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
- 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
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 | — | — | ||
| 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 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
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.
See more about Ardis
- 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)
- Debuted 1899
- Peaked 1931 at #477 (179 births)
- Births halved by 1945, 14 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 42 yrs · run 1912–1945
- 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
- 28.9% of all girls named Ardis (1,845) were born in this decade
- 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 1964
Top girls' names in 1964
Top boys' names in 1964
More about 1964
girls
1,894,855 girls got a published name in 1964; 1 in 65,340 of them was named Ardis, which outranked 71.2% of the 7,806 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,195Trinidad30
- #2,195Vanda30
- #2,195Willetta30
- #2,246Ardis29
- #2,246Aaron29
- #2,246Alayne29
- #2,246Anitra29
- #2,306Aleshia28
- #2,306Allie28
- #2,306Angele28
Tied with 59 names at #2,246; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,992,698 boys got a published name in 1964; 1 in 199,270 of them was named Ardis, which outranked 42.0% of the 4,594 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,546Worley11
- #2,546Wray11
- #2,546Young11
- #2,665Ardis10
- #2,665Abran10
- #2,665Agostino10
- #2,665Aj10
- #2,854Abdul9
- #2,854Adelbert9
- #2,854Aden9
Tied with 188 names at #2,665; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 864Deron#1,548 → #684
- ↑ 653Cassius#1,513 → #860
- ↑ 392Kipp#1,215 → #823
- ↑ 363Fitzgerald#1,052 → #689
- ↑ 334Adrain#1,279 → #945
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.