Arwen
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- AR-wen
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #531 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,382 for girls
Arwen is a girls' name of Modern origin, meaning “noble maiden”. In 2025 it ranked 531st for girls in the UK (82 babies) and 1,382nd for girls in the US (158 babies).
What does Arwen mean?
Modern: invented by J.R.R. Tolkien in his Elvish language Sindarin
“noble maiden”
Created by Tolkien for the elf Arwen Undómiel, who marries Aragorn in The Lord of the Rings.
Is Arwen a girl's or a boy's name?
Arwen is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 82 girls in the UK and 158 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Arwen in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 531st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 82 about 1 in 3,400 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 31% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 82 girls in the UK were named Arwen, making it the 531st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 556th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 123 girls.
Half of all the girls named Arwen in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 88 girls in the UK were given Arwen or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #490, up from #531 for this spelling alone.
- Arwen 82
- Arwyn 6
Among girls in 2025, it was 551st in England and Wales and 324th in Scotland.
Arwen in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 82 | #531 |
| 2024 | 113 | #422 |
| 2023 | 90 | #486 |
| 2022 | 123 | #390 |
| 2021 | 58 | #711 |
| 2020 | 79 | #556 |
| 2019 | 66 | #645 |
| 2018 | 72 | #627 |
| 2017 | 62 | #715 |
| 2016 | 54 | #786 |
| 2015 | 46 | #878 |
| 2014 | 62 | #699 |
| 2013 | 52 | #794 |
| 2012 | 69 | #660 |
| 2011 | 55 | #748 |
| 2010 | 38 | #968 |
| 2009 | 45 | #836 |
| 2008 | 43 | #843 |
| 2007 | 49 | #741 |
| 2006 | 46 | #744 |
| 2005 | 62 | #581 |
| 2004 | 68 | #524 |
| 2003 | 60 | #563 |
| 2002 | 32 | #829 |
| 2001 | 8 | #2,150 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,907 |
| 1999 | 1 | #5,182 |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,855 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 2 | #4,986 |
How popular is Arwen in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,382nd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 158 about 1 in 10,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 33% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 158 girls in the US were named Arwen, making it the 1,382nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,728th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 179 girls. It first appears in the records in 1968.
Half of all the girls named Arwen in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 203 girls in the US were given Arwen or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,048, up from #1,382 for this spelling alone.
- Arwen 158
- Arwyn 45
Arwen in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 158 | #1,382 |
| 2024 | 171 | #1,334 |
| 2023 | 179 | #1,277 |
| 2022 | 177 | #1,325 |
| 2021 | 148 | #1,450 |
| 2020 | 116 | #1,728 |
| 2019 | 144 | #1,508 |
| 2018 | 123 | #1,685 |
| 2017 | 109 | #1,863 |
| 2016 | 129 | #1,660 |
| 2015 | 116 | #1,793 |
| 2014 | 104 | #1,922 |
| 2013 | 105 | #1,900 |
| 2012 | 79 | #2,356 |
| 2011 | 73 | #2,482 |
| 2010 | 80 | #2,360 |
| 2009 | 81 | #2,374 |
| 2008 | 86 | #2,267 |
| 2007 | 98 | #2,071 |
| 2006 | 96 | #2,050 |
| 2005 | 150 | #1,425 |
| 2004 | 166 | #1,289 |
| 2003 | 117 | #1,640 |
| 2002 | 41 | #3,330 |
| 2001 | 12 | #8,189 |
| 2000 | 9 | #9,867 |
| 1999 | 7 | #11,378 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
| 1994 | 7 | #10,563 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
| 1990 | 10 | #7,874 |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
| 1988 | 14 | #5,593 |
| 1987 | 9 | #7,348 |
| 1986 | 15 | #4,961 |
| 1985 | 8 | #7,560 |
| 1984 | 16 | #4,477 |
| 1983 | 12 | #5,456 |
| 1982 | 27 | #3,171 |
| 1981 | 30 | #2,928 |
| 1980 | 34 | #2,699 |
| 1979 | 28 | #2,997 |
| 1978 | 35 | #2,474 |
| 1977 | 30 | #2,715 |
| 1976 | 21 | #3,286 |
| 1975 | 25 | #2,881 |
| 1974 | 19 | #3,426 |
| 1973 | 11 | #4,869 |
| 1972 | 14 | #4,091 |
| 1971 | 15 | #3,941 |
| 1970 | 15 | #3,871 |
| 1969 | 5 | #7,469 |
| 1968 | 5 | #7,014 |
Names like Arwen
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Eden, Myla, Ayla, Wren, Autumn, Seren, Aoife, Ava, Ayah, Lyra, Ayra, Freya
Other spellings of Arwen
Names related to Arwen
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya, Oaklynn
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, “Arwen: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/arwen, updated 20 October 2026.