Arlet

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 122 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
122
the US, 2017
Rarity
Rare
among names in use
US popularity
#642
up from #719
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

How Arlet has moved

US popularity rank, 2022–2025. Lower is more popular.
#543#673#802202220242025#642

View as table
YearUS rank
2022#741
2023#604
2024#719
2025#642

Arlet by the numbers

Arlet was given to 122 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 128 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Arlet

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Arlet. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Arletteagle; a form of Arlette53 in the US (2017)
  • Arleaeagle wood; from arley6 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Arleth218 in the US (2017)
  • Arley84 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Ariellion of god2,655 in the US (2017)
  • Ardeneagle valley; a place name346 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Arlet

Names that are said the same way as Arlet, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Arletteeagle; a form of Arla or Arlene234 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Arlet

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