girls:
3k births since 1968
#3184 (44th percentile)
overall:
3k births since 1968
#4979 (36th percentile)
The name Arwen is the #4,979 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,968 recorded births since 1968. This represents the 35.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 35.7% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,184 (44.3% percentile) for all time with 2,968 births since 1968.
Arwen first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1968 (first recorded for girls in 1968). Birth data for Arwen is available in 52 out of the 56 years between 1968 and 2023. 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.
For girls, Arwen reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 18.3% percentile (ranked #774) with 102 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 102 births per million (ranked 18.3% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2012, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Arwen is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #774 (18.3% percentile) with 102 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Arwen".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Arwen. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 73.7% confident that Arwen is pronounced as AHR-wehn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is AHR-wuhn, at 26.3% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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