Is Arlys a boy or girl name?

Arlys is a girl’s name. Of the 1,103 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 100.0% were girls and 0.0% were boys.

Arlys

Recorded 1917–1965 · United States

Arlys was most popular in 1933, when 44 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,915 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,103 people named Arlys.

Arlys over time

Births per year. The dot marks Arlys’s peak in 1933. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Arlys a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Arlys is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 1,103 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were 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 Arlys

Where Arlys 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