Arden
#975 for girls in 2025, 261 births · #1,005 for boys in 2025, 225 births
Given to boys 53.3% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1934 · 146 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 8,567since 1881
Arden over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #975 | 261 | #1,005 | 225 |
| 2024 | #1,041 | 241 | #942 | 244 |
| 2023 | #1,046 | 241 | #1,019 | 214 |
| 2022 | #1,055 | 241 | #1,254 | 155 |
| 2021 | #1,091 | 227 | #1,200 | 161 |
| 2020 | #1,055 | 236 | #1,153 | 168 |
| 2019 | #951 | 278 | #1,380 | 129 |
| 2018 | #964 | 274 | #1,408 | 124 |
| 2017 | #1,102 | 229 | #1,421 | 122 |
| 2016 | #975 | 275 | #1,563 | 105 |
| 2015 | #915 | 300 | #1,691 | 92 |
| 2014 | #1,057 | 245 | #1,641 | 94 |
| 2013 | #1,039 | 239 | #1,989 | 69 |
| 2012 | #1,111 | 223 | #1,891 | 76 |
| 2011 | #1,319 | 178 | #1,849 | 76 |
| 2010 | #1,241 | 194 | #2,324 | 55 |
| 2009 | #1,408 | 167 | #1,990 | 70 |
| 2008 | #1,167 | 219 | #2,001 | 70 |
| 2007 | #1,419 | 167 | #1,830 | 79 |
| 2006 | #1,488 | 148 | #2,221 | 57 |
| 2005 | #1,444 | 147 | #2,129 | 57 |
| 2004 | #1,338 | 159 | #2,238 | 51 |
| 2003 | #1,308 | 158 | #2,006 | 57 |
| 2002 | #1,351 | 143 | #2,882 | 32 |
| 2001 | #1,523 | 122 | #2,988 | 30 |
| 2000 | #1,674 | 105 | #2,621 | 35 |
| 1999 | #1,688 | 97 | #2,939 | 28 |
| 1998 | #1,721 | 92 | #2,782 | 29 |
| 1997 | #1,864 | 79 | #3,160 | 23 |
| 1996 | #2,125 | 64 | #3,830 | 17 |
| 1995 | #1,863 | 75 | #2,762 | 26 |
| 1994 | #1,827 | 78 | #2,847 | 25 |
| 1993 | #2,127 | 63 | #3,501 | 18 |
| 1992 | #3,144 | 36 | #3,220 | 20 |
| 1991 | #4,059 | 25 | #2,989 | 21 |
| 1990 | #4,003 | 25 | #3,971 | 14 |
| 1989 | #3,673 | 27 | #3,094 | 19 |
| 1988 | #5,065 | 16 | #2,197 | 28 |
| 1987 | #3,743 | 23 | #2,468 | 22 |
| 1986 | #3,554 | 24 | #3,131 | 15 |
| 1985 | #3,983 | 20 | #2,710 | 18 |
| 1984 | #4,966 | 14 | #2,956 | 15 |
| 1983 | #4,884 | 14 | #2,408 | 20 |
| 1982 | #5,911 | 11 | #3,482 | 12 |
| 1981 | #8,128 | 7 | #3,601 | 11 |
| 1980 | #6,319 | 10 | #2,831 | 16 |
| 1979 | #5,427 | 12 | #2,669 | 17 |
| 1978 | #5,563 | 11 | #2,568 | 17 |
| 1977 | — | #2,361 | 19 | |
| 1976 | #7,296 | 7 | #2,329 | 19 |
| 1975 | #7,984 | 6 | #1,884 | 25 |
| 1974 | #4,041 | 15 | #1,832 | 25 |
| 1973 | #7,435 | 6 | #1,982 | 21 |
| 1972 | #4,793 | 11 | #1,966 | 21 |
| 1971 | #4,123 | 14 | #1,784 | 25 |
| 1970 | #4,492 | 12 | #1,416 | 35 |
| 1969 | #3,318 | 17 | #1,376 | 34 |
| 1968 | #3,315 | 16 | #1,217 | 39 |
| 1967 | #3,845 | 12 | #1,540 | 25 |
| 1966 | #3,959 | 11 | #1,373 | 31 |
| 1965 | #3,149 | 16 | #1,429 | 29 |
| 1964 | #2,915 | 19 | #1,219 | 40 |
| 1963 | #2,364 | 26 | #1,151 | 45 |
| 1962 | #2,922 | 18 | #1,147 | 45 |
| 1961 | #2,359 | 26 | #1,035 | 57 |
| 1960 | #2,369 | 25 | #1,017 | 57 |
| 1959 | #2,289 | 25 | #926 | 68 |
| 1958 | #2,449 | 22 | #907 | 69 |
| 1957 | #2,168 | 26 | #936 | 65 |
| 1956 | #2,249 | 24 | #934 | 64 |
| 1955 | #2,222 | 24 | #957 | 61 |
| 1954 | #2,295 | 22 | #876 | 70 |
| 1953 | #1,834 | 30 | #786 | 82 |
| 1952 | #2,266 | 21 | #863 | 66 |
| 1951 | #2,116 | 22 | #881 | 63 |
| 1950 | #2,185 | 20 | #767 | 80 |
| 1949 | #2,013 | 23 | #798 | 74 |
| 1948 | #2,070 | 22 | #722 | 86 |
| 1947 | #1,946 | 25 | #651 | 112 |
| 1946 | #1,583 | 31 | #759 | 76 |
| 1945 | #2,237 | 15 | #629 | 92 |
| 1944 | #1,742 | 23 | #651 | 91 |
| 1943 | #2,079 | 18 | #579 | 120 |
| 1942 | #2,311 | 15 | #591 | 111 |
| 1941 | #1,569 | 25 | #559 | 115 |
| 1940 | #1,477 | 27 | #581 | 104 |
| 1939 | #1,308 | 32 | #501 | 127 |
| 1938 | #1,945 | 17 | #487 | 141 |
| 1937 | #1,132 | 40 | #532 | 118 |
| 1936 | #1,206 | 35 | #499 | 129 |
| 1935 | #1,135 | 38 | #531 | 118 |
| 1934 | #1,079 | 42 | #466 | 146 |
| 1933 | #1,179 | 36 | #532 | 114 |
| 1932 | #1,015 | 48 | #550 | 114 |
| 1931 | #926 | 56 | #523 | 122 |
| 1930 | #738 | 90 | #508 | 137 |
| 1929 | #902 | 63 | #610 | 98 |
| 1928 | #1,223 | 39 | #578 | 114 |
| 1927 | #3,284 | 9 | #543 | 129 |
| 1926 | — | #627 | 100 | |
| 1925 | — | #600 | 110 | |
| 1924 | — | #535 | 139 | |
| 1923 | — | #564 | 122 | |
| 1922 | — | #571 | 124 | |
| 1921 | — | #600 | 111 | |
| 1920 | — | #590 | 112 | |
| 1919 | #4,814 | 5 | #669 | 86 |
| 1918 | — | #568 | 114 | |
| 1917 | — | #541 | 116 | |
| 1916 | — | #650 | 81 | |
| 1915 | #3,795 | 6 | #589 | 93 |
| 1914 | #3,618 | 5 | #667 | 58 |
| 1913 | — | #637 | 49 | |
| 1912 | — | #584 | 48 | |
| 1911 | — | #732 | 19 | |
| 1910 | — | #729 | 17 | |
| 1909 | — | #1,083 | 8 | |
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | #1,094 | 7 | |
| 1906 | — | #852 | 9 | |
| 1905 | — | #741 | 11 | |
| 1904 | — | #966 | 7 | |
| 1903 | — | #656 | 12 | |
| 1902 | — | #933 | 7 | |
| 1901 | — | #1,058 | 5 | |
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | #613 | 11 | |
| 1898 | — | #804 | 8 | |
| 1897 | — | #1,057 | 5 | |
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | #1,079 | 5 | |
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | #956 | 6 | |
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | #884 | 6 | |
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | #921 | 5 | |
| 1886 | — | #959 | 5 | |
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | #866 | 5 | |
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Arden! It came in at #866, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1881–1889, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Arden
- 63 spots since 2024 (#942 → #1,005)
- 148 spots since 2020 (#1,153 → #1,005)
- 686 spots since 2015 (#1,691 → #1,005)
- Biggest jump: 354 spots in 1910 (#1,083 → #729)
- Biggest drop: 310 spots in 1904 (#656 → #966)
- Debuted 1881
- Peaked 1934 at #466 (146 births)
- Births halved by 1951, 17 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 63 yrs · run 1910–1959
- Highest: 1 in 7,061 boys born in 2024 were named Arden (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 7,591 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #466 in 1934, was only 1 in 7,073 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 14.8% of all boys named Arden (1,266) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 2024, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 15 | #866 (1881) | #915 |
| 1890s | 41 | #613 (1899) | #899 |
| 1900s | 66 | #656 (1903) | #923 |
| 1910s | 681 | #541 (1917) | #637 |
| 1920s | 1,159 | #535 (1924) | #582 |
| 1930s | 1,266 | #466 (1934) | #513 |
| 1940s | 981 | #559 (1941) | #652 |
| 1950s | 688 | #767 (1950) | #883 |
| 1960s | 402 | #1,017 (1960) | #1,250 |
| 1970s | 224 | #1,416 (1970) | #2,079 |
| 1980s | 176 | #2,197 (1988) | #2,888 |
| 1990s | 221 | #2,762 (1995) | #3,200 |
| 2000s | 538 | #1,830 (2007) | #2,291 |
| 2010s | 942 | #1,380 (2019) | #1,716 |
| 2020s | 1,167 | #942 (2024) | #1,096 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Arden in 1940
Top girls' names in 1940
Top boys' names in 1940
More about 1940
girls
1,143,528 girls got a published name in 1940; 1 in 42,353 of them was named Arden, which outranked 70.6% of the 5,028 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,442Verline28
- #1,442Voncile28
- #1,442Willetta28
- #1,477Arden27
- #1,477Annice27
- #1,477Astrid27
- #1,477Beaulah27
- #1,518Alida26
- #1,518Annabel26
- #1,518Ardelia26
Tied with 40 names at #1,477; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,159,172 boys got a published name in 1940; 1 in 11,146 of them was named Arden, which outranked 85.2% of the 3,937 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.