Arden

What Arden means

Means “high”

Derived from the Brythonic ardu meaning "high"

Source: Wiktionary, “Arden” (revision 92135981), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Arden?

US: Steady: #915 in 2015, #975 now. England & Wales: New in the last 10 years.

Biggest US share so far: 2015, when 300 girls got the name (#915 that year). First in the US records in 1914.

How common

• About 1 in 6,158 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 50,656 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in CT (0.7 per 1,000 girls), OR (0.61 per 1,000 girls), CO (0.56 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Arden is #975 in the US and #4201 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 53.7% of US babies named Arden were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Ardyn14 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Arden

Girls

• Haven#190Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #190 vs #1,512 in 2025
• Emerson#122Editor’s note Used for both: 62% of US babies named Emerson in 2025 were girls
• Rowan#249“little red one”^*
• Saylor#217“dancer, acrobat”^*
• Ellie#24Editor’s note Up from #48 in 2015 to #24 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 260 US girls in the 2025 records
• Lydia#92“the region of Lydia”^*

For a brother

• Damian#109“to tame”^*
• Braxton#172Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #172 vs #2,014 in 2025
• Liam#1Form of William, meaning “will + helmet”^*
• Jaxon#115Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #44 in 2015, #115 in 2025
• Cooper#27Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #77 in 2015, #27 in 2025
• Declan#139Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #139 vs #372 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Arden’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.