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
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1931 · 179 births
- Debut · girls
- 19 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 6,386since 1899
Ardis over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | #13,592 | 6 | — | |
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | #13,793 | 6 | — | |
| 2017 | — | #12,246 | 5 | |
| 2016 | #16,215 | 5 | — | |
| 2015 | #14,482 | 6 | — | |
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | — | — | ||
| 2005 | — | — | ||
| 2004 | — | — | ||
| 2003 | #13,844 | 6 | — | |
| 2002 | — | — | ||
| 2001 | — | — | ||
| 2000 | — | — | ||
| 1999 | — | #9,912 | 5 | |
| 1998 | — | — | ||
| 1997 | — | — | ||
| 1996 | — | — | ||
| 1995 | — | — | ||
| 1994 | — | — | ||
| 1993 | — | #7,638 | 6 | |
| 1992 | — | — | ||
| 1991 | — | #7,271 | 6 | |
| 1990 | — | #7,178 | 6 | |
| 1989 | — | #4,527 | 11 | |
| 1988 | — | — | ||
| 1987 | — | #6,089 | 6 | |
| 1986 | — | #4,853 | 8 | |
| 1985 | — | — | ||
| 1984 | — | #5,561 | 6 | |
| 1983 | #10,275 | 5 | — | |
| 1982 | #9,237 | 6 | #3,966 | 10 |
| 1981 | #10,411 | 5 | — | |
| 1980 | #7,418 | 8 | #4,134 | 9 |
| 1979 | — | #5,355 | 6 | |
| 1978 | — | — | ||
| 1977 | #6,892 | 8 | #5,123 | 6 |
| 1976 | #6,048 | 9 | #4,418 | 7 |
| 1975 | #6,484 | 8 | #4,309 | 7 |
| 1974 | #6,900 | 7 | #4,190 | 7 |
| 1973 | #3,481 | 18 | #3,223 | 10 |
| 1972 | #5,959 | 8 | #3,152 | 10 |
| 1971 | #3,652 | 17 | #2,813 | 12 |
| 1970 | #5,413 | 9 | #4,230 | 6 |
| 1969 | #5,974 | 7 | #2,861 | 10 |
| 1968 | #2,789 | 21 | #4,136 | 5 |
| 1967 | #2,432 | 25 | #2,611 | 10 |
| 1966 | #3,558 | 13 | #3,948 | 5 |
| 1965 | #3,402 | 14 | #2,982 | 8 |
| 1964 | #2,246 | 29 | #2,665 | 10 |
| 1963 | #2,543 | 23 | #3,044 | 8 |
| 1962 | #2,922 | 18 | #2,848 | 9 |
| 1961 | #1,807 | 40 | #2,322 | 13 |
| 1960 | #2,307 | 26 | #3,665 | 6 |
| 1959 | #1,852 | 36 | #1,665 | 23 |
| 1958 | #1,872 | 34 | #1,838 | 19 |
| 1957 | #1,442 | 54 | #1,887 | 18 |
| 1956 | #1,339 | 60 | #1,945 | 17 |
| 1955 | #1,320 | 58 | #2,048 | 15 |
| 1954 | #1,409 | 51 | #1,593 | 23 |
| 1953 | #1,112 | 76 | #2,186 | 13 |
| 1952 | #1,147 | 68 | #2,376 | 11 |
| 1951 | #1,019 | 83 | #1,972 | 15 |
| 1950 | #1,090 | 71 | #2,019 | 14 |
| 1949 | #948 | 88 | #1,820 | 17 |
| 1948 | #914 | 90 | #1,758 | 18 |
| 1947 | #937 | 89 | #1,988 | 15 |
| 1946 | #1,006 | 70 | #2,030 | 13 |
| 1945 | #803 | 88 | #1,926 | 13 |
| 1944 | #701 | 114 | #2,309 | 10 |
| 1943 | #705 | 118 | #1,636 | 19 |
| 1942 | #701 | 113 | #1,867 | 15 |
| 1941 | #713 | 97 | #1,759 | 16 |
| 1940 | #622 | 127 | #2,671 | 8 |
| 1939 | #580 | 133 | #2,449 | 9 |
| 1938 | #573 | 143 | #1,521 | 20 |
| 1937 | #547 | 149 | #3,175 | 6 |
| 1936 | #524 | 153 | #1,723 | 16 |
| 1935 | #516 | 154 | #2,127 | 12 |
| 1934 | #519 | 154 | #1,725 | 17 |
| 1933 | #491 | 167 | #1,707 | 17 |
| 1932 | #488 | 184 | #1,716 | 18 |
| 1931 | #477 | 179 | #1,770 | 17 |
| 1930 | #481 | 193 | #1,964 | 15 |
| 1929 | #525 | 169 | #1,933 | 16 |
| 1928 | #481 | 202 | #1,448 | 26 |
| 1927 | #497 | 198 | #1,516 | 25 |
| 1926 | #522 | 180 | #1,661 | 21 |
| 1925 | #492 | 201 | #2,012 | 16 |
| 1924 | #497 | 199 | #1,532 | 25 |
| 1923 | #559 | 167 | #1,941 | 17 |
| 1922 | #520 | 181 | #1,644 | 22 |
| 1921 | #512 | 190 | #1,412 | 28 |
| 1920 | #570 | 158 | #2,336 | 13 |
| 1919 | #604 | 136 | #1,624 | 21 |
| 1918 | #640 | 124 | #1,905 | 17 |
| 1917 | #568 | 141 | #1,322 | 27 |
| 1916 | #606 | 123 | #1,849 | 16 |
| 1915 | #599 | 119 | #1,968 | 14 |
| 1914 | #747 | 59 | #2,915 | 6 |
| 1913 | #701 | 55 | #1,365 | 15 |
| 1912 | #709 | 50 | #2,045 | 7 |
| 1911 | #1,113 | 16 | — | |
| 1910 | #941 | 21 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,290 | 11 | — | |
| 1908 | #829 | 22 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,289 | 10 | — | |
| 1906 | #872 | 18 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,011 | 14 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,251 | 9 | — | |
| 1903 | #969 | 13 | #1,009 | 6 |
| 1902 | #1,024 | 12 | — | |
| 1901 | #1,227 | 8 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,008 | 14 | — | |
| 1899 | #728 | 19 | — | |
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
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| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
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.
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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
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 19 | #728 (1899) | #728 |
| 1900s | 131 | #829 (1908) | #1,077 |
| 1910s | 844 | #568 (1917) | #723 |
| 1920s | 1,845 | #481 (1928) | #518 |
| 1930s | 1,609 | #477 (1931) | #520 |
| 1940s | 994 | #622 (1940) | #805 |
| 1950s | 591 | #1,019 (1951) | #1,360 |
| 1960s | 216 | #1,807 (1961) | #2,998 |
| 1970s | 84 | #3,481 (1973) | #5,604 |
| 1980s | 24 | #7,418 (1980) | #9,335 |
| 1990s | 0 | — | — |
| 2000s | 6 | #13,844 (2003) | #13,844 |
| 2010s | 17 | #13,793 (2018) | #14,830 |
| 2020s | 6 | #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 1910
girls
#941
21 births · 1 in 18,881 girls
Top girls' names in 1910
More about 1910
girls
396,503 girls got a published name in 1910; 1 in 18,881 of them was named Ardis, which outranked 66.3% of the 2,790 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).