Arda
Boy · AR-da · Turkish
Arda is a boys' name of Turkish origin, meaning “the river Arda”. In 2025 it ranked 1,192nd for boys in the UK (26 babies) and 3,127th for boys in the US (38 babies).
What does Arda mean?
Turkish: after the Arda river in the Balkans
“the river Arda”
Taken from the Arda river, which rises in Bulgaria and joins the Maritsa near Edirne in Turkey.
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- AR-da
Is Arda a girl's or a boy's name?
Arda is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 26 boys in the UK and 38 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Arda in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,192among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 26about 1 in 12,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 47% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 26 boys in the UK were named Arda, making it the 1,192nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,581st. Its busiest year was 2006, with 94 boys.
2025 had more boys named Arda than any year since 2010.
Half of all the boys named Arda in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,124th in England and Wales.
Arda in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26 | #1,192 |
| 2024 | 14 | #1,825 |
| 2023 | 16 | #1,643 |
| 2022 | 18 | #1,501 |
| 2021 | 7 | #2,886 |
| 2020 | 16 | #1,581 |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,399 |
| 2018 | 13 | #1,902 |
| 2017 | 17 | #1,563 |
| 2016 | 18 | #1,512 |
| 2015 | 21 | #1,324 |
| 2014 | 24 | #1,196 |
| 2013 | 17 | #1,493 |
| 2012 | 18 | #1,478 |
| 2011 | 24 | #1,164 |
| 2010 | 52 | #679 |
| 2009 | 59 | #617 |
| 2008 | 72 | #535 |
| 2007 | 59 | #577 |
| 2006 | 94 | #404 |
| 2005 | 67 | #470 |
| 2004 | 20 | #1,071 |
| 2003 | 12 | #1,418 |
| 2002 | 7 | #1,900 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 7 | #1,775 |
| 1999 | 1 | #3,925 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 3 | #2,979 |
| 1996 | 3 | #2,949 |
How popular is Arda in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,127among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 38about 1 in 45,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 51% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 38 boys in the US were named Arda, making it the 3,127th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,497th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 41 boys. It first appears in the records in 1996.
2025 had more boys named Arda than any year since 2006.
Half of all the boys named Arda in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Arda in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 38 | #3,127 |
| 2024 | 19 | #5,063 |
| 2023 | 14 | #6,215 |
| 2022 | 19 | #5,015 |
| 2021 | 11 | #7,084 |
| 2020 | 10 | #7,497 |
| 2019 | 19 | #4,947 |
| 2018 | 18 | #5,102 |
| 2017 | 19 | #4,931 |
| 2016 | 20 | #4,775 |
| 2015 | 32 | #3,430 |
| 2014 | 30 | #3,530 |
| 2013 | 23 | #4,178 |
| 2012 | 23 | #4,248 |
| 2011 | 27 | #3,790 |
| 2010 | 35 | #3,180 |
| 2009 | 29 | #3,637 |
| 2008 | 27 | #3,820 |
| 2007 | 23 | #4,241 |
| 2006 | 41 | #2,783 |
| 2005 | 18 | #4,626 |
| 2004 | 12 | #6,132 |
| 2003 | 9 | #7,238 |
| 2002 | 14 | #5,124 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 11 | #5,913 |
| 1999 | 7 | #7,867 |
| 1998 | 7 | #7,553 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
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