Arden
- Gender
- Mostly boys
- Say it
- AR-den
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #731 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #975 for girls
Arden is a name of English origin, meaning “high place”. In 2025 it ranked 731st for boys in the UK (53 babies) and 975th for girls in the US (261 babies).
What does Arden mean?
English: surname from the Forest of Arden, a Celtic place name
“high place”
Shakespeare set As You Like It in the Forest of Arden, and his mother was Mary Arden.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Arden a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Arden has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls and 53 boys in the UK and 261 girls and 225 boys in the US.
How popular is Arden in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #731among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 53about 1 in 5,700 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 151% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 53 boys in the UK were named Arden, making it the 731st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,275th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 58 boys. 5 girls were also named Arden in 2025 (4,276th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Arden in the UK since 1996 were born between 2017 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Girls were 36% of the babies named Arden in the UK in 2005, and 9% in 2025.
Among boys in 2025, it was 716th in England and Wales and 647th in Scotland.
Arden in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 53 | #731 |
| 2024 | 58 | #693 |
| 2023 | 37 | #930 |
| 2022 | 29 | #1,092 |
| 2021 | 31 | #1,041 |
| 2020 | 22 | #1,275 |
| 2019 | 21 | #1,302 |
| 2018 | 16 | #1,638 |
| 2017 | 16 | #1,649 |
| 2016 | 15 | #1,723 |
| 2015 | 12 | #1,990 |
| 2014 | 9 | #2,378 |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,092 |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
| 2008 | 5 | #3,305 |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,292 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
| 2000 | 1 | #4,018 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 1 | #3,857 |
| 1996 | 1 | #3,776 |
How popular is Arden in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #975among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 261about 1 in 6,200 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 6% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 261 girls in the US were named Arden, making it the 975th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,055th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 300 girls. It first appears in the records in 1914. 225 boys were also named Arden in 2025 (1,005th for boys).
2025 had more girls named Arden than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Arden in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 275 girls in the US were given Arden or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #876, up from #975 for this spelling alone.
- Arden 261
- Ardyn 14
Girls were 8% of the babies named Arden in the US in 1914, and 54% in 2025.
Arden in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 261 | #975 |
| 2024 | 241 | #1,041 |
| 2023 | 241 | #1,046 |
| 2022 | 241 | #1,055 |
| 2021 | 227 | #1,091 |
| 2020 | 236 | #1,055 |
| 2019 | 278 | #951 |
| 2018 | 274 | #964 |
| 2017 | 229 | #1,102 |
| 2016 | 275 | #975 |
| 2015 | 300 | #915 |
| 2014 | 245 | #1,057 |
| 2013 | 239 | #1,039 |
| 2012 | 223 | #1,111 |
| 2011 | 178 | #1,319 |
| 2010 | 194 | #1,241 |
| 2009 | 167 | #1,408 |
| 2008 | 219 | #1,167 |
| 2007 | 167 | #1,419 |
| 2006 | 148 | #1,488 |
| 2005 | 147 | #1,444 |
| 2004 | 159 | #1,337 |
| 2003 | 158 | #1,307 |
| 2002 | 143 | #1,350 |
| 2001 | 122 | #1,522 |
| 2000 | 105 | #1,671 |
| 1999 | 97 | #1,686 |
| 1998 | 92 | #1,719 |
| 1997 | 79 | #1,861 |
| 1996 | 64 | #2,122 |
| 1995 | 75 | #1,858 |
| 1994 | 78 | #1,822 |
| 1993 | 63 | #2,122 |
| 1992 | 36 | #3,139 |
| 1991 | 25 | #4,053 |
| 1990 | 25 | #3,998 |
| 1989 | 27 | #3,667 |
| 1988 | 16 | #5,060 |
| 1987 | 23 | #3,740 |
| 1986 | 24 | #3,552 |
| 1985 | 20 | #3,982 |
| 1984 | 14 | #4,965 |
| 1983 | 14 | #4,883 |
| 1982 | 11 | #5,909 |
| 1981 | 7 | #8,126 |
| 1980 | 10 | #6,318 |
| 1979 | 12 | #5,426 |
| 1978 | 11 | #5,562 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 7 | #7,294 |
| 1975 | 6 | #7,982 |
| 1974 | 15 | #4,040 |
| 1973 | 6 | #7,433 |
| 1972 | 11 | #4,792 |
| 1971 | 14 | #4,121 |
| 1970 | 12 | #4,491 |
| 1969 | 17 | #3,317 |
| 1968 | 16 | #3,314 |
| 1967 | 12 | #3,844 |
| 1966 | 11 | #3,958 |
| 1965 | 16 | #3,148 |
| 1964 | 19 | #2,914 |
| 1963 | 26 | #2,363 |
| 1962 | 18 | #2,921 |
| 1961 | 26 | #2,358 |
| 1960 | 25 | #2,368 |
| 1959 | 25 | #2,288 |
| 1958 | 22 | #2,448 |
| 1957 | 26 | #2,167 |
| 1956 | 24 | #2,248 |
| 1955 | 24 | #2,221 |
| 1954 | 22 | #2,294 |
| 1953 | 30 | #1,833 |
| 1952 | 21 | #2,265 |
| 1951 | 22 | #2,115 |
| 1950 | 20 | #2,184 |
| 1949 | 23 | #2,012 |
| 1948 | 22 | #2,069 |
| 1947 | 25 | #1,945 |
| 1946 | 31 | #1,582 |
| 1945 | 15 | #2,236 |
| 1944 | 23 | #1,741 |
| 1943 | 18 | #2,078 |
| 1942 | 15 | #2,310 |
| 1941 | 25 | #1,569 |
| 1940 | 27 | #1,477 |
| 1939 | 32 | #1,308 |
| 1938 | 17 | #1,945 |
| 1937 | 40 | #1,132 |
| 1936 | 35 | #1,206 |
| 1935 | 38 | #1,135 |
| 1934 | 42 | #1,079 |
| 1933 | 36 | #1,179 |
| 1932 | 48 | #1,015 |
| 1931 | 56 | #926 |
| 1930 | 90 | #738 |
| 1929 | 63 | #902 |
| 1928 | 39 | #1,222 |
| 1927 | 9 | #3,282 |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 5 | #4,812 |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 6 | #3,793 |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,617 |
Names like Arden
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Other spellings of Arden
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Arden: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/arden, updated 20 October 2026.