Arlo
Arlo places #148 across the country in 2025, and more parents pick it every year. On the books since 1899, peaking in 2024: 24,245 American children so far.
Arlo’s free Name Kit
Five printables for Arlo, drawn in your browser at print size the moment you ask: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet, and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Letter size, 300 dpi, in the site’s own hand.
- Name print Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
- Nursery sign The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
- Tracing sheet The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
- Shortlist sheet A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
- Sibling names sheet Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Name print
Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
Nursery sign
The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
Tracing sheet
The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
Shortlist sheet
A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
Sibling names sheet
Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Print on plain letter paper or heavier card; the sign and the print look best on matte stock.
Arlo since 1899
Arlo peaked in 2024 at #146; #148 in 2025.
United States national data, Social Security Administration, through 2025, how we use it.
Where Arlo is most common
By share of a state's recorded boys' names, Arlo runs strongest in Wyoming at 0.92% in 2025, then Vermont and North Dakota.
Share of the state's recorded names for that sex, from the Social Security Administration's state file; a name is listed in a state only when five or more babies received it there that year.
Names that sit near Arlo
Same shelf of the library: origin, era and shape, scored deterministically.
Aubrey
#146 in 2025 · Teutonic
Arya
#158 in 2025
Ace
#164 in 2025
Amaya
#180 in 2025
Aziel
#186 in 2025
Alaia
#117 in 2025
Amir
#105 in 2025
Aaliyah
#101 in 2025
Browse: names starting with A · all names
About Arlo
How common is Arlo today?
Arlo places #148 across the country in 2025, and more parents pick it every year. Every point on the chart is the SSA's own count, back to 1899.
Does Arlo have a meaning on record?
Honestly: our cited sources are silent on Arlo, and we would rather show you nothing than something made up.
Which names sit near Arlo?
Nearest by the published recipe: Aubrey, Arya and Ace. The sibling matcher scores every common American name against the ones you already have.
Get Arlo’s free Name Kit
Five printables made in your browser: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Yours in a moment, for one email.
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A printed picture book where Arlo earns every letter of their own name, page by page. See the preview pages and hear when it is ready.
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