Ardan
#7,228 in 2025Boys' nameMeaning not yet documented
Ardan has been given to 74 babies in the U.S. since 2012. In 2025 it ranked #7,228 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2012, with 13 recorded.
Babies named Ardan, 2025
1 in 301,000
Ardan over time, 1880–2025
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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
How common is Ardan?
Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.
- Among all babies, 2025
- 1 in 301,000
- 11 of 3,315,165 births
- Among boys only
- 1 in 155,000
- <0.01% of boys
- Rank, 2025
- #7,228
- of 13,926 boys’ names in use
- Coin-flip room size
- 208,901 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Ardan sits on the popularity scale
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.
Put another way: gather 208,901 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Ardan. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Ardans were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Ardan was born before 2017 — so the typical Ardan is around 8 today.
- Biggest decade
- 2010s
- 63.5% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 100.0%
- A modern name
- Recorded since 1950
- 74
- People you could plausibly meet
2010s — 63.5% of all recorded uses (47).
Is Ardan 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
- +1,129
- Places climbed
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- New entry
- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- —
- Not ranked then
- Births vs 10 years ago
- —
- Not published both years
- Share of its own peak
- 84.6%
- Peak was 2012 (13)
- Years since peak
- 13
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Shifting
- 22.2% average annual change
Spellings of Ardan
Ardan is not the most common spelling — Brian is, with 22.4% against Ardan's <0.01%.
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.
Ardan around the world
Where Ardan 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 & Wales2012–2024#5,120in 2024
- Northern Ireland2016–2018#416in 2018
- Ireland2016–2016#713in 2016
Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency and Central Statistics Office. ONS, NISRA data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO data under CC BY 4.0.
Ardan by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
Names similar to Ardan
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Ardan
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.