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.

Arwen

#3,240 most common girls' name of all time · #5,540 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1968–2025

Rank among girls
#3,240
Rank overall
#5,540 of 105,966
First appeared
1968
Years on the list
54 of 146
All-time
3,299
Since 2016
1,454
Peak year
2023 #1,282
Best rank
#1,282 2023
Girls Boys peak 179/yr
198020002020

Arwen first appears in 1968. 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 158 — 158 #1,386
2024 171 — 171 #1,338
2023 179 — 179 #1,282
2022 177 — 177 #1,330
2021 148 — 148 #1,455
2020 116 — 116 #1,735
2019 144 — 144 #1,511
2018 123 — 123 #1,687
2017 109 — 109 #1,868
2016 129 — 129 #1,664
2015 116 — 116 #1,803
2014 104 — 104 #1,933
2013 105 — 105 #1,906
2012 79 — 79 #2,360
2011 73 — 73 #2,493
2010 80 — 80 #2,370
2009 81 — 81 #2,389
2008 86 — 86 #2,281
2007 98 — 98 #2,075
2006 96 — 96 #2,061
2005 150 — 150 #1,431
2004 166 — 166 #1,293
2003 117 — 117 #1,646
2002 41 — 41 #3,357
2001 12 — 12 #8,361
2000 9 — 9 #10,104
1999 7 — 7 #11,717
1996 5 — 5 #14,113
1995 5 — 5 #13,969
1994 7 — 7 #10,973
1991 5 — 5 #13,834
1990 10 — 10 #8,136
1989 5 — 5 #13,059
1988 14 — 14 #5,758
1987 9 — 9 #7,640
1986 15 — 15 #5,108
1985 8 — 8 #7,922
1984 16 — 16 #4,645
1983 12 — 12 #5,700
1982 27 — 27 #3,240
1981 30 — 30 #2,975
1980 34 — 34 #2,736
1979 28 — 28 #3,060
1978 35 — 35 #2,507
1977 30 — 30 #2,767
1976 21 — 21 #3,385
1975 25 — 25 #2,956
1974 19 — 19 #3,541
1973 11 — 11 #5,133
1972 14 — 14 #4,272
1971 15 — 15 #4,112
1970 15 — 15 #4,032
1969 5 — 5 #8,407
1968 5 — 5 #7,961