Is Arlis a boy or girl name?

Arlis is a unisex name. Of the 2,769 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 28.8% were girls and 71.2% were boys. It changed hands in 1954, and has gone mainly to boys since.

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Arlis

Recorded 1906–2025 · United States

Arlis was most popular in 1931, when 69 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,504 that year. In 2025 it ranked #9,389, with 23 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,769 people named Arlis.

Arlis over time

Births per year. The dot marks Arlis’s peak in 1931. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Arlis a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Arlis is a unisex name — 28.8% of the 2,769 Americans given it were girls and 71.2% were boys. It changed hands: since 1954 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Arlis

Where Arlis is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org