girls:
7k births since 1914
#1960 (66th percentile)
boys:
8.1k births since 1881
#1311 (71st percentile)
overall:
15.1k births since 1881
#2132 (72nd percentile)
The name Arden is the #2,132 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 15,109 recorded births since 1881. This represents the 72.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 72.5% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,311 (71.4% percentile) for all time with 8,097 births since 1881. For girls, it ranks #1,960 (65.7% percentile) for all time with 7,012 births since 1914.
Arden first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1881 (1881 for boys and 1914 for girls). Birth data for Arden is available in 131 out of the 143 years between 1881 and 2023 (131 years for boys and 99 years for girls). 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 Arden is truly gender-neutral, with nearly equal distribution between boys and girls. In 2023, 52.7% of babies named Arden were girls. Interestingly, until around 1989, the name was more popular for boys (79.8% boys from 1881 to 1988), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (69.7% girls from 1989 to 2023).
For boys, Arden reached its peak popularity in 1934, achieving the 26.4% percentile (ranked #389) with 137 births per million. The name was most common in 1934, with 137 births per million (ranked 26.4% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 1993, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Arden ranks #703 for boys (22.9% percentile) with 116 births per million, which is 84.6% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Arden reached its peak popularity in 2015, achieving the 30.1% percentile (ranked #671) with 154 births per million. The name was most common in 2015, with 154 births per million (ranked 30.1% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Arden ranks #717 for girls (24.3% percentile) with 135 births per million, which is 88.1% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Arden".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Arden. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 79.5% confident that Arden is pronounced as AHR-duhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is ahr-DEHN, at 11.4% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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