Ardell vs Ardene
American parents have registered 5,070 Ardells since 1880, against 386 Ardenes. Neither name reached five babies in 2025.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Ardell Ardene
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Ardell has been the commoner name in every year either was published, 1889 to 2023. The lead has never changed hands.
The closest they came was 1945, when Ardell had 50 and Ardene had 13.
Side by side
| Ardell | Ardene | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 5,070 | 386 |
| Most in one year | 151 | 18 |
| Babies in 2025 | under 5 | under 5 |
| Estimated living today | 1,500 | 120 |
| Median age today | 70 | 80 |
| Peak year | 1922 | 1936 |
| Best rank | 742nd girls | 1,801st girls |
| Rank in 2025 | unranked | unranked |
| First recorded | 1889 | 1918 |
| Girls / boys | 2,635 / 2,435 | 386 / 0 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Ardenes alive today are over 80; half the Ardells are over 70. That is 10 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Ardell and Ardene.