How rare is the name Arden?

9,804 people in the United States have the first name Arden, about 1 in 30,807. It ranks #2,496 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

ARDEN

#2,496

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
9,804
About
1 in 30,807
This common or more
80%
Who bears it

Of the 9,804 people named Arden, 77.8% reported their origin as White, 6% as Black and 5.5% as two or more races. 56.7% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Arden peaked in 2025, when 486 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18812025
Peak year
2025
Births that year
486
In 2025*
486
Recorded as
used for both

At least 16,085 babies have been given the name since 1881. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Arden by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1930s, when it ranked #916. The largest share of babies named Arden, 32.3%, were born in 2013 or later.

1880s#2,45715
1890s#2,33641
1900s#2,38666
1910s#1,311697
1920s#1,1781,270
1930s#9161,700
1940s#1,2661,205
1950s#1,752924
1960s#2,374588
1970s#3,939318
1980s#4,405342
1990s#2,960855
2000s#2,0042,073
2010s#1,5263,377
2020s#1,2902,614
Before 19010.3%
Greatest Generation 1901–2710.7%
Silent Generation 1928–4517.2%
Baby boom 1946–6410.8%
Generation X 1965–803.6%
Millennials 1981–965.1%
Generation Z 1997–1220%
2013 and later32.3%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Arden is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Arden has been most common in Minnesota (2.9×), Wisconsin (2.7×), and West Virginia (2.3×), and least common in Missouri (0.24×).

8,783 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Arden

#2,494 Matilde · 9,811#2,495 Garland · 9,805#2,497 Roselyn · 9,798#2,498 Raelyn · 9,791

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Arden, most common first.

#25,229 Ardyn · 377#29,893 Ardena · 294#32,785 Ardene · 255#33,571 Ardean · 246#42,346 Ardon · 170#45,502 Ardin · 149#47,181 Ardan · 139#51,501 Ardeen · 113

Also a last name

As a last name, Arden ranks #14,416 of 156,621, with 1,995 people. See Arden as a last name

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