Thirty years of Arlo
Arlo in numbers
Arlo has climbed from 3 boys in 1999 (its first published year) to 2,083 in 2025, close to its peak of 2,253 in 2023. Its biggest three-year rise came between 2015 and 2018, from 619 to 1,715. It ranked 2,943rd in 1999, reached 14th in 2023 and ranks 15th now. On average it was given to 39 boys a year in the 2000s, 796 in the 2010s and 2,132 in the 2020s so far.
† Shapes, averages and turning points are Baby Data calculations from the ONS counts.
Milestones
First year in each bandChange
- On last year-6%2,220 to 2,083
- 5 years+9%1,908 to 2,083
- 10 years+237%619 to 2,083
- 20 years+6,409%32 to 2,083
- Since 1999 (first published)×6943 to 2,083
- Total, 1996 to 202521,144boys
† All changes and totals are Baby Data calculations from ONS counts. A total adds only the published years.
Across the three nations, 2025
Each from its own statistics office, never added togetherRank 15 · ONS · 2,220 in 2024
Rank 24 · NRS · 177 in 2024
Rank 48 · NISRA · 48 in 2024
England and Wales (ONS) count births in the calendar year; Scotland (NRS) and Northern Ireland (NISRA) count births registered in the year. Each comes from its own statistics office and they are never added together.
Year by year, 1996 to 2025 Show all 30 yearsHide the table
| Year | Rank | Babies | Change† | 1 in X† |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | 2,083 | -6% | 1 in 144 |
| 2024 | 15 | 2,220 | -1% | 1 in 137 |
| 2023 | 14 | 2,253 | +4% | 1 in 135 |
| 2022 | 18 | 2,176 | +1% | 1 in 143 |
| 2021 | 20 | 2,154 | +13% | 1 in 149 |
| 2020 | 27 | 1,908 | +14% | 1 in 165 |
| 2019 | =34 | 1,678 | -2% | 1 in 196 |
| 2018 | 36 | 1,715 | +17% | 1 in 197 |
| 2017 | 42 | 1,470 | +14% | 1 in 237 |
| 2016 * | 49 | 1,285 | +108% | 1 in 277 |
| 2015 | 102 | 619 | +56% | 1 in 579 |
| 2014 | =141 | 397 | +35% | 1 in 899 |
| 2013 | 189 | 295 | +49% | 1 in 1,215 |
| 2012 | =247 | 198 | +25% | 1 in 1,891 |
| 2011 | =281 | 158 | +8% | 1 in 2,348 |
| 2010 | =305 | 146 | +11% | 1 in 2,541 |
| 2009 | 311 | 132 | +128% | 1 in 2,743 |
| 2008 | =567 | 58 | +32% | 1 in 6,258 |
| 2007 | =651 | 44 | -12% | 1 in 8,056 |
| 2006 | =582 | 50 | +56% | 1 in 6,848 |
| 2005 | =766 | 32 | +33% | 1 in 10,331 |
| 2004 | =875 | 24 | +71% | 1 in 13,680 |
| 2003 | =1,188 | 14 | -33% | 1 in 22,744 |
| 2002 | =848 | 21 | +250% | 1 in 14,574 |
| 2001 | =1,949 | 6 | +20% | 1 in 50,769 |
| 2000 | =2,142 | 5 | +67% | 1 in 61,922 |
| 1999 | =2,943 | 3 | 1 in 106,415 | |
| 1998 | n/a | under 3 | ||
| 1997 | n/a | under 3 | ||
| 1996 | n/a | under 3 |
* ONS’s boys’ 2016 file repeats the October total as September, so the 2016 births total is about 932 too low and 1 in X for 2016 is slightly too low. Rank follows ONS: names with the same count share a rank (shown with =). “Under 3” means the name was given to fewer than 3 babies that year, so ONS did not publish it.
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Source: Office for National Statistics, Baby names in England and Wales, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0; National Records of Scotland; NISRA. Exact spellings are counted separately and names given to fewer than 3 babies are not published. Figures marked † are Baby Data calculations. How we calculate
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