# Arden (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/arden/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | “high” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 16,085 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 8,567 / 7,518 (47% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 424, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Derived from the Brythonic ardu meaning "high"

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 178 | 1,320 |
| 2012 | 223 | 1,114 |
| 2013 | 239 | 1,039 |
| 2014 | 245 | 1,058 |
| 2015 | 300 | 918 |
| 2016 | 275 | 976 |
| 2017 | 229 | 1,102 |
| 2018 | 274 | 964 |
| 2019 | 278 | 951 |
| 2020 | 236 | 1,055 |
| 2021 | 227 | 1,091 |
| 2022 | 241 | 1,056 |
| 2023 | 241 | 1,046 |
| 2024 | 241 | 1,041 |
| 2025 | 261 | 975 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 76 | 1,849 |
| 2012 | 76 | 1,892 |
| 2013 | 69 | 1,989 |
| 2014 | 94 | 1,642 |
| 2015 | 92 | 1,692 |
| 2016 | 105 | 1,564 |
| 2017 | 122 | 1,421 |
| 2018 | 124 | 1,408 |
| 2019 | 129 | 1,381 |
| 2020 | 168 | 1,153 |
| 2021 | 161 | 1,200 |
| 2022 | 155 | 1,255 |
| 2023 | 214 | 1,020 |
| 2024 | 244 | 942 |
| 2025 | 225 | 1,005 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 3 | 3,900 |
| 2000 | 7 | 2,167 |
| 2003 | 3 | 4,373 |
| 2012 | 7 | 3,285 |
| 2013 | 5 | 4,050 |
| 2014 | 5 | 4,003 |
| 2016 | 5 | 4,096 |
| 2017 | 6 | 3,583 |
| 2019 | 10 | 2,458 |
| 2020 | 10 | 2,449 |
| 2021 | 9 | 2,711 |
| 2022 | 7 | 3,148 |
| 2023 | 8 | 2,927 |
| 2024 | 9 | 2,771 |
| 2025 | 5 | 4,201 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 3 | 4,647 |
| 2012 | 3 | 4,805 |
| 2013 | 3 | 4,685 |
| 2014 | 8 | 2,459 |
| 2015 | 12 | 1,902 |
| 2016 | 13 | 1,804 |
| 2017 | 14 | 1,703 |
| 2018 | 15 | 1,610 |
| 2019 | 20 | 1,253 |
| 2020 | 20 | 1,273 |
| 2021 | 30 | 985 |
| 2022 | 25 | 1,104 |
| 2023 | 30 | 987 |
| 2024 | 50 | 711 |
| 2025 | 49 | 716 |

## People named Arden

- Arden Cho, American actress, singer, and model
- Arden Myrin, American actress and comedian
- Abraham Brill, American psychiatrist & psychoanalyst (1874–1948)
- Jay Ferguson, American rock/pop musician

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.