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
How old is the name Arlys?
Arlys first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1917, which makes it about 108 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 47 of the 109 years since. It was last recorded in 1965.
How many people are named Arlys?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 1,103 American births named Arlys between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 447 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Arlys in 2025?
Arlys was not recorded in 2025. The SSA withholds any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so fewer than five American babies were given it.
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.
How old is someone named Arlys?
Roughly 447 Americans named Arlys are alive today — 41% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 79 years old, and half are between 74 and 86. That is a narrow band: Arlys arrived and faded within about a decade rather than staying in steady use.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
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