Meaning not yet researched.
Arden: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 261 in 2025. Its best rank was #738 in 1930.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #738 in 1930; #975 in 2025. About 54% of babies named Arden in 2025 were girls.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#975 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1930, at #738.
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Arden: US girls and boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 261 girls in 2025. Peak: #738 in 1930 · most girls in one year: 300 (2015).
In 2025, 261 US girls were named Arden, making it the 975th most common girls’ name of the year, up 66 places from #1,041 in 2024. That is 20 more than the 241 girls named Arden in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #738, reached in 1930. The most girls given the name in a single year was 300, in 2015. For comparison, it was #918 in 2015 and #2,188 in 1950.
In 2025, 225 US boys were named Arden, making it the 1,005th most common boys’ name of the year, down 63 places from #942 in 2024. That is 19 fewer than the 244 boys named Arden in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #466, reached in 1934. The most boys given the name in a single year was 244, in 2024. For comparison, it was #1,692 in 2015 and #767 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Arden in 133 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1881 with 5 babies. In all, 16,085 US babies have been given the name, 47% of them girls and 53% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 3,377 babies named Arden.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 2,503 US girls were named Arden; the busiest of those years was 2019, with 278. In 2025 that was about 1 in 6,158 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Arden ranked highest in Connecticut in 2025, at #353 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Rarer spellings such as Ardyn, Ardean and Ardene are summarised on this page.
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Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in English. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
No related spellings pass our data threshold.
Rare spellings summarised here: Ardyn (487), Ardean (399), Ardene (386), Ardian (166), Ardine (130), Ardon (85), Ardan (74), Ardin (62), Ardeen (51), Ardynn (11).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Arden in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 30 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Connecticut | 8 | #353 | — |
| Colorado | 13 | #432 | #896 |
| Oregon | 8 | #436 | — |
| Mississippi | 5 | #529 | — |
| Arkansas | 5 | #572 | #451 |
| Minnesota | 8 | #605 | — |
| Oklahoma | 6 | #623 | — |
| Louisiana | 6 | #683 | #902 |
| Wisconsin | 6 | #710 | — |
| Tennessee | 10 | #711 | #853 |
| Washington | 8 | #742 | — |
| Georgia | 13 | #751 | #695 |
| North Carolina | 12 | #785 | #572 |
| Michigan | 9 | #793 | — |
| California | 36 | #814 | #984 |
| Virginia | 6 | #1,049 | #677 |
| Pennsylvania | 7 | #1,120 | #792 |
| Texas | 20 | #1,274 | #852 |
| Ohio | 6 | #1,290 | #906 |
| New York | 10 | #1,322 | #618 |
| Florida | 9 | #1,447 | #1,188 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 261 | #975 | 225 | #1,005 |
| 2024 | 241 | #1,041 | 244 | #942 |
| 2023 | 241 | #1,046 | 214 | #1,020 |
| 2022 | 241 | #1,056 | 155 | #1,255 |
| 2021 | 227 | #1,091 | 161 | #1,200 |
| 2020 | 236 | #1,055 | 168 | #1,153 |
| 2019 | 278 | #951 | 129 | #1,381 |
| 2018 | 274 | #964 | 124 | #1,408 |
| 2017 | 229 | #1,102 | 122 | #1,421 |
| 2016 | 275 | #976 | 105 | #1,564 |
| 2015 | 300 | #918 | 92 | #1,692 |
| 2014 | 245 | #1,058 | 94 | #1,642 |
| 2013 | 239 | #1,039 | 69 | #1,989 |
| 2012 | 223 | #1,114 | 76 | #1,892 |
| 2011 | 178 | #1,320 | 76 | #1,849 |
| 2010 | 194 | #1,241 | 55 | #2,327 |
| 2009 | 167 | #1,409 | 70 | #1,991 |
| 2008 | 219 | #1,168 | 70 | #2,002 |
| 2007 | 167 | #1,419 | 79 | #1,830 |
| 2006 | 148 | #1,488 | 57 | #2,224 |
| 2005 | 147 | #1,445 | 57 | #2,130 |
| 2004 | 159 | #1,339 | 51 | #2,245 |
| 2003 | 158 | #1,308 | 57 | #2,009 |
| 2002 | 143 | #1,352 | 32 | #2,886 |
| 2001 | 122 | #1,523 | 30 | #2,994 |
| 2000 | 105 | #1,676 | 35 | #2,625 |
| 1999 | 97 | #1,691 | 28 | #2,944 |
| 1998 | 92 | #1,721 | 29 | #2,792 |
| 1997 | 79 | #1,866 | 23 | #3,164 |
| 1996 | 64 | #2,127 | 17 | #3,841 |
| 1995 | 75 | #1,864 | 26 | #2,768 |
| 1994 | 78 | #1,828 | 25 | #2,858 |
| 1993 | 63 | #2,129 | 18 | #3,506 |
| 1992 | 36 | #3,147 | 20 | #3,228 |
| 1991 | 25 | #4,069 | 21 | #2,994 |
| 1990 | 25 | #4,010 | 14 | #3,981 |
| 1989 | 27 | #3,679 | 19 | #3,098 |
| 1988 | 16 | #5,077 | 28 | #2,200 |
| 1987 | 23 | #3,753 | 22 | #2,470 |
| 1986 | 24 | #3,557 | 15 | #3,141 |
| 1985 | 20 | #3,989 | 18 | #2,718 |
| 1984 | 14 | #4,979 | 15 | #2,966 |
| 1983 | 14 | #4,899 | 20 | #2,410 |
| 1982 | 11 | #5,942 | 12 | #3,498 |
| 1981 | 7 | #8,183 | 11 | #3,618 |
| 1980 | 10 | #6,346 | 16 | #2,838 |
| 1979 | 12 | #5,445 | 17 | #2,674 |
| 1978 | 11 | #5,589 | 17 | #2,574 |
| 1977 | — | — | 19 | #2,368 |
| 1976 | 7 | #7,341 | 19 | #2,338 |
| 1975 | 6 | #8,047 | 25 | #1,887 |
| 1974 | 15 | #4,048 | 25 | #1,835 |
| 1973 | 6 | #7,493 | 21 | #1,986 |
| 1972 | 11 | #4,805 | 21 | #1,974 |
| 1971 | 14 | #4,135 | 25 | #1,785 |
| 1970 | 12 | #4,509 | 35 | #1,418 |
| 1969 | 17 | #3,326 | 34 | #1,377 |
| 1968 | 16 | #3,323 | 39 | #1,217 |
| 1967 | 12 | #3,857 | 25 | #1,541 |
| 1966 | 11 | #3,972 | 31 | #1,374 |
| 1965 | 16 | #3,155 | 29 | #1,430 |
| 1964 | 19 | #2,917 | 40 | #1,219 |
| 1963 | 26 | #2,370 | 45 | #1,152 |
| 1962 | 18 | #2,927 | 45 | #1,147 |
| 1961 | 26 | #2,364 | 57 | #1,035 |
| 1960 | 25 | #2,372 | 57 | #1,017 |
| 1959 | 25 | #2,292 | 68 | #927 |
| 1958 | 22 | #2,453 | 69 | #907 |
| 1957 | 26 | #2,172 | 65 | #936 |
| 1956 | 24 | #2,252 | 64 | #934 |
| 1955 | 24 | #2,225 | 61 | #957 |
| 1954 | 22 | #2,301 | 70 | #876 |
| 1953 | 30 | #1,835 | 82 | #787 |
| 1952 | 21 | #2,269 | 66 | #863 |
| 1951 | 22 | #2,123 | 63 | #883 |
| 1950 | 20 | #2,188 | 80 | #767 |
| 1949 | 23 | #2,014 | 74 | #798 |
| 1948 | 22 | #2,073 | 86 | #722 |
| 1947 | 25 | #1,948 | 112 | #651 |
| 1946 | 31 | #1,586 | 76 | #760 |
| 1945 | 15 | #2,239 | 92 | #629 |
| 1944 | 23 | #1,743 | 91 | #651 |
| 1943 | 18 | #2,083 | 120 | #579 |
| 1942 | 15 | #2,314 | 111 | #591 |
| 1941 | 25 | #1,570 | 115 | #559 |
| 1940 | 27 | #1,478 | 104 | #581 |
| 1939 | 32 | #1,309 | 127 | #501 |
| 1938 | 17 | #1,949 | 141 | #487 |
| 1937 | 40 | #1,133 | 118 | #532 |
| 1936 | 35 | #1,206 | 129 | #499 |
| 1935 | 38 | #1,135 | 118 | #531 |
| 1934 | 42 | #1,080 | 146 | #466 |
| 1933 | 36 | #1,180 | 114 | #533 |
| 1932 | 48 | #1,016 | 114 | #550 |
| 1931 | 56 | #926 | 122 | #523 |
| 1930 | 90 | #738 | 137 | #508 |
| 1929 | 63 | #903 | 98 | #610 |
| 1928 | 39 | #1,224 | 114 | #579 |
| 1927 | 9 | #3,295 | 129 | #544 |
| 1926 | — | — | 100 | #627 |
| 1925 | — | — | 110 | #600 |
| 1924 | — | — | 139 | #535 |
| 1923 | — | — | 122 | #564 |
| 1922 | — | — | 124 | #571 |
| 1921 | — | — | 111 | #600 |
| 1920 | — | — | 112 | #590 |
| 1919 | 5 | #4,862 | 86 | #669 |
| 1918 | — | — | 114 | #568 |
| 1917 | — | — | 116 | #541 |
| 1916 | — | — | 81 | #650 |
| 1915 | 6 | #3,817 | 93 | #589 |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,647 | 58 | #667 |
| 1913 | — | — | 49 | #637 |
| 1912 | — | — | 48 | #584 |
| 1911 | — | — | 19 | #733 |
| 1910 | — | — | 17 | #730 |
| 1909 | — | — | 8 | #1,084 |
| 1907 | — | — | 7 | #1,099 |
| 1906 | — | — | 9 | #856 |
| 1905 | — | — | 11 | #745 |
| 1904 | — | — | 7 | #970 |
| 1903 | — | — | 12 | #658 |
| 1902 | — | — | 7 | #935 |
| 1901 | — | — | 5 | #1,065 |
| 1899 | — | — | 11 | #618 |
| 1898 | — | — | 8 | #807 |
| 1897 | — | — | 5 | #1,070 |
| 1895 | — | — | 5 | #1,087 |
| 1892 | — | — | 6 | #962 |
| 1890 | — | — | 6 | #890 |
| 1887 | — | — | 5 | #935 |
| 1886 | — | — | 5 | #973 |
| 1881 | — | — | 5 | #873 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).