Ardythe

Last seen for girls in 1962 at #5,293

Peak · girls
1937 · 21 births
Debut · girls
11 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
425
since 1915

Ardythe over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Ardythe has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201927peak #1,679, 1937girls
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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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1962#5,2937
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1957#4,9187
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1951#4,0118
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1949#3,6129
1948#4,2057
1947#3,06112
1946#3,9947
1945
1944#2,94610
1943#3,04010
1942#4,1246
1941#2,19015
1940#3,5037
1939#2,12515
1938#2,44712
1937#1,67921
1936#2,26313
1935#2,57511
1934#1,83418
1933#2,05215
1932#2,03716
1931#2,30713
1930#2,42513
1929#2,19115
1928#1,89720
1927#2,09518
1926#3,5648
1925#2,77812
1924#3,14410
1923#4,3766
1922#2,95811
1921#2,63313
1920#2,89911
1919#3,2199
1918#3,02410
1917#2,55212
1916#3,5527
1915#2,52611
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First appearance
1915

The first year at least five girls were named Ardythe! It came in at #2,526, and was given to 11 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1945, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Ardythe
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1962
Rise & fade · girls
22 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1915
  • Peaked 1937 at #1,679 (21 births)
  • Births halved by 1940, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 50,668
  • Highest: 1 in 50,668 girls born in 1937 were named Ardythe (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 280,943 girls born in 1962 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1930s
  • 34.6% of all girls named Ardythe (147) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s49#2,526 (1915)#2,975
1920s124#1,897 (1928)#2,854
1930s147#1,679 (1937)#2,174
1940s83#2,190 (1941)#3,408
1950s15#4,011 (1951)#4,465
1960s7#5,293 (1962)#5,293

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.

Ardythe in 1927

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#2,095
18 births · 1 in 66,246 girls

Top girls' names in 1927

  1. #1Mary70,642
  2. #2Dorothy35,993
  3. #3Betty35,424
  4. #4Helen25,316
  5. #5Margaret21,964
  6. #6Ruth19,412
  7. #7Doris16,512
  8. #8Virginia15,734
  9. #9Shirley13,314
  10. #10Barbara13,161
  11. #2,095Ardythe18
More about 1927

girls

1,192,431 girls got a published name in 1927; 1 in 66,246 of them was named Ardythe, which outranked 62.6% of the 5,602 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ardythe
  1. #2,026Voncille19
  2. #2,026Warren19
  3. #2,026Wilhelmenia19
  4. #2,095Ardythe18
  5. #2,095Abby18
  6. #2,095Alex18
  7. #2,095Allegra18
  8. #2,169Almira17
  9. #2,169Anice17
  10. #2,169Antonio17

Tied with 73 names at #2,095; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1926
Risers
  1. 2,708Charmaine#3,564#856
  2. 1,519Kazuko#2,474#955
  3. 1,152Valencia#2,076#924
  4. 551Cherie#1,414#863
  5. 452Lita#1,148#696
Fallers
  1. 349Janell#748#1,097
  2. 330Sabina#931#1,261
  3. 319Clarine#942#1,261
  4. 298Shirlie#980#1,278
  5. 291Delilah#836#1,127

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

See the top 100 for 1927