Arden

A unisex name of Old English origin, meaning eagle valley; a place name.

Babies a year
346
the US, 2017
Rarity
Rare
among names in use
US popularity
#975
new to the top 1000
UK popularity
#716
49 babies

How Arden has moved

US popularity rank, 2015–2025. Lower is more popular.
#837#946#1055201520182025#975

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YearUS rank
2015#917
2016#974
2018#963
2019#952
2025#975

Arden by the numbers

In 2025, 49 babies in England and Wales were named Arden. In the US, 346 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.

Its American peak was 300 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Arden. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Adenparadise or garden594 in the US (2017)
  • Audenold friend; from Ealdwine146 in the US (2017)
  • Arien38 in the US (2017)
  • Ardyn30 in the US (2017)
  • Areen23 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Arren5 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Arden

Names that are said the same way as Arden, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Ardonbronzed or fast-moving; biblical place name3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Ardan9 in the US (2017)

Other names that mean a bird

Like Arden, each of these has a bird in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.

  • Avalife; bird15,914 in the US (2017)
  • Gavinwhite hawk4,134 in the US (2017)
  • Jonahdove2,523 in the US (2017)
  • Remingtonraven settlement; from the raven farm2,251 in the US (2017)
  • Phoenixmythical bird that rises from ashes2,184 in the US (2017)
  • Corbinraven; from corvus1,434 in the US (2017)

Other names that mean a meadow or field

Like Arden, each of these has a meadow or field in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.

  • Rileyvaliant; rye clearing7,797 in the US (2017)
  • Savannahgrassy plain; treeless plain5,231 in the US (2017)
  • Braydenbroad valley; a modern respelling of Braden5,153 in the US (2017)
  • Kinsleyfrom the king's meadow; an English place name used as given name4,048 in the US (2017)
  • Bentleymeadow of bent grass3,945 in the US (2017)
  • Haileyhay meadow; form of Hayley3,691 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Arden

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