Arden vs Ardith

Babies given each name, 1880–2025

Arden Ardith

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

Of the 134 years in which either name was published, Arden for 111 years and Ardith for 23 years. The lead changed hands 18 times.

• 1881–1903 Arden ahead
• 1907–1909 Ardith ahead
• 1910–1919 Arden ahead, apart from one short spell
• 1920–1927 Ardith ahead, apart from one short spell
• 1928–1931 Arden ahead
• 1938–1942 Ardith ahead
• 1943–1947 Arden ahead
• 1948–1950 Ardith ahead
• 1951–2025 Arden ahead

8 shorter spells of a year or two are folded into the spans above rather than listed separately.

Side by side

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 Ardiths alive today are over 78; half the Ardens are over 15. That is 63 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.

Where each one is strongest

• Arden Minnesota (2.9×), Wisconsin (2.7×), West Virginia (2.3×)
• Ardith Nebraska (12.7×), Iowa (9.5×), North Dakota (5.5×)

How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.

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