Name meaning & stats
Arlen
Arlen. 5,921 US babies since 1940, peak 1954.
What it means
No agreed meaning on record
In US birth records
Peak year: 1954
5,921 US babies were named Arlen between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Arlen (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 47% of the family
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 1954)