Ardis vs Ardith
American parents have registered 7,416 Ardises since 1880, against 5,712 Ardiths. Neither name reached five babies in 2025.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Ardis 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 100 years in which either name was published, Ardis for 83 years and Ardith for 17 years. The lead changed hands 20 times.
- 1899–1934 Ardis ahead
- 1937–1942 Ardith ahead
- 1943–1945 Ardis ahead
- 1946–1948 Ardith ahead
- 1951–2022 Ardis ahead, apart from 5 short spells
11 shorter spells of a year or two are folded into the spans above rather than listed separately.
Side by side
| Ardis | Ardith | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 7,416 | 5,712 |
| Most in one year | 228 | 182 |
| Babies in 2025 | under 5 | under 5 |
| Estimated living today | 2,200 | 1,900 |
| Median age today | 75 | 78 |
| Peak year | 1928 | 1930 |
| Best rank | 481st girls | 504th girls |
| Rank in 2025 | unranked | unranked |
| First recorded | 1899 | 1904 |
| Girls / boys | 6,386 / 1,030 | 5,581 / 131 |
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 Ardises are over 75. That is 3 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
Where each one is strongest
- Ardis North Dakota (19.4×), South Dakota (17.3×), Minnesota (12.7×)
- 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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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Ardis and Ardith.