Spellings
Arlette or Arlet?
In the US in 2025, 47% of babies in this name family were spelled Arlette and 35% Arlet. Same name, slightly different impression: here are the figures for each spelling.
Ten years ago
Arlette already led in 2015, with 64% of the family's births; it has 47% in 2025. All spellings together, the family went from 199 to 1,272 births (×6).
| Spelling | 2015 | 2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arlette | 128 | 600 | ×5 |
| Arlet | 39 | 450 | ×12 |
| Arlett | 32 | 222 | ×7 |
How they sound
All of these spellings are said the same way: /ɑrˈlɛt/ (ar-LET). So the choice is about how it looks: it is the spelling people will read on a birth card, a name tag or an email address, and the one your child will sometimes spell out.
In France
In France in 2025: Arlette 5 births. The other spellings are not given there often enough to be counted.
Sources: Social Security Administration (SSA), Insee (France), 2025 data. How we calculate these figures.
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