NameTides

Arlo

Arlo was the #148 boys' name in the US in 2025 (2,443 babies), and #15 in England & Wales and #104 in Canada.

Arlo as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Arlo as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaUS
Arlo as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.5101880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#148 (2,443)#15 (2,083)#24 (146)#48 (42)#54 (100)#104 (293)#47 (148)#40 (152)
2024#146 (2,490)#15 (2,220)#18 (177)#45 (48)#48 (118)#89 (323)#38 (164)#39 (156)
2023#158 (2,307)#14 (2,253)#22 (164)#40 (53)#52 (110)#92 (318)#19 (227)#25 (169)
2022#169 (2,220)#18 (2,176)#41 (116)#62 (43)#83 (75)#109 (289)#22 (228)#31 (174)
2021#190 (1,990)#20 (2,154)#47 (110)#62 (46)#99 (64)#150 (246)#34 (231)#34 (177)
2020#220 (1,701)#27 (1,908)#44 (108)#80 (37)#115 (54)#147 (244)#37 (194)#43 (154)
2019#271 (1,323)#34 (1,678)#62 (94)#73 (45)#121 (54)#187 (202)#44 (186)#30 (200)
2018#277 (1,268)#36 (1,715)#56 (107)#121 (20)#111 (59)#177 (217)#59 (154)#45 (136)
2017#316 (1,092)#42 (1,470)#61 (102)#94 (31)#220 (25)#210 (178)#48 (177)#47 (142)
2016#349 (977)#49 (1,285)#91 (73)#151 (18)#232 (22)#243 (148)#59 (166)#54 (115)
2015#501 (579)#102 (619)#194 (28)#211 (10)#294 (15)#339 (94)#94 (104)#96 (65)
2014#537 (518)#141 (397)#232 (21)#281 (6)#364 (11)#408 (73)——
2013#681 (354)#189 (295)#247 (17)—#352 (11)#414 (70)——
2012#811 (274)#247 (198)#392 (8)#403 (3)#430 (8)#564 (46)——
2011#915 (220)#281 (158)#345 (10)#375 (3)#490 (6)#687 (35)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2024 at #146.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1899.

How common is it?

about 1 in 700 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

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

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 700common
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 130very common
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 130very common
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 200very common
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 240common
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 540common

Next year

On its recent trend, Arlo is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 630 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 590 to 1 in 680.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Arlo by state, 2025Alaska: #85AKMaine: #74MEWisconsin: #72WIVermont: #48VTNew Hampshire: #106NHWashington: #94WAIdaho: #80IDMontana: #91MTNorth Dakota: #65NDMinnesota: #65MNIllinois: #168ILMichigan: #114MINew York: #198NYMassachusetts: #166MAOregon: #71ORNevada: #160NVWyoming: #39WYSouth Dakota: #145SDIowa: #69IAIndiana: #141INOhio: #142OHPennsylvania: #134PANew Jersey: #279NJConnecticut: #147CTRhode Island: #97RICalifornia: #150CAUtah: #109UTColorado: #65CONebraska: #69NEMissouri: #126MOKentucky: #213KYWest Virginia: #140WVVirginia: #167VAMaryland: #145MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #123AZNew Mexico: #106NMKansas: #142KSArkansas: #159ARTennessee: #149TNNorth Carolina: #204NCSouth Carolina: #224SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #162OKLouisiana: #221LAMississippi: #312MSAlabama: #223ALGeorgia: #240GAHawaii: #146HITexas: #200TXFlorida: #225FL
Arlo (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#10367
Ontario2024#122107

Arlo (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
ArloCanadaGirls#1,76813
ArloCanadaBoys#104293
ArloEngland & WalesGirls#3,0358
ArloEngland & WalesBoys#152,083
ArloIrelandBoys#54100
ArloNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
ArloNorthern IrelandBoys#4842
ArloNSWBoys#47148
ArloScotlandGirls—too few
ArloScotlandBoys#24146
ArloUSGirls#2,48571
ArloUSBoys#1482,443
ArloVICBoys#40152

Notes on Arlo

At the turn of the century Arlo barely registered. England and Wales then lifted it from #2,943 in 1999 to #14 in 2023, while the US moved more slowly and reached #146 in 2024. Both Australian states have already cooled on it. New South Wales had it at #19 in 2023 and #47 two years later, and Victoria is down to #40.