Ardith
Last seen for girls in 1985 at #7,563 · Last seen for boys in 1955 at #3,886
Given to girls 97.7% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1935 · 167 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 5,581since 1904
Ardith over time
Rank among girls' names. Ardith has never cracked the top 400 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
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| 1985 | #7,563 | 8 | — | |
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| 1983 | #6,705 | 9 | — | |
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| 1979 | #10,210 | 5 | — | |
| 1978 | #7,649 | 7 | — | |
| 1977 | #8,444 | 6 | — | |
| 1976 | #5,601 | 10 | — | |
| 1975 | #5,516 | 10 | — | |
| 1974 | #5,360 | 10 | — | |
| 1973 | #6,080 | 8 | — | |
| 1972 | #5,959 | 8 | — | |
| 1971 | #3,508 | 18 | — | |
| 1970 | #3,712 | 16 | — | |
| 1969 | #3,774 | 14 | — | |
| 1968 | #3,456 | 15 | — | |
| 1967 | #3,085 | 17 | — | |
| 1966 | #2,586 | 22 | — | |
| 1965 | #3,149 | 16 | — | |
| 1964 | #2,752 | 21 | — | |
| 1963 | #2,619 | 22 | — | |
| 1962 | #2,264 | 28 | — | |
| 1961 | #2,070 | 32 | — | |
| 1960 | #2,150 | 29 | — | |
| 1959 | #2,054 | 30 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,939 | 32 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,612 | 45 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,637 | 42 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,334 | 57 | #3,886 | 5 |
| 1954 | #1,392 | 52 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,248 | 60 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,119 | 71 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,068 | 75 | — | |
| 1950 | #818 | 114 | — | |
| 1949 | #886 | 99 | — | |
| 1948 | #782 | 121 | — | |
| 1947 | #838 | 109 | — | |
| 1946 | #796 | 107 | — | |
| 1945 | #819 | 85 | — | |
| 1944 | #732 | 107 | — | |
| 1943 | #705 | 118 | #3,538 | 5 |
| 1942 | #605 | 151 | #3,212 | 6 |
| 1941 | #572 | 148 | — | |
| 1940 | #531 | 166 | #2,478 | 9 |
| 1939 | #525 | 161 | — | |
| 1938 | #515 | 169 | #2,868 | 7 |
| 1937 | #537 | 153 | #3,518 | 5 |
| 1936 | #550 | 142 | #2,629 | 8 |
| 1935 | #487 | 167 | #3,252 | 6 |
| 1934 | #530 | 149 | — | |
| 1933 | #521 | 149 | #3,642 | 5 |
| 1932 | #513 | 163 | — | |
| 1931 | #497 | 168 | #2,864 | 8 |
| 1930 | #504 | 176 | #3,592 | 6 |
| 1929 | #630 | 120 | #2,452 | 11 |
| 1928 | #626 | 126 | #2,522 | 11 |
| 1927 | #612 | 136 | #3,780 | 6 |
| 1926 | #631 | 129 | — | |
| 1925 | #664 | 123 | #3,741 | 6 |
| 1924 | #663 | 125 | — | |
| 1923 | #620 | 141 | #3,822 | 6 |
| 1922 | #624 | 139 | — | |
| 1921 | #619 | 140 | #3,517 | 7 |
| 1920 | #671 | 117 | — | |
| 1919 | #739 | 90 | — | |
| 1918 | #737 | 94 | #3,096 | 8 |
| 1917 | #816 | 71 | — | |
| 1916 | #737 | 84 | — | |
| 1915 | #874 | 56 | #3,392 | 6 |
| 1914 | #855 | 47 | — | |
| 1913 | #1,003 | 29 | — | |
| 1912 | #1,032 | 25 | — | |
| 1911 | #1,241 | 14 | — | |
| 1910 | #1,421 | 11 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,290 | 11 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,203 | 12 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,384 | 9 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,553 | 7 | — | |
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| 1904 | #1,364 | 8 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Ardith! It came in at #1,364, and was given to 8 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1905, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Ardith is popular in 1955
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Michigan#815 · 1 in 17,899
- Pennsylvania#870 · 1 in 22,554
Best ever in a state: #132 in North Dakota, 1935.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Michigan | #815 | 5 | 1 in 17,899 |
| Pennsylvania | #870 | 5 | 1 in 22,554 |
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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 Ardith
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1985
- Biggest jump: 148 spots in 1914 (#1,003 → #855)
- Biggest drop: 250 spots in 1951 (#818 → #1,068)
- Debuted 1904
- Peaked 1935 at #487 (167 births)
- Births halved by 1951, 16 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 37 yrs · run 1914–1950
- Highest: 1 in 6,279 girls born in 1935 were named Ardith (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 215,104 girls born in 1985 (0.00%)
- 28.6% of all girls named Ardith (1,597) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 47 | #1,203 (1908) | #1,359 |
| 1910s | 521 | #737 (1918) | #946 |
| 1920s | 1,296 | #612 (1927) | #636 |
| 1930s | 1,597 | #487 (1935) | #518 |
| 1940s | 1,211 | #531 (1940) | #727 |
| 1950s | 578 | #818 (1950) | #1,422 |
| 1960s | 216 | #2,070 (1961) | #2,791 |
| 1970s | 98 | #3,508 (1971) | #6,204 |
| 1980s | 17 | #6,705 (1983) | #7,134 |
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.
Ardith in 1955
Top girls' names in 1955
Top boys' names in 1955
More about 1955
girls
1,955,277 girls got a published name in 1955; 1 in 34,303 of them was named Ardith, which outranked 80.2% of the 6,732 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,320Keri58
- #1,320Maudie58
- #1,320Valinda58
- #1,334Ardith57
- #1,334Alyson57
- #1,334Anthony57
- #1,334Brigid57
- #1,347Delaine56
- #1,347Elouise56
- #1,347Fawn56
Tied with 12 names at #1,334; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,059,889 boys got a published name in 1955; 1 in 411,978 of them was named Ardith, which outranked 11.7% of the 4,400 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 514 names at #3,886; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.