Arden
Arden is ranked 943rd among boys in 2024 (242 births). Its best rank was 466th, in 1934.
- Rank in 2024
- #943outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 2420.01% of boys
- Peak year
- 2024242 births
- Best rank
- #466in 1934
- Since 1881
- 15,593people given the name
The story in the numbers
8,340 boys have been named Arden in the United States since 1881, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2024, with 242 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1949, and the 1930s alone account for 15%. It has spent 63 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Arden is used for both sexes: 47% of its bearers are girls (7,253), most of them born around 2015.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Arden | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 15 | |
| 1890s | 41 | |
| 1900s | 66 | |
| 1910s | 681 | |
| 1920s | 1,159 | |
| 1930s | 1,266 | |
| 1940s | 981 | |
| 1950s | 688 | |
| 1960s | 402 | |
| 1970s | 224 | |
| 1980s | 176 | |
| 1990s | 221 | |
| 2000s | 538 | |
| 2010s | 942 | |
| 2020s | 940 |
In 2024, its biggest year
Arden was the 943rd most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2024 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, Theodore and James. See all of 2024.
Names that rose and fell with Arden
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Harlanpeak 1924
- Harlenpeak 1936
- Jackpeak 1927
- Harlinpeak 1924
- Arvinpeak 2017
- Lelandpeak 2007
- Eldenpeak 1922
- Carminepeak 2006
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.