The name Arden is of Celtic origin, and means eager.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Arden has been given to baby boys in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby boys in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Arden
Use of the Name Arden for Boys During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
4,860
322
0
0
0
0
0
The table below indicates the number of times the name Arden has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004.
Arden first appeared in the top thousand boy or girl names during 1881, which is the first year shown on the table.
Arden last appeared in either or both of these name lists during 1959, the last year shown on the table.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to boys or girls, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Arden
Used as a Boy Name
Used as a Girl Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1881
873
5
1882
1883
1884
1885
1886
972
5
1887
935
5
1888
1889
1890
890
6
1891
1892
962
6
1893
1894
1895
1896
1897
1898
807
8
1899
618
11
1900
1901
1902
935
7
1903
658
12
1904
970
7
1905
746
11
1906
856
9
1907
1908
1909
1910
730
17
1911
734
19
1912
584
48
1913
636
49
1914
669
58
1915
590
93
1916
655
81
1917
540
116
1918
566
115
1919
670
85
1920
590
112
1921
601
111
1922
572
124
1923
565
122
1924
535
139
1925
602
110
1926
622
101
1927
545
128
1928
576
115
1929
613
98
902
63
1930
512
135
736
90
1931
524
121
926
56
1932
550
114
1933
533
114
1934
466
146
1935
530
118
1936
498
129
1937
532
118
1938
487
141
1939
500
127
1940
578
105
1941
561
114
1942
589
111
1943
582
119
1944
644
92
1945
632
91
1946
752
77
1947
651
112
1948
731
84
1949
799
74
1950
755
82
1951
878
63
1952
862
66
1953
785
82
1954
877
70
1955
964
60
1956
941
63
1957
937
65
1958
922
67
1959
932
67
Totals:
4,860
209
During the last 125 years, parents have used Arden as a boy's name about 95% of the time and less frequently (about 4% of the time) as a girl's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are somewhat lower than actual counts because the name Arden appears in the top 1,000 boy names only 62 times during the last 125 years.