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How popular is the name Arlan?
Births per year, rank history and how many Arlans are alive today.
Arlan (male) is a rare spelling of the boys' name Arlen in England and Wales, ranked 1798th in 2025 and given to 14 babies. It has risen strongly over the past decade.
Across all spellings of the name, the Arlen you are most likely to meet is around 4 years old. Half of all Arlens born in England and Wales are between 4 and 14, and there are at least 650 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Arlen - on average, only one in every 467 such rooms contains a Arlen.
How many babies are named Arlan each year?
Includes all spellings: Arlan, Arlen. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Arlan spelling rank?
Where does the Arlen spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Arlan most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Arlen, peaked in 2021, when 62 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Arlan spelling itself peaked in 2025, with 14 babies.
How many people are called Arlan?
At least 650 people named Arlan in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Arlan?
Most living Arlans are between 4 and 14; the most common age is about 4.
Is Arlan becoming more or less popular?
Rising: it has climbed strongly over the past decade.