girls:
251 births since 1918
#5465 (4th percentile)
boys:
148 births since 1912
#4438 (3rd percentile)
overall:
399 births since 1912
#7340 (5th percentile)
The name Ardean is the #7,340 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 399 recorded births since 1912. This represents the 5.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 5.1% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,465 (4.4% percentile) for all time with 251 births since 1918. For boys, it ranks #4,438 (3.2% percentile) for all time with 148 births since 1912.
Ardean first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1912 (1912 for boys and 1918 for girls). Birth data for Ardean is available in 41 out of the 54 years between 1912 and 1965 (32 years for girls and 25 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Ardean has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (62.9% of all recorded births). In 1965, 100.0% of babies named Ardean were girls. Interestingly, until around 1920, the name was more popular for boys (66.7% boys from 1912 to 1919), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (64.1% girls from 1920 to 1965).
For girls, Ardean reached its peak popularity in 1935, achieving the 1.7% percentile (ranked #566) with 14 births per million. The name was most common in 1935, with 14 births per million (ranked 1.7% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1965.
For boys, Ardean reached its peak popularity in 1942, achieving the 0.7% percentile (ranked #547) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 1912, with 11 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1964.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Ardean".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Ardean. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 50.0% confident that Ardean is pronounced as ahr-DEEN, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is AHR-deen, at 23.7% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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