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
- Peak · girls
- 1905 · 18 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,326since 1899
Ardath over time
Rank among girls' names. Ardath has never cracked the top 800 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
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| 1972 | #8,292 | 5 | — | |
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| 1965 | #5,817 | 6 | — | |
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| 1956 | #4,467 | 8 | — | |
| 1955 | #3,778 | 10 | — | |
| 1954 | #3,967 | 9 | — | |
| 1953 | #3,480 | 11 | — | |
| 1952 | #3,796 | 9 | — | |
| 1951 | #3,714 | 9 | — | |
| 1950 | #3,235 | 11 | — | |
| 1949 | #5,244 | 5 | — | |
| 1948 | #3,593 | 9 | — | |
| 1947 | #3,061 | 12 | — | |
| 1946 | #2,482 | 15 | — | |
| 1945 | #2,339 | 14 | — | |
| 1944 | #2,199 | 16 | — | |
| 1943 | #2,861 | 11 | — | |
| 1942 | #2,416 | 14 | — | |
| 1941 | #2,190 | 15 | — | |
| 1940 | #1,682 | 22 | — | |
| 1939 | #1,585 | 23 | — | |
| 1938 | #1,475 | 26 | — | |
| 1937 | #1,355 | 29 | — | |
| 1936 | #1,375 | 28 | — | |
| 1935 | #1,331 | 30 | — | |
| 1934 | #1,556 | 23 | #3,277 | 6 |
| 1933 | #1,906 | 17 | — | |
| 1932 | #1,237 | 34 | — | |
| 1931 | #1,336 | 30 | — | |
| 1930 | #1,251 | 36 | — | |
| 1929 | #1,642 | 23 | #3,959 | 5 |
| 1928 | #1,271 | 36 | — | |
| 1927 | #1,278 | 38 | — | |
| 1926 | #1,414 | 32 | — | |
| 1925 | #1,074 | 50 | — | |
| 1924 | #1,138 | 47 | — | |
| 1923 | #941 | 61 | — | |
| 1922 | #1,190 | 42 | — | |
| 1921 | #1,184 | 42 | — | |
| 1920 | #1,048 | 50 | — | |
| 1919 | #1,177 | 40 | — | |
| 1918 | #1,165 | 41 | — | |
| 1917 | #1,040 | 46 | #3,981 | 5 |
| 1916 | #1,026 | 45 | — | |
| 1915 | #1,115 | 37 | #3,392 | 6 |
| 1914 | #1,228 | 25 | — | |
| 1913 | #1,528 | 15 | — | |
| 1912 | #1,117 | 22 | — | |
| 1911 | #1,031 | 18 | — | |
| 1910 | #1,171 | 15 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,104 | 14 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,084 | 14 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,289 | 10 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,043 | 13 | — | |
| 1905 | #872 | 18 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,001 | 13 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,592 | 6 | — | |
| 1902 | #1,219 | 9 | — | |
| 1901 | #1,466 | 6 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,723 | 6 | — | |
| 1899 | #1,596 | 5 | — | |
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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
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- Nebraska#298 · 1 in 2,361
- Illinois#546 · 1 in 9,705
Best ever in a state: #268 in Nebraska, 1923.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Nebraska | #298 | 5 | 1 in 2,361 |
| Illinois | #546 | 6 | 1 in 9,705 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Ardath
- 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)
- Debuted 1899
- Peaked 1905 at #872 (18 births)
- Births halved by 1948, 43 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 2 yrs · 1905–1923
- 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%)
- 31.7% of all girls named Ardath (421) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 5 | #1,596 (1899) | #1,596 |
| 1900s | 109 | #872 (1905) | #1,239 |
| 1910s | 304 | #1,026 (1916) | #1,160 |
| 1920s | 421 | #941 (1923) | #1,218 |
| 1930s | 276 | #1,237 (1932) | #1,441 |
| 1940s | 133 | #1,682 (1940) | #2,807 |
| 1950s | 67 | #3,235 (1950) | #3,777 |
| 1960s | 6 | #5,817 (1965) | #5,817 |
| 1970s | 5 | #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
Top girls' names in 1917
Top boys' names in 1917
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).
- #1,026Richard47
- #1,026Trudie47
- #1,026Veola47
- #1,040Ardath46
- #1,040Alexandra46
- #1,040Almeta46
- #1,040Carl46
- #1,054Beatriz45
- #1,054Burnice45
- #1,054Carlene45
Tied with 13 names at #1,040; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
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).
Tied with 621 names at #3,981; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.