as well as the United States, so it travels without explanation in English-speaking countries.
To consider
- The spelling competes with Evy, Evee and Eevee — the last being a well-known Pokémon, which some children will bring up. Evie is the majority spelling, but expect to confirm it now and then.
- It sits in a crowded sound-family: Ava, Eva, Evelyn, Ivy and Eden are all in wide use, and mishearings between them are common on the phone.
- The name is climbing, and steadily. A child born now may meet more Evies at fifteen than at five, even though she is unlikely to share a classroom with one.
Documented properties of each name — how it spells, travels and shortens — not opinions about the child.
How each is likely to age
Arleth
65%chance Arleth feels dated by 2040
Arleth is climbing fast right now. Steep climbs tend to come with steep descents — the quicker a name arrives, the more firmly it belongs to its moment.
Evie
49%chance Evie feels dated by 2040
Evie is climbing fast right now. Steep climbs tend to come with steep descents — the quicker a name arrives, the more firmly it belongs to its moment.
A reading of where each name sits on the long naming cycle — computed, not measured, and explained on the data page.
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Arleth or Evie — the short answers
- Which is more popular, Arleth or Evie?
- Arleth, in 2025: Arleth ranked #269 with 1,156 babies; Evie ranked #270 with 1,151 babies.
- Which name is rising faster, Arleth or Evie?
- Arleth. Over the last five years Arleth moved up 954 places; Evie moved up 49 places.
- Which is the older name, Arleth or Evie?
- Arleth entered the US charts in 1991; Evie was already in use when US records began in 1880. On the American record, Evie is the older name.
- How many people are named Arleth and Evie?
- About 6,800 people named Arleth are estimated to be alive in the US today. About 17,500 people named Evie are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- Will there be other Arleths or Evies in the classroom?
- Arleth will almost certainly be the only one in school. Evie will almost certainly be the only one in school.
US figures from the Social Security Administration, 1880–2025; international figures from national statistics agencies. Votes are battle voters on this site, not the birth record. Data & methodology
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