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
never
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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201930peak #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 1930

  • 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: fewer than 5 girls named Ardath, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Ardath, so not publishedWIMichigan: #448 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 7,008 girlsMINew 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: fewer than 5 girls named Ardath, so not publishedNEMissouri: 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. Michigan#448 · 1 in 7,008

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 1930

girls
#1,251
36 births · 1 in 31,276 girls

Top girls' names in 1930

  1. #1Mary64,153
  2. #2Betty38,240
  3. #3Dorothy30,411
  4. #4Helen19,913
  5. #5Margaret18,350
  6. #6Barbara18,279
  7. #7Patricia15,751
  8. #8Joan15,478
  9. #9Doris15,464
  10. #10Ruth14,942
  11. #1,251Ardath36
More about 1930

girls

1,125,927 girls got a published name in 1930; 1 in 31,276 of them was named Ardath, which outranked 76.2% of the 5,247 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ardath
  1. #1,232Portia37
  2. #1,232Vena37
  3. #1,232Veola37
  4. #1,251Ardath36
  5. #1,251Ardys36
  6. #1,251Bess36
  7. #1,251Charlean36
  8. #1,274Annamarie35
  9. #1,274Arvella35
  10. #1,274Buelah35

Tied with 22 names at #1,251; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1929
Risers
  1. ↑ 701Claudette#1,642 → #941
  2. ↑ 583Ardeth#1,212 → #629
  3. ↑ 445Julianne#1,339 → #894
  4. ↑ 376Sonja#1,223 → #847
  5. ↑ 374Armida#1,174 → #800
Fallers
  1. ↓ 348Ingrid#941 → #1,289
  2. ↓ 315Coralie#895 → #1,210
  3. ↓ 229Elenor#981 → #1,210
  4. ↓ 229Mammie#981 → #1,210
  5. ↓ 226Sibyl#902 → #1,128

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

See the top 100 for 1930 →