Ardis

Last seen for girls in 2022 at #13,592 · Last seen for boys in 2017 at #12,246
Given to girls 86.1% of the time

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Peak · girls
1931 · 179 births
Debut · girls
19 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
6,386
since 1899

Ardis over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201910peak #477, 1931peak #1,009, 1903girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025——
2024——
2023——
2022#13,5926—
2021——
2020——
2019——
2018#13,7936—
2017—#12,2465
2016#16,2155—
2015#14,4826—
2014——
2013——
2012——
2011——
2010——
2009——
2008——
2007——
2006——
2005——
2004——
2003#13,8446—
2002——
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2000——
1999—#9,9125
1998——
1997——
1996——
1995——
1994——
1993—#7,6386
1992——
1991—#7,2716
1990—#7,1786
1989—#4,52711
1988——
1987—#6,0896
1986—#4,8538
1985——
1984—#5,5616
1983#10,2755—
1982#9,2376#3,96610
1981#10,4115—
1980#7,4188#4,1349
1979—#5,3556
1978——
1977#6,8928#5,1236
1976#6,0489#4,4187
1975#6,4848#4,3097
1974#6,9007#4,1907
1973#3,48118#3,22310
1972#5,9598#3,15210
1971#3,65217#2,81312
1970#5,4139#4,2306
1969#5,9747#2,86110
1968#2,78921#4,1365
1967#2,43225#2,61110
1966#3,55813#3,9485
1965#3,40214#2,9828
1964#2,24629#2,66510
1963#2,54323#3,0448
1962#2,92218#2,8489
1961#1,80740#2,32213
1960#2,30726#3,6656
1959#1,85236#1,66523
1958#1,87234#1,83819
1957#1,44254#1,88718
1956#1,33960#1,94517
1955#1,32058#2,04815
1954#1,40951#1,59323
1953#1,11276#2,18613
1952#1,14768#2,37611
1951#1,01983#1,97215
1950#1,09071#2,01914
1949#94888#1,82017
1948#91490#1,75818
1947#93789#1,98815
1946#1,00670#2,03013
1945#80388#1,92613
1944#701114#2,30910
1943#705118#1,63619
1942#701113#1,86715
1941#71397#1,75916
1940#622127#2,6718
1939#580133#2,4499
1938#573143#1,52120
1937#547149#3,1756
1936#524153#1,72316
1935#516154#2,12712
1934#519154#1,72517
1933#491167#1,70717
1932#488184#1,71618
1931#477179#1,77017
1930#481193#1,96415
1929#525169#1,93316
1928#481202#1,44826
1927#497198#1,51625
1926#522180#1,66121
1925#492201#2,01216
1924#497199#1,53225
1923#559167#1,94117
1922#520181#1,64422
1921#512190#1,41228
1920#570158#2,33613
1919#604136#1,62421
1918#640124#1,90517
1917#568141#1,32227
1916#606123#1,84916
1915#599119#1,96814
1914#74759#2,9156
1913#70155#1,36515
1912#70950#2,0457
1911#1,11316—
1910#94121—
1909#1,29011—
1908#82922—
1907#1,28910—
1906#87218—
1905#1,01114—
1904#1,2519—
1903#96913#1,0096
1902#1,02412—
1901#1,2278—
1900#1,00814—
1899#72819—
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First appearance
1899

The first year at least five girls were named Ardis! It came in at #728, and was given to 19 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1978–1979, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Ardis is popular in 1910

No state had 5 or more girls named Ardis in 1910, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Ardis
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2022
  • Biggest jump: 460 spots in 1908 (#1,289 → #829)
  • Biggest drop: 461 spots in 1909 (#829 → #1,290)
Rise & fade · girls
32 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1899
  • Peaked 1931 at #477 (179 births)
  • Births halved by 1945, 14 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 42 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 42 yrs · run 1912–1945
Share of babies · girls
1 in 5,709
  • Highest: 1 in 5,709 girls born in 1928 were named Ardis (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 273,355 girls born in 2022 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #477 in 1931, was only 1 in 5,948 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 28.9% of all girls named Ardis (1,845) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2018
  • Mostly boys until 2017, mostly girls since
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s19#728 (1899)#728
1900s131#829 (1908)#1,077
1910s844#568 (1917)#723
1920s1,845#481 (1928)#518
1930s1,609#477 (1931)#520
1940s994#622 (1940)#805
1950s591#1,019 (1951)#1,360
1960s216#1,807 (1961)#2,998
1970s84#3,481 (1973)#5,604
1980s24#7,418 (1980)#9,335
1990s0——
2000s6#13,844 (2003)#13,844
2010s17#13,793 (2018)#14,830
2020s6#13,592 (2022)#13,592

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.

Ardis in 1910

girls
#941
21 births · 1 in 18,881 girls

Top girls' names in 1910

  1. #1Mary22,848
  2. #2Helen10,479
  3. #3Margaret8,226
  4. #4Dorothy7,318
  5. #5Ruth7,212
  6. #6Anna6,436
  7. #7Elizabeth5,800
  8. #8Mildred5,692
  9. #9Marie4,790
  10. #10Alice4,671
  11. #941Ardis21
More about 1910

girls

396,503 girls got a published name in 1910; 1 in 18,881 of them was named Ardis, which outranked 66.3% of the 2,790 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ardis
  1. #914Vella22
  2. #914Vertie22
  3. #914Vonnie22
  4. #941Ardis21
  5. #941Angelita21
  6. #941Bette21
  7. #941Classie21
  8. #970Adah20
  9. #970Aili20
  10. #970Alvena20

Tied with 28 names at #941; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1909
Risers
  1. ↑ 960Alys#1,957 → #997
  2. ↑ 849Lannie#1,763 → #914
  3. ↑ 766Luz#1,763 → #997
  4. ↑ 762Vivien#1,607 → #845
  5. ↑ 693Buna#1,607 → #914
Fallers
  1. ↓ 864Earl#909 → #1,773
  2. ↓ 864Fleta#909 → #1,773
  3. ↓ 783Elba#990 → #1,773
  4. ↓ 644Odile#990 → #1,634
  5. ↓ 576Claribel#845 → #1,421

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

See the top 100 for 1910 →