Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Arden**

#919 most common boys' name of all time · #2,114 across all names · 53% male / 47% female · used 1881–2025 · genuinely unisex

Rank among boys
#919
Rank overall
#2,114 of 105,966
First appeared
1881
Years on the list
133 of 146
All-time
16,085
Since 2016
4,150
Peak year
2025 #1,005
Best rank
#466 1934
Girls Boys peak 486/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Arden first appears in 1881. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 261 225 486 #1,005
2024 241 244 485 #943
2023 241 214 455 #1,019
2022 241 155 396 #1,255
2021 227 161 388 #1,202
2020 236 168 404 #1,156
2019 278 129 407 #1,380
2018 274 124 398 #1,409
2017 229 122 351 #1,424
2016 275 105 380 #1,567
2015 300 92 392 #1,694
2014 245 94 339 #1,645
2013 239 69 308 #1,989
2012 223 76 299 #1,893
2011 178 76 254 #1,850
2010 194 55 249 #2,328
2009 167 70 237 #1,991
2008 219 70 289 #2,004
2007 167 79 246 #1,832
2006 148 57 205 #2,222
2005 147 57 204 #2,131
2004 159 51 210 #2,246
2003 158 57 215 #2,012
2002 143 32 175 #2,883
2001 122 30 152 #2,993
2000 105 35 140 #2,625
1999 97 28 125 #2,948
1998 92 29 121 #2,787
1997 79 23 102 #3,165
1996 64 17 81 #3,839
1995 75 26 101 #2,766
1994 78 25 103 #2,857
1993 63 18 81 #3,511
1992 36 20 56 #3,229
1991 25 21 46 #2,997
1990 25 14 39 #3,986
1989 27 19 46 #3,109
1988 16 28 44 #2,209
1987 23 22 45 #2,476
1986 24 15 39 #3,146
1985 20 18 38 #2,726
1984 14 15 29 #2,972
1983 14 20 34 #2,421
1982 11 12 23 #3,492
1981 7 11 18 #3,621
1980 10 16 26 #2,846
1979 12 17 29 #2,681
1978 11 17 28 #2,578
1977 19 19 #2,373
1976 7 19 26 #2,336
1975 6 25 31 #1,895
1974 15 25 40 #1,845
1973 6 21 27 #1,992
1972 11 21 32 #1,968
1971 14 25 39 #1,792
1970 12 35 47 #1,425
1969 17 34 51 #1,382
1968 16 39 55 #1,224
1967 12 25 37 #1,546
1966 11 31 42 #1,381
1965 16 29 45 #1,435
1964 19 40 59 #1,224
1963 26 45 71 #1,156
1962 18 45 63 #1,151
1961 26 57 83 #1,036
1960 25 57 82 #1,019
1959 25 68 93 #932
1958 22 69 91 #911
1957 26 65 91 #939
1956 24 64 88 #936
1955 24 61 85 #961
1954 22 70 92 #881
1953 30 82 112 #791
1952 21 66 87 #866
1951 22 63 85 #884
1950 20 80 100 #768
1949 23 74 97 #800
1948 22 86 108 #725
1947 25 112 137 #653
1946 31 76 107 #763
1945 15 92 107 #630
1944 23 91 114 #653
1943 18 120 138 #579
1942 15 111 126 #597
1941 25 115 140 #561
1940 27 104 131 #581
1939 32 127 159 #501
1938 17 141 158 #490
1937 40 118 158 #533
1936 35 129 164 #499
1935 38 118 156 #531
1934 42 146 188 #466
1933 36 114 150 #534
1932 48 114 162 #552
1931 56 122 178 #526
1930 90 137 227 #508
1929 63 98 161 #611
1928 39 114 153 #582
1927 9 129 138 #547
1926 100 100 #629
1925 110 110 #601
1924 139 139 #537
1923 122 122 #568
1922 124 124 #573
1921 111 111 #601
1920 112 112 #591
1919 5 86 91 #671
1918 114 114 #570
1917 116 116 #543
1916 81 81 #655
1915 6 93 99 #592
1914 5 58 63 #672
1913 49 49 #640
1912 48 48 #589
1911 19 19 #748
1910 17 17 #746
1909 8 8 #1,113
1907 7 7 #1,134
1906 9 9 #891
1905 11 11 #770
1904 7 7 #1,011
1903 12 12 #686
1902 7 7 #977
1901 5 5 #1,130
1899 11 11 #656
1898 8 8 #860
1897 5 5 #1,137
1895 5 5 #1,155
1892 6 6 #1,011
1890 6 6 #949
1887 5 5 #1,004
1886 5 5 #1,037
1881 5 5 #932