NameTides

Arlis

Arlis was the #4,396 boys' name in the US in 2025 (23 babies), and #4,275 in England & Wales.

Arlis as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
Arlis as a boy’s name, US, England & WalesBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.030.040.0518801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesUS
Arlis as a boy’s name, US, England & WalesBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.030.040.051880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & Wales
2025#4,396 (23)#4,275 (4)
2024#5,067 (19)#5,120 (3)
2023#5,666 (16)—
2022#6,147 (14)—
2021#4,494 (22)#3,990 (4)
2020#10,605 (6)#4,608 (3)
2019#9,756 (7)#4,702 (3)
2018#4,476 (22)—
2017#6,060 (14)—
2016#8,146 (9)—
2015#5,746 (15)—
2014#8,130 (9)—
2013#10,728 (6)—
2012#8,158 (9)—
2011#6,256 (13)—

Arlis as a girl’s name

  • US
Arlis as a girl’s name, USBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.030.040.0518801900192019401960198020002020
Arlis as a girl’s name, USBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.030.040.051880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUS
2008#17,504 (5)
1964#6,009 (6)
1963#6,592 (5)
1962#6,578 (5)
1961#4,882 (8)
1960#6,390 (5)
1959#4,031 (10)
1958#3,543 (12)
1957#6,086 (5)
1956#4,161 (9)
1955#3,095 (14)
1954#3,019 (14)
1953#2,516 (18)
1952#2,502 (18)
1951#3,106 (12)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1931 at #939.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1906.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.
  • In 2008, 50% of US babies named Arlis were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 77,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 77,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 67,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Arlis is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 86,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 53,000 to 1 in 140,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Arlis by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: fewer than 5 babiesCAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #2,574TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Arlis (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500