Arden Boy & girl
How popular is Arden?
#975 girl name in 2025
261 baby girls were named Arden in the US in 2025, making it the 975th most popular girl name. Another 225 boys got the name (#1,005 for boys).
Arden popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #975 for girls (▲ 66 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 261 girls, 225 boys |
| 10-year trend | Steady (-13% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #915 in 2015, #1,055 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2015 (300 girls) |
| Highest rank | #738 in 1930 |
| First recorded | 1914 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 40% boys, 60% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.4% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Arden counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Arden family of names ranked #843 for girls in 2025 (#905 the year before), with 275 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Arden | 261 | 95% |
| Ardyn | 14 | 5% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Arden is most popular
Babies named Arden per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Colorado: 0.3 per 1,000 (36 girls)
- Pennsylvania: 0.3 per 1,000 (69 girls)
- Oregon: 0.3 per 1,000 (19 girls)
- Louisiana: 0.3 per 1,000 (23 girls)
- Virginia: 0.2 per 1,000 (42 girls)
Arden by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 16 | #3,617 |
| 1920s | 111 | #902 |
| 1930s | 434 | #738 |
| 1940s | 224 | #1,477 |
| 1950s | 236 | #1,833 |
| 1960s | 186 | #2,358 |
| 1970s | 94 | #4,040 |
| 1980s | 166 | #3,552 |
| 1990s | 634 | #1,686 |
| 2000s | 1,535 | #1,167 |
| 2010s | 2,435 | #915 |
| 2020s | 1,447 | #975 |
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Questions
- Is Arden a boy or girl name?
- Arden is used for both. Over the last 10 years, 40% of babies named Arden were boys and 60% were girls.
- How popular is the name Arden?
- 261 baby girls were named Arden in the US in 2025, making it the 975th most popular girl name. Another 225 boys got the name (#1,005 for boys).
- When was Arden most popular?
- Arden peaked in 2015, when 300 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #738 in 1930.
- How many people are named Arden?
- 16,085 babies have been named Arden in the US since 1880. We estimate about 11,582 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 16.
- Where is Arden most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Arden was most common in Colorado, at 0.3 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.