Arwen
#1,382 for girls in 2025, 158 births
- Peak · girls
- 2023 · 179 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 3,299since 1968
Arwen over time
Rank among girls' names. Arwen has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,382 | 158 |
| 2024 | #1,334 | 171 |
| 2023 | #1,277 | 179 |
| 2022 | #1,325 | 177 |
| 2021 | #1,450 | 148 |
| 2020 | #1,728 | 116 |
| 2019 | #1,508 | 144 |
| 2018 | #1,685 | 123 |
| 2017 | #1,863 | 109 |
| 2016 | #1,660 | 129 |
| 2015 | #1,793 | 116 |
| 2014 | #1,922 | 104 |
| 2013 | #1,900 | 105 |
| 2012 | #2,356 | 79 |
| 2011 | #2,483 | 73 |
| 2010 | #2,360 | 80 |
| 2009 | #2,375 | 81 |
| 2008 | #2,267 | 86 |
| 2007 | #2,071 | 98 |
| 2006 | #2,050 | 96 |
| 2005 | #1,425 | 150 |
| 2004 | #1,290 | 166 |
| 2003 | #1,641 | 117 |
| 2002 | #3,334 | 41 |
| 2001 | #8,196 | 12 |
| 2000 | #9,874 | 9 |
| 1999 | #11,385 | 7 |
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| 1996 | #13,518 | 5 |
| 1995 | #13,386 | 5 |
| 1994 | #10,569 | 7 |
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| 1991 | #13,147 | 5 |
| 1990 | #7,880 | 10 |
| 1989 | #12,362 | 5 |
| 1988 | #5,598 | 14 |
| 1987 | #7,353 | 9 |
| 1986 | #4,964 | 15 |
| 1985 | #7,563 | 8 |
| 1984 | #4,478 | 16 |
| 1983 | #5,457 | 12 |
| 1982 | #3,172 | 27 |
| 1981 | #2,928 | 30 |
| 1980 | #2,699 | 34 |
| 1979 | #2,997 | 28 |
| 1978 | #2,474 | 35 |
| 1977 | #2,715 | 30 |
| 1976 | #3,287 | 21 |
| 1975 | #2,881 | 25 |
| 1974 | #3,426 | 19 |
| 1973 | #4,871 | 11 |
| 1972 | #4,091 | 14 |
| 1971 | #3,943 | 15 |
| 1970 | #3,872 | 15 |
| 1969 | #7,471 | 5 |
| 1968 | #7,016 | 5 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Arwen! It came in at #7,016, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1991–1993, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Arwen is popular in 2006
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Washington#871 · 1 in 5,105
- Colorado#901 · 1 in 5,065
- California#1,659 · 1 in 14,673
- New York#1,944 · 1 in 16,088
- Florida#2,023 · 1 in 17,824
Best ever in a state: #520 in Colorado, 2022.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Washington | #871 | 6 | 1 in 5,105 |
| Colorado | #901 | 5 | 1 in 5,065 |
| California | #1,659 | 16 | 1 in 14,673 |
| New York | #1,944 | 6 | 1 in 16,088 |
| Florida | #2,023 | 5 | 1 in 17,824 |
| Texas | #2,431 | 7 | 1 in 23,739 |
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See more about Arwen
- 48 spots since 2024 (#1,334 → #1,382)
- 346 spots since 2020 (#1,728 → #1,382)
- 411 spots since 2015 (#1,793 → #1,382)
- Debuted 1968
- Peaked 2023 at #1,277 (179 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 8,964 girls born in 2023 were named Arwen (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 10,173 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 32.2% of all girls named Arwen (1,062) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10 | #7,016 (1968) | #7,244 |
| 1970s | 213 | #2,474 (1978) | #3,456 |
| 1980s | 170 | #2,699 (1980) | #5,657 |
| 1990s | 39 | #7,880 (1990) | #11,648 |
| 2000s | 856 | #1,290 (2004) | #3,452 |
| 2010s | 1,062 | #1,508 (2019) | #1,953 |
| 2020s | 949 | #1,277 (2023) | #1,416 |
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.
Arwen in 2006
Top girls' names in 2006
More about 2006
girls
1,901,209 girls got a published name in 2006; 1 in 19,804 of them was named Arwen, which outranked 89.8% of the 20,064 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,031Semaj97
- #2,031Shanice97
- #2,031Trina97
- #2,050Arwen96
- #2,050Adria96
- #2,050Danya96
- #2,050Elia96
- #2,069Autum95
- #2,069Bernadette95
- #2,069Billie95
Tied with 18 names at #2,050; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 8,571Bethzy#9,452 → #881
- ↑ 1,747Rihanna#2,278 → #531
- ↑ 965Yaretzi#1,803 → #838
- ↑ 921Betsy#1,668 → #747
- ↑ 612Evangeline#1,210 → #598
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.