Arlynn
Feminine
Arlynn is given to both — 600 girls and 61 boys since 1880. See other names given to both
Arline was invented for an opera. Michael Balfe's The Bohemian Girl, first staged in London in 1843, gave its heroine that name, and it entered English-speaking use from there — one of a small number of names with a known author and a firm date.
How old is the name Arlynn?
Arlynn first appears in US birth records in 1917 — 108 years ago. The typical Arlynn alive today was born around 2008, making them about 17 years old. About 500 people named Arlynn are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Arlynn most popular?
Arlynn peaked in 1948, reaching #2701 nationally. Today it ranks #7491, 4,790 places below that high. See the whole 1948 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Arline to Arlynn
The story of Arlynn
The Bohemian Girl was one of the most performed English-language operas of the nineteenth century, and its aria I Dreamed I Dwelt in Marble Halls stayed in the popular repertoire for a hundred years. The heroine's name went with it. American usage of Arline and Arlene climbs from the 1890s, peaks in the 1930s and holds through the 1940s, and the respellings follow: Arleen, Arlyne, Arlynn. What makes the case useful is that the whole chain is visible — a composer invents a name for a character in 1843, the work is popular enough to circulate the name for a century, and by the 1940s American families are choosing it with no idea where it came from. Arlynn peaks in 1948.
Meaningnot established
Not established
No inherited meaning. Arline appears first as the heroine of Balfe's 1843 opera and has no documented source before it; suggestions of a Germanic or Celtic origin are back-formed. Arlene and Arline are the standard spellings, and Arlynn substitutes the American -lynn ending, which likewise carries no meaning. Any translation offered for the name is an invention.
How the name formed
- Arline
- Arlene
- Arlynn
Related forms: Arlene · Arline
Pronouncing Arlynn
ar-LIN
Two syllables, stress on the second. Arlene is ar-LEEN with a long ee; the -ynn spelling shortens the vowel, so the two are not pronounced the same.
Nicknames for Arlynn
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1917
- Most girls named
- 201825 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2701reached in 1948
- Change vs 2024
- +7.7%14 in 2025, from 13
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Arlynn in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Arlene in English — spelling variant
- Arline in English — spelling variant
Strongest US states over the last decade: North Carolina.
Arlynns among us
people named Arlynn are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 114,805 born in 2025 was named Arlynn
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Arlynn
- #7491
- Arlynn on the 2025 chart
- #904
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Arlynn went to 14 girls in 2025, but Arlyn and Arlin are the same name said out loud. Together the 3 spellings went to 56, which makes it the 904th most-given girls’ name of the year — 6,587 places above the chart.
About 1 girl in 28,701 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 114,805 for Arlynn itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Evelyna test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Arlynn's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Evelyna climbed just as high around 1927, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Evelyna's path sketches the road Arlynn is walking now.
Arlynn sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Arlynn beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Arlynn in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- It has a documented author and a firm date of invention, which few names do.
- Arlie and Lynn are ready short forms.
- It is read correctly on sight by English speakers.
- Arlene and Arline are far more common and will be substituted.
- The vowel in the second syllable differs between spellings.
- The 1940s peak dates a bearer strongly.
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Frequently asked
- How many Arlynns are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 500 people named Arlynn are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Arlynn?
- Arlynn is one of 3 recorded spellings. Arlyn is the more common one — 36 births in 2025 against 14 for Arlynn.
- How popular is the name Arlynn in 2025?
- Arlynn ranks #7491 among US girl names in 2025, with 14 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Arlynn?
- About 1 in every 114,805 US girls born in 2025 was named Arlynn — 14 in all.
- Will my child share the name Arlynn with classmates?
- Arlynn will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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