Name meaning & stats
Arlene
Arlene means “a modern coinage”. 77,538 US babies since 1940, peak 1942.
What it means
“a modern coinage”
Well documented
In US birth records
Peak year: 1942
77,538 US babies were named Arlene between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Arlene (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: 77% of the family
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 1942)