Arleth

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 218 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
218
the US, 2017
Rarity
Rare
among names in use
US popularity
#269
up from #429
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

How Arleth has moved

US popularity rank, 2021–2025. Lower is more popular.
#190#614#1038202120232025#269

View as table
YearUS rank
2021#959
2022#634
2023#559
2024#429
2025#269

Arleth by the numbers

Arleth was given to 218 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 314 babies in 2005, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Arleth

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 Arleth. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Arletteagle; a form of Arlette53 in the US (2017)
  • Aylethdoe or female deer7 in the US (2017)
  • Ardethearnest or ardent; a form of Ardis
  • Arlet122 in the US (2017)
  • Arletteeagle; a form of Arla or Arlene234 in the US (2017)
  • Arlenepledge or oath; a form of Arleen152 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Arleth

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