Ardis

Last seen for girls in 2022 at #13,592 · Last seen for boys in 2017 at #12,246
Given to girls 86.1% of the time

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Peak · girls
1931 · 179 births
Debut · girls
19 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
6,386
since 1899

Ardis over time

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201903peak #477, 1931peak #1,009, 1903girlsboys
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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——
2024——
2023——
2022#13,5926—
2021——
2020——
2019——
2018#13,7936—
2017—#12,2465
2016#16,2155—
2015#14,4826—
2014——
2013——
2012——
2011——
2010——
2009——
2008——
2007——
2006——
2005——
2004——
2003#13,8446—
2002——
2001——
2000——
1999—#9,9125
1998——
1997——
1996——
1995——
1994——
1993—#7,6386
1992——
1991—#7,2716
1990—#7,1786
1989—#4,52711
1988——
1987—#6,0896
1986—#4,8538
1985——
1984—#5,5616
1983#10,2755—
1982#9,2376#3,96610
1981#10,4115—
1980#7,4188#4,1349
1979—#5,3556
1978——
1977#6,8928#5,1236
1976#6,0489#4,4187
1975#6,4848#4,3097
1974#6,9007#4,1907
1973#3,48118#3,22310
1972#5,9598#3,15210
1971#3,65217#2,81312
1970#5,4139#4,2306
1969#5,9747#2,86110
1968#2,78921#4,1365
1967#2,43225#2,61110
1966#3,55813#3,9485
1965#3,40214#2,9828
1964#2,24629#2,66510
1963#2,54323#3,0448
1962#2,92218#2,8489
1961#1,80740#2,32213
1960#2,30726#3,6656
1959#1,85236#1,66523
1958#1,87234#1,83819
1957#1,44254#1,88718
1956#1,33960#1,94517
1955#1,32058#2,04815
1954#1,40951#1,59323
1953#1,11276#2,18613
1952#1,14768#2,37611
1951#1,01983#1,97215
1950#1,09071#2,01914
1949#94888#1,82017
1948#91490#1,75818
1947#93789#1,98815
1946#1,00670#2,03013
1945#80388#1,92613
1944#701114#2,30910
1943#705118#1,63619
1942#701113#1,86715
1941#71397#1,75916
1940#622127#2,6718
1939#580133#2,4499
1938#573143#1,52120
1937#547149#3,1756
1936#524153#1,72316
1935#516154#2,12712
1934#519154#1,72517
1933#491167#1,70717
1932#488184#1,71618
1931#477179#1,77017
1930#481193#1,96415
1929#525169#1,93316
1928#481202#1,44826
1927#497198#1,51625
1926#522180#1,66121
1925#492201#2,01216
1924#497199#1,53225
1923#559167#1,94117
1922#520181#1,64422
1921#512190#1,41228
1920#570158#2,33613
1919#604136#1,62421
1918#640124#1,90517
1917#568141#1,32227
1916#606123#1,84916
1915#599119#1,96814
1914#74759#2,9156
1913#70155#1,36515
1912#70950#2,0457
1911#1,11316—
1910#94121—
1909#1,29011—
1908#82922—
1907#1,28910—
1906#87218—
1905#1,01114—
1904#1,2519—
1903#96913#1,0096
1902#1,02412—
1901#1,2278—
1900#1,00814—
1899#72819—
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First appearance
1899

The first year at least five girls were named Ardis! It came in at #728, and was given to 19 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1978–1979, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Ardis is popular in 1903

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Ardis
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2022
  • Biggest jump: 460 spots in 1908 (#1,289 → #829)
  • Biggest drop: 461 spots in 1909 (#829 → #1,290)
Rise & fade · girls
32 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1899
  • Peaked 1931 at #477 (179 births)
  • Births halved by 1945, 14 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 42 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 42 yrs · run 1912–1945
Share of babies · girls
1 in 5,709
  • Highest: 1 in 5,709 girls born in 1928 were named Ardis (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 273,355 girls born in 2022 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #477 in 1931, was only 1 in 5,948 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 28.9% of all girls named Ardis (1,845) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2018
  • Mostly boys until 2017, mostly girls since
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s19#728 (1899)#728
1900s131#829 (1908)#1,077
1910s844#568 (1917)#723
1920s1,845#481 (1928)#518
1930s1,609#477 (1931)#520
1940s994#622 (1940)#805
1950s591#1,019 (1951)#1,360
1960s216#1,807 (1961)#2,998
1970s84#3,481 (1973)#5,604
1980s24#7,418 (1980)#9,335
1990s0——
2000s6#13,844 (2003)#13,844
2010s17#13,793 (2018)#14,830
2020s6#13,592 (2022)#13,592

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.

Ardis in 1903

girls
#969
13 births · 1 in 20,152 girls
boys
#1,009
6 births · 1 in 19,872 boys

Top girls' names in 1903

  1. #1Mary14,275
  2. #2Helen6,129
  3. #3Anna5,098
  4. #4Margaret5,045
  5. #5Ruth4,517
  6. #6Elizabeth3,724
  7. #7Marie3,469
  8. #8Florence3,468
  9. #9Ethel3,257
  10. #10Mildred3,088
  11. #969Ardis13

Top boys' names in 1903

  1. #1John7,608
  2. #2William6,311
  3. #3James5,479
  4. #4George3,961
  5. #5Charles3,213
  6. #6Joseph3,121
  7. #7Robert3,044
  8. #8Frank2,644
  9. #9Edward2,268
  10. #10Thomas1,962
  11. #1,009Ardis6
More about 1903

girls

261,970 girls got a published name in 1903; 1 in 20,152 of them was named Ardis, which outranked 53.5% of the 2,083 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 19.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ardis
  1. #931Sula14
  2. #931Vennie14
  3. #931Vernice14
  4. #969Ardis13
  5. #969Aida13
  6. #969Allean13
  7. #969Almira13
  8. #1,027Adda12
  9. #1,027Adelle12
  10. #1,027Aimee12

Tied with 57 names at #969; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1902
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,004Rafaela#1,793 → #789
  2. ↑ 957Evia#1,793 → #836
  3. ↑ 862Euphemia#1,793 → #931
  4. ↑ 758Janette#1,594 → #836
  5. ↑ 758Louis#1,594 → #836
Fallers
  1. ↓ 889Littie#903 → #1,792
  2. ↓ 889Samantha#903 → #1,792
  3. ↓ 820Marianna#972 → #1,792
  4. ↓ 689Classie#903 → #1,592
  5. ↓ 667Venus#773 → #1,440

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

boys

119,230 boys got a published name in 1903; 1 in 19,872 of them was named Ardis, which outranked 22.7% of the 1,306 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ardis
  1. #910Winifred7
  2. #910Wright7
  3. #910Wylie7
  4. #1,009Ardis6
  5. #1,009Aden6
  6. #1,009Agnes6
  7. #1,009Anson6
  8. #1,130Adelard5
  9. #1,130Adelbert5
  10. #1,130Adolf5

Tied with 120 names at #1,009; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1902
Risers
  1. ↑ 610Garnett#1,137 → #527
  2. ↑ 562Jordan#1,013 → #451
  3. ↑ 561Reynold#1,137 → #576
  4. ↑ 542Artis#1,137 → #595
  5. ↑ 518Josiah#1,137 → #619
Fallers
  1. ↓ 574Hunter#556 → #1,130
  2. ↓ 547Audrey#583 → #1,130
  3. ↓ 479Hayes#651 → #1,130
  4. ↓ 479Hezekiah#651 → #1,130
  5. ↓ 479Oakley#651 → #1,130

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

See the top 100 for 1903 →