Ardeth

Last seen for girls in 1963 at #6,592

Peak · girls
1930 · 121 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,033
since 1912

Ardeth over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Ardeth has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201937peak #629, 1930girls
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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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1963#6,5925
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1961#6,5675
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1955#3,37712
1954#3,32512
1953#3,10613
1952#4,1238
1951#4,3857
1950#3,6629
1949#2,72614
1948#2,82813
1947#2,89813
1946#2,59714
1945#3,1329
1944#2,62512
1943#1,90021
1942#1,98119
1941#2,01817
1940#1,79220
1939#2,12515
1938#1,43727
1937#1,30331
1936#1,59322
1935#1,26432
1934#1,16637
1933#94752
1932#95355
1931#91258
1930#629121
1929#1,21238
1928#1,54127
1927#1,42332
1926#1,77223
1925#2,01819
1924#1,72325
1923#2,02119
1922#2,10918
1921#1,66826
1920#1,95220
1919#1,69823
1918#2,37614
1917#1,70821
1916#2,02816
1915#1,62221
1914#3,1886
1913#2,8276
1912#2,6346
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First appearance
1912

The first year at least five girls were named Ardeth! It came in at #2,634, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1956–2025, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Ardeth
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1963
  • Biggest jump: 583 spots in 1930 (#1,212#629)
  • Biggest drop: 283 spots in 1931 (#629#912)
Rise & fade · girls
18 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1912
  • Peaked 1930 at #629 (121 births)
  • Births halved by 1931, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 4 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 4 yrs · run 1930–1933
Share of babies · girls
1 in 9,305
  • Highest: 1 in 9,305 girls born in 1930 were named Ardeth (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 385,501 girls born in 1963 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1930s
  • 43.6% of all girls named Ardeth (450) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s113#1,622 (1915)#2,260
1920s247#1,212 (1929)#1,744
1930s450#629 (1930)#1,233
1940s152#1,792 (1940)#2,450
1950s61#3,106 (1953)#3,663
1960s10#6,567 (1961)#6,580

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Ardeth in 1937

girls
#1,303
31 births · 1 in 34,324 girls

Top girls' names in 1937

  1. #1Mary55,641
  2. #2Barbara34,917
  3. #3Patricia26,838
  4. #4Shirley26,823
  5. #5Betty25,337
  6. #6Carol17,336
  7. #7Nancy17,074
  8. #8Dorothy16,572
  9. #9Joan15,301
  10. #10Margaret15,144
  11. #1,303Ardeth31
More about 1937

girls

1,064,033 girls got a published name in 1937; 1 in 34,324 of them was named Ardeth, which outranked 73.6% of the 4,930 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ardeth
  1. #1,282Tamara32
  2. #1,282Tiny32
  3. #1,282Vilma32
  4. #1,303Ardeth31
  5. #1,303Annabell31
  6. #1,303Aretha31
  7. #1,303Clair31
  8. #1,330Alease30
  9. #1,330Annabel30
  10. #1,330Annalee30

Tied with 26 names at #1,303; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1936
Risers
  1. 3,217Noreta#4,181#964
  2. 2,845Noretta#3,701#856
  3. 2,351Leilani#3,103#752
  4. 1,407Deann#2,263#856
  5. 1,209Norita#1,741#532
Fallers
  1. 438Dorla#951#1,389
  2. 331Vilma#951#1,282
  3. 303Imelda#979#1,282
  4. 297Lulu#695#992
  5. 292Lyda#840#1,132

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

See the top 100 for 1937