Boys' name · peaked in 2024
Arlo name popularity since 1925
24,249 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Arlo (3.7% girls, 96.3% boys). Half of them were born in 2020 or earlier, so the typical Arlo is about 6 years old in 2026. Arlo peaked in 2024 as the #146 name for boys, and it ranked #148 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 24,249
- Named Arlo, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- #148
- for boys in 2025 (2,443 babies)
- Girls / boys
- 96.3% boys
- 890 girls · 23,359 boys
- Most popular in
- Oregon
- 2.83× its national share
Peak year is the year Arlo made up the largest share of US boys, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Arlo births per year, 1925–2025
2024 was the biggest year for Arlo both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 2011 and 2016, Arlo became 4.4× more common, from 1 in 8,630 baby boys to 1 in 1,940.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Arlo's share of all US boys five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Arlo.
Decade by decade
Babies named Arlo in each decade, and its rank among boys' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 5 | 357 | – |
| 1930s | 12 | 688 | #702 |
| 1940s | 0 | 422 | #1,081 |
| 1950s | 0 | 282 | #1,649 |
| 1960s | 0 | 134 | #2,790 |
| 1970s | 0 | 376 | #1,431 |
| 1980s | 0 | 254 | #2,362 |
| 1990s | 0 | 211 | #3,309 |
| 2000s | 5 | 695 | #1,968 |
| 2010s | 333 | 6,789 | #501 |
| 2020–25 | 535 | 13,151 | #148 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 boys that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
82.9% of babies named Arlo from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Alpha years (2013–2025). The full split by generation:
Where Arlo is most popular
The index compares Arlo's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Arlo.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Oregon | 2.83× | 562 |
| Colorado | 2.79× | 728 |
| Minnesota | 2.72× | 1,050 |
| Washington | 2.24× | 793 |
| Iowa | 2.00× | 537 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Arlo's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Arlo.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Arlo (2024).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data