Ardenia

Peak · girls
1932 · 10 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
124
since 1917

Ardenia over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Ardenia has never cracked the top 2,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank192019401960198020002020peak #2,831, 1932girls
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First appearance
1917

The first year at least five girls were named Ardenia! It came in at #4,083, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1919–1922, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Ardenia is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more girls named Ardenia in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Ardenia
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1961
Rise & fade · girls
15 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1917
  • Peaked 1932 at #2,831 (10 births)
  • Births halved by 1933, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 106,715
  • Highest: 1 in 106,715 girls born in 1932 were named Ardenia (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 288,356 girls born in 1961 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 34.7% of all girls named Ardenia (43) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s12#4,083 (1917)#4,187
1920s43#3,394 (1929)#4,332
1930s28#2,831 (1932)#3,597
1940s5#4,622 (1942)#4,622
1950s29#4,193 (1958)#4,699
1960s7#5,309 (1961)#5,309

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.

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