Arden

#975 for girls in 2025, 261 births · #1,005 for boys in 2025, 225 births
Given to boys 53.3% of the time

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Peak · boys
#466
1934 · 146 births
Debut · boys
1881
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
8,567
since 1881

Arden over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201966peak #738, 1930peak #466, 1934girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#975261#1,005225
2024#1,041241#942244
2023#1,046241#1,019214
2022#1,055241#1,254155
2021#1,091227#1,200161
2020#1,055236#1,153168
2019#951278#1,380129
2018#964274#1,408124
2017#1,102229#1,421122
2016#975275#1,563105
2015#915300#1,69192
2014#1,057245#1,64194
2013#1,039239#1,98969
2012#1,111223#1,89176
2011#1,319178#1,84976
2010#1,241194#2,32455
2009#1,408167#1,99070
2008#1,167219#2,00170
2007#1,419167#1,83079
2006#1,488148#2,22157
2005#1,444147#2,12957
2004#1,338159#2,23851
2003#1,308158#2,00657
2002#1,351143#2,88232
2001#1,523122#2,98830
2000#1,674105#2,62135
1999#1,68897#2,93928
1998#1,72192#2,78229
1997#1,86479#3,16023
1996#2,12564#3,83017
1995#1,86375#2,76226
1994#1,82778#2,84725
1993#2,12763#3,50118
1992#3,14436#3,22020
1991#4,05925#2,98921
1990#4,00325#3,97114
1989#3,67327#3,09419
1988#5,06516#2,19728
1987#3,74323#2,46822
1986#3,55424#3,13115
1985#3,98320#2,71018
1984#4,96614#2,95615
1983#4,88414#2,40820
1982#5,91111#3,48212
1981#8,1287#3,60111
1980#6,31910#2,83116
1979#5,42712#2,66917
1978#5,56311#2,56817
1977—#2,36119
1976#7,2967#2,32919
1975#7,9846#1,88425
1974#4,04115#1,83225
1973#7,4356#1,98221
1972#4,79311#1,96621
1971#4,12314#1,78425
1970#4,49212#1,41635
1969#3,31817#1,37634
1968#3,31516#1,21739
1967#3,84512#1,54025
1966#3,95911#1,37331
1965#3,14916#1,42929
1964#2,91519#1,21940
1963#2,36426#1,15145
1962#2,92218#1,14745
1961#2,35926#1,03557
1960#2,36925#1,01757
1959#2,28925#92668
1958#2,44922#90769
1957#2,16826#93665
1956#2,24924#93464
1955#2,22224#95761
1954#2,29522#87670
1953#1,83430#78682
1952#2,26621#86366
1951#2,11622#88163
1950#2,18520#76780
1949#2,01323#79874
1948#2,07022#72286
1947#1,94625#651112
1946#1,58331#75976
1945#2,23715#62992
1944#1,74223#65191
1943#2,07918#579120
1942#2,31115#591111
1941#1,56925#559115
1940#1,47727#581104
1939#1,30832#501127
1938#1,94517#487141
1937#1,13240#532118
1936#1,20635#499129
1935#1,13538#531118
1934#1,07942#466146
1933#1,17936#532114
1932#1,01548#550114
1931#92656#523122
1930#73890#508137
1929#90263#61098
1928#1,22339#578114
1927#3,2849#543129
1926—#627100
1925—#600110
1924—#535139
1923—#564122
1922—#571124
1921—#600111
1920—#590112
1919#4,8145#66986
1918—#568114
1917—#541116
1916—#65081
1915#3,7956#58993
1914#3,6185#66758
1913—#63749
1912—#58448
1911—#73219
1910—#72917
1909—#1,0838
1908——
1907—#1,0947
1906—#8529
1905—#74111
1904—#9667
1903—#65612
1902—#9337
1901—#1,0585
1900——
1899—#61311
1898—#8048
1897—#1,0575
1896——
1895—#1,0795
1894——
1893——
1892—#9566
1891——
1890—#8846
1889——
1888——
1887—#9215
1886—#9595
1885——
1884——
1883——
1882——
1881—#8665
1880——
First appearance
1881

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
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
53 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1881
  • Peaked 1934 at #466 (146 births)
  • Births halved by 1951, 17 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 63 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 63 yrs · run 1910–1959
Share of babies · boys
1 in 7,061
  • 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
Era · boys
The 1930s
  • 14.8% of all boys named Arden (1,266) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2025
  • Mostly boys until 2024, mostly girls since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s15#866 (1881)#915
1890s41#613 (1899)#899
1900s66#656 (1903)#923
1910s681#541 (1917)#637
1920s1,159#535 (1924)#582
1930s1,266#466 (1934)#513
1940s981#559 (1941)#652
1950s688#767 (1950)#883
1960s402#1,017 (1960)#1,250
1970s224#1,416 (1970)#2,079
1980s176#2,197 (1988)#2,888
1990s221#2,762 (1995)#3,200
2000s538#1,830 (2007)#2,291
2010s942#1,380 (2019)#1,716
2020s1,167#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 1966

girls
#3,959
11 births · 1 in 153,834 girls
boys
#1,373
31 births · 1 in 57,531 boys

Top girls' names in 1966

  1. #1Lisa56,918
  2. #2Kimberly32,232
  3. #3Mary28,890
  4. #4Michelle27,159
  5. #5Karen25,450
  6. #6Susan23,776
  7. #7Patricia20,112
  8. #8Tammy18,621
  9. #9Angela18,532
  10. #10Jennifer18,215
  11. #3,959Arden11

Top boys' names in 1966

  1. #1Michael79,985
  2. #2David66,408
  3. #3James65,163
  4. #4John65,016
  5. #5Robert59,317
  6. #6William38,237
  7. #7Mark34,801
  8. #8Richard34,457
  9. #9Jeffrey30,200
  10. #10Thomas29,003
  11. #1,373Arden31
More about 1966

girls

1,692,177 girls got a published name in 1966; 1 in 153,834 of them was named Arden, which outranked 48.1% of the 7,624 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Arden
  1. #3,740Willena12
  2. #3,740Yavonne12
  3. #3,740Yolander12
  4. #3,959Arden11
  5. #3,959Adora11
  6. #3,959Alayna11
  7. #3,959Albertha11
  8. #4,198Alan10
  9. #4,198Alea10
  10. #4,198Alease10

Tied with 238 names at #3,959; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1965
Risers
  1. ↑ 6,121Tabatha#6,539 → #418
  2. ↑ 1,469Tabitha#1,993 → #524
  3. ↑ 1,325Joell#2,247 → #922
  4. ↑ 1,047Tatia#1,715 → #668
  5. ↑ 969Nichole#1,829 → #860
Fallers
  1. ↓ 398Barb#815 → #1,213
  2. ↓ 310Jewell#952 → #1,262
  3. ↓ 288Roxie#944 → #1,232
  4. ↓ 284Aretha#818 → #1,102
  5. ↓ 280Kecia#392 → #672

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,783,461 boys got a published name in 1966; 1 in 57,531 of them was named Arden, which outranked 69.8% of the 4,540 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Arden
  1. #1,345Walton32
  2. #1,345Wendy32
  3. #1,345Willy32
  4. #1,373Arden31
  5. #1,373Adolphus31
  6. #1,373Aundra31
  7. #1,373Clarke31
  8. #1,401Alvino30
  9. #1,401Arnaldo30
  10. #1,401Blaise30

Tied with 27 names at #1,373; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1965
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,207Jarrod#1,720 → #513
  2. ↑ 893Heath#1,254 → #361
  3. ↑ 467Illya#1,294 → #827
  4. ↑ 419Jarrett#1,294 → #875
  5. ↑ 399Reynold#1,360 → #961
Fallers
  1. ↓ 464Quint#986 → #1,450
  2. ↓ 303Dario#934 → #1,237
  3. ↓ 299Darran#1,000 → #1,299
  4. ↓ 281Artie#897 → #1,178
  5. ↓ 268Daryn#716 → #984

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1966 →