Arden

Boy · recorded 1881–2025 · given to both girls and boys (about 1.2 to 1)

  • #1,005in 2025
  • 1 in 7,591boys in 2025
  • +174%last ten years
  • 2.2×in Washington

2024 was its biggest year ever, up 174% in ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1881

07114218811917195319892025

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 133 recorded years as a table
Arden, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188150
188645
188749
189054
189249
189543
189744
189865
1899104
190147
190257
1903101
190455
190583
190668
190748
190949
191088
191184
1912112
191396
191489
1915110
191691
1917125
1918112
191988
1920105
1921101
1922114
1923111
1924123
192599
192690
1927114
1928103
192991
1930125
1931117
1932109
1933115
1934141
1935113
1936124
1937111
1938127
1939115
194090
194194
194280
194384
194467
194568
194647
194761
194849
194942
195045
195133
195234
195342
195434
195530
195630
195730
195833
195932
196027
196127
196222
196322
196420
196516
196617
196714
196822
196919
197019
197114
197213
197313
197416
197516
197612
197712
197810
197910
19809
19816
19827
198311
19848
198510
19868
198712
198815
19899
19907
199110
199210
19939
199413
199514
19969
199712
199815
199915
200018
200115
200216
200329
200426
200529
200628
200738
200834
200935
201029
201140
201240
201336
201449
201548
201655
201766
201868
201972
202097
202192
202289
2023125
2024142
2025132

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. Washington 2.2×
  2. Michigan 2.1×
  3. Virginia 1.7×
  4. North Carolina 1.5×
  5. Pennsylvania 1.5×

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
225
Rank in 2025
#1,005
How rare
1 in 7,591 boys
Since 1881
8,567

Most popular in 2024, at 142 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 174% per million boys born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Washington2.2×28
Michigan2.1×34
Virginia1.7×26
North Carolina1.5×31
Pennsylvania1.5×31

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.