Name Awesome

Yarden

#17,171 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Form of Jordan

Yarden has been given to 239 babies in the U.S. since 1984. In 2025 it ranked #17,171 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2007, with 11 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 57% girls, 43% boys all-time.

Babies named Yarden, 2025

1 in 663,000

Yarden over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
05101518801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Yarden over time

In 2025, Yarden went to 45% girls and 55% boys.

19842025

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.

Yarden: meaning, origin, and history

Form of Jordan

Hebrew

What Yarden means

Yarden is a form of Jordan.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Yarden is used in Hebrew.

Another recorded pronunciation is /jaʁ.ˈden/ for Yarden.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Yarden → Jordan. The family’s meaning is “Jordan (river)”, recorded in English with the source elements yardén.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

From Hebrew יַרְדֵּן (yardén, “Jordan”). Doublet of Jordan.

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Yarden (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Origin, language, and formation

Yarden is used in English. Its origins include Hebrew.

Yarden comes through Hebrew יַרְדֵּן.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Jordan.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 136 girls were recorded with the name Yarden between 1984 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 11 in 2007; its best national rank was #9,534 in 1993.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #12,095 in 2020 to #17,171 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #14,419 in 2015 to #17,171 in 2025.

In the United States, 103 boys were recorded with the name Yarden between 1990 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 10 in 2010; its best national rank was #8,108 in 2010.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #13,966 in 2020 to #11,932 in 2025.

How common is Yarden?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 663,000
5 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 321,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#17,171
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
459,581 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Yarden sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

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 459,581 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Yarden. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Yardens were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Yarden was born before 2007 — so the typical Yarden is around 18 today.

Median birth year
2007
About 18 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
34.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
64.0%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
136
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2000s — 34.6% of all recorded uses (47).

Is Yarden 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
—
Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
−5,076
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−2,752
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.71×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
45.5%
Peak was 2007 (11)
Years since peak
18
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
29.1% average annual change
Best rank ever
#9,534
1993

Spellings of Yarden

Yarden is not the most common spelling — Karen is, with 75.9% against Yarden'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.

Where Yarden is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Yarden was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 3,486,540 across all states with data.

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 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. Yarden has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Yarden by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#17,171
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 5,076
Best rank ever
#9,534
1993
Peak year
2007
11 that year
First recorded
1984
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
136
Count in 2025
5

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#11,932
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 2,034
Best rank ever
#8,108
2010
Peak year
2010
10 that year
First recorded
1990
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
103
Count in 2025
6

Names similar to Yarden

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

YarexiYarrowYaremiYariahYarielaYarelinYarelizYaritzyYarixaYarlinYareniYarielysTildenZaydenYarenYariannaYarahYaritziLandenYarethYarisaYarimaHoldenYaryna

Sibling names for Yarden

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

Explore around Yarden

Top names of 2007, Yarden's peak yearThe 2000s in fullOther names that peaked in 1993Girls' names starting with Y