boys:
340 births since 1914
#4246 (7th percentile)
overall:
340 births since 1914
#7399 (4th percentile)
The name Warden is the #7,399 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 340 recorded births since 1914. This represents the 4.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 4.4% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,246 (7.4% percentile) for all time with 340 births since 1914.
Warden first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1914 (first recorded for boys in 1914). Birth data for Warden is available in 45 out of the 110 years between 1914 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 boys, Warden reached its peak popularity in 1921, achieving the 2.0% percentile (ranked #539) with 14 births per million. The name was most common in 1921, with 14 births per million (ranked 2.0% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2015, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Warden ranks #907 for boys (0.4% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 35.0% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Warden".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Warden. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 90.0% confident that Warden is pronounced as WOR-duhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is WAHR-duhn, at 10.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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