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Arda

#3,130 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Possibly marker, stake

Arda has been given to 892 babies in the U.S. since 1996. In 2025 it ranked #3,130 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2006, with 41 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 63% boys, 37% girls all-time.

Babies named Arda, 2025

1 in 87,200

Arda over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
020406018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Arda over time

In 2025, Arda went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

18892025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Arda: meaning, origin, and history

Possibly marker, stake

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Arda means

Arda may mean “marker, stake”.

Origin, language, and formation

Arda is used in Turkish.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Turkish, Arda is pronounced /ˈaɾ.da/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 560 boys were recorded with the name Arda between 1996 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 41 in 2006; its best national rank was #2,784 in 2006.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #7,544 in 2020 to #3,130 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #3,435 in 2015 to #3,130 in 2025.

In the United States, 332 girls were recorded with the name Arda between 1889 and 1964. Its highest annual count was 17 in 1922; its best national rank was #1,289 in 1889.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Arda?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 87,200
38 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 44,900
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#3,130
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
60,472 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Arda sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 60,472 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Arda. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Ardas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Arda was born before 2012 — so the typical Arda is around 13 today.

Median birth year
2012
About 13 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
43.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
94.6%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
560
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 43.9% of all recorded uses (246).

Is Arda rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+1,946
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+4,414
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+305
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.19×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
92.7%
Peak was 2006 (41)
Years since peak
19
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
31.9% average annual change
Best rank ever
#2,784
2006

Spellings of Arda

Arda is not the most common spelling — Adam is, with 50.2% against Arda's 0.05%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Arda is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Arda was most concentrated in New Jersey — about 1 in 100,000 boys, against 1 in 432,134 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1New Jersey1 in 100,000
  2. 2California1 in —
  3. 3Florida1 in —
  4. 4New York1 in —
  5. 5Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Arda has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Arda is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Arda was most concentrated in Utah — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 254,101 across all states with data.

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Utah1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Arda has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Arda around the world

Where Arda ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2025
    #1,124
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    2009–2014
    #680
    in 2014
  • Ireland
    2008–2014
    #609
    in 2014
  • France
    2000–2025
    #992
    in 2025
  • Canada
    2005–2024
    #2,550
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    2006–2006
    #657
    in 2006

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Arda by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#3,130
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 4,414
Best rank ever
#2,784
2006
Peak year
2006
41 that year
First recorded
1996
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
560
Count in 2025
38

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#1,289
1889
Peak year
1922
17 that year
First recorded
1889
Last recorded
1964
All-time count
332
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Arda

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Arda

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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