Ardath

Last seen for girls in 1972 at #8,292 · Last seen for boys in 1934 at #3,277
Given to girls 98.4% of the time

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Peak · girls
1905 · 18 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
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of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,326
since 1899

Ardath over time

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Rank among girls' names. Ardath has never cracked the top 800 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201917peak #872, 1905girls
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First appearance
1899

The first year at least five girls were named Ardath! It came in at #1,596, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1957–1964, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Ardath is popular in 1917

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Ardath, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Ardath, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Ardath, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Ardath, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Ardath, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Ardath, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Ardath, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Ardath, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Ardath, so not publishedMNIllinois: #546 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 9,705 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Ardath, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Ardath, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Ardath, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Ardath, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Ardath, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Ardath, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Ardath, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Ardath, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Ardath, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Ardath, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Ardath, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Ardath, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Ardath, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Ardath, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Ardath, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Ardath, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Ardath, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Ardath, so not publishedCONebraska: #298 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,361 girlsNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Ardath, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Ardath, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Ardath, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Ardath, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Ardath, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Ardath, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Ardath, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Ardath, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Ardath, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Ardath, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Ardath, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Ardath, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Ardath, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Ardath, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Ardath, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Ardath, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Ardath, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Ardath, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Ardath, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Ardath, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Ardath, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Ardath, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Nebraska#298 · 1 in 2,361
  2. Illinois#546 · 1 in 9,705

Best ever in a state: #268 in Nebraska, 1923.

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See more about Ardath
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1972
  • Biggest jump: 249 spots in 1923 (#1,190 → #941)
  • Biggest drop: 197 spots in 1924 (#941 → #1,138)
Rise & fade · girls
6 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1899
  • Peaked 1905 at #872 (18 births)
  • Births halved by 1948, 43 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 2 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 2 yrs · 1905–1923
Share of babies · girls
1 in 16,201
  • Highest: 1 in 16,201 girls born in 1905 were named Ardath (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 304,249 girls born in 1972 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 31.7% of all girls named Ardath (421) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s5#1,596 (1899)#1,596
1900s109#872 (1905)#1,239
1910s304#1,026 (1916)#1,160
1920s421#941 (1923)#1,218
1930s276#1,237 (1932)#1,441
1940s133#1,682 (1940)#2,807
1950s67#3,235 (1950)#3,777
1960s6#5,817 (1965)#5,817
1970s5#8,292 (1972)#8,292

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Ardath in 1917

girls
#1,040
46 births · 1 in 23,506 girls
boys
#3,981
5 births · 1 in 185,096 boys

Top girls' names in 1917

  1. #1Mary64,280
  2. #2Helen34,251
  3. #3Dorothy28,852
  4. #4Margaret25,560
  5. #5Ruth23,568
  6. #6Mildred16,256
  7. #7Anna15,160
  8. #8Elizabeth15,131
  9. #9Frances14,363
  10. #10Virginia14,261
  11. #1,040Ardath46

Top boys' names in 1917

  1. #1John51,852
  2. #2William42,422
  3. #3James37,337
  4. #4Robert35,220
  5. #5Joseph24,761
  6. #6George24,196
  7. #7Charles24,143
  8. #8Edward17,501
  9. #9Frank15,768
  10. #10Thomas12,611
  11. #3,981Ardath5
More about 1917

girls

1,081,267 girls got a published name in 1917; 1 in 23,506 of them was named Ardath, which outranked 80.4% of the 5,310 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ardath
  1. #1,026Richard47
  2. #1,026Trudie47
  3. #1,026Veola47
  4. #1,040Ardath46
  5. #1,040Alexandra46
  6. #1,040Almeta46
  7. #1,040Carl46
  8. #1,054Beatriz45
  9. #1,054Burnice45
  10. #1,054Carlene45

Tied with 13 names at #1,040; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1916
Risers
  1. ↑ 549Georgene#1,445 → #896
  2. ↑ 380Ottie#1,332 → #952
  3. ↑ 365Louis#1,298 → #933
  4. ↑ 334Valentine#1,298 → #964
  5. ↑ 322Harold#1,210 → #888
Fallers
  1. ↓ 401Ceola#840 → #1,241
  2. ↓ 373Floretta#964 → #1,337
  3. ↓ 344Buelah#993 → #1,337
  4. ↓ 326Glennie#915 → #1,241
  5. ↓ 290Maye#915 → #1,205

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

925,482 boys got a published name in 1917; 1 in 185,096 of them was named Ardath, which outranked 13.5% of the 4,602 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ardath
  1. #3,545York6
  2. #3,545Zed6
  3. #3,545Zion6
  4. #3,981Ardath5
  5. #3,981Abbie5
  6. #3,981Abelardo5
  7. #3,981Abran5

Tied with 621 names at #3,981; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1916
Risers
  1. ↑ 520Nicolas#1,304 → #784
  2. ↑ 469Hezekiah#1,415 → #946
  3. ↑ 433Hilliard#1,415 → #982
  4. ↑ 404Rayford#1,304 → #900
  5. ↑ 338Minoru#1,335 → #997
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,738Tatsuo#824 → #2,562
  2. ↓ 709Berlin#984 → #1,693
  3. ↓ 556Prentice#972 → #1,528
  4. ↓ 473Manning#964 → #1,437
  5. ↓ 457Lovell#939 → #1,396

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1917 →