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Arlyn

Arlyn means “a modern coinage”. 3,465 US babies since 1940, peak 1946.

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What it means

“a modern coinage”

Spelling of Arlene

In US birth records

Peak year: 1946

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3,465 US babies were named Arlyn between 1940 and 2025.

Careers

Not enough notable people named Arlyn (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.

Spelling family

1 in 29 Arlenes spell it Arlyn

Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.

Name twins (peaked around 1946)