Name profile

Arline

An English name of uncertain origin, possibly a literary creation.

Usage languagesEnglish
US rank (2023)#15,194

Meaning and history

Arline is an English feminine name of uncertain origin, possibly a variant of Arlene or a nineteenth-century literary creation. It became familiar through the heroine Arline in Michael William Balfe’s opera The Bohemian Girl. American actress Arline Judge and painter Arline Fisch are notable bearers.

Popularity over timeUS births · girls
20042004: no US SSA record for this spelling
2005: no US SSA record for this spelling
2006: 11 births, rank #9,901
2007: 15 births, rank #8,098
2008: 9 births, rank #11,599
20092009: 13 births, rank #8,888
2010: 5 births, rank #16,992
2011: 11 births, rank #9,723
2012: 10 births, rank #10,429
2013: 12 births, rank #9,036
20142014: no US SSA record for this spelling
2015: 8 births, rank #11,835
2016: 9 births, rank #10,859
2017: no US SSA record for this spelling
2018: 9 births, rank #10,545
20192019: 5 births, rank #15,539
2020: 7 births, rank #12,142
2021: 8 births, rank #11,146
2022: 6 births, rank #13,592
20232023: 5 births, rank #15,194

Arline moved from #889 to #904 for girls between 1949 and 1953. Its highest annual birth count came in 1924, with 677 births.