Arden
2025 SSA
2025 SSA
About Arden
Arden, the name of the magical forest in Shakespeare's As You Like It, is a stylish A name with a strong, straightforward image. Another reason to love Arden: its similarity to "ardent." Arden is solidly unisex, with the current gender distribution running about 49 percent girls and 51 percent boys.
Arden for girls#975 US
A locational surname name deriving from several places in England, there are multiple legitimate derivations for this name. One is from Old English earn "eagle" + denu "valley", while another is from the Celtic ard meaning "high".
As a girl name, Arden has been flirting with the bottom of the Top 1000 for a number of years, just missing out in a recent count when it was given to 237 girls. A solid Nameberry favorite, it currently ranks in the UK Top 800 for boys, where is leans notably more masculine (15:85)
Arden is more familiar as a surname, as in cosmetics entrepreneur Elizabeth and actress Eve, and the narrative poem by Tennyson, Enoch Arden, along with Shakespeare's mother, Mary Arden.
A notable first name bearer is Arden Cho, actress and singer, and the voice of a lead character in hit movie, KPOP Demon Hunters, while social media influencer Lacey Douthat (of The Glitter Gospel) named her daughter Arden Laine in 2025.
Arden for boys#1005 US
Arden is a gender-neutral name that's sleek and stylish but always seems to bob just below the surface of popularity, despite ticking all the boxes with its fashionable two-syllable, N-ending shape and its awesome nature-inspired meanings. In recent US statistics, 51 percent of the babies named Arden were boys to 59 percent girls.
A locational surname name deriving from several places in England, there are multiple legitimate derivations for this name. One is from Old English earn "eagle" + denu "valley", while another is from the Celtic ard meaning "high".
For literature lovers: Arden is the name of the magical forest in Shakespeare's As You Like It (Shakespeare's mother's name was Mary Arden), and it also appears in the name and titular character of a poem by Tennyson, Enoch Arden.
In the UK, this name leans far more masculine; it ranked in the Top 800 in a recent year and of all the babies called Arden, it was chosen for boys 85% of the time.
Pronounced AHR-den.
As of October 2026, Arden ranked #975 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #738 in 1930, Nameberry popularity #129.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · girls | Births · girls | US rank · boys | Births · boys |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #1,058 | 245 | #1,642 | 94 |
| 2015 | #917 | 300 | #1,692 | 92 |
| 2016 | #974 | 275 | #1,562 | 105 |
| 2017 | #1,102 | 229 | #1,421 | 122 |
| 2018 | #964 | 274 | #1,408 | 124 |
| 2019 | #951 | 278 | #1,380 | 129 |
| 2020 | #1,054 | 236 | #1,152 | 168 |
| 2021 | #1,090 | 227 | #1,200 | 161 |
| 2022 | #1,056 | 241 | #1,254 | 155 |
| 2023 | #1,046 | 241 | #1,019 | 214 |
| 2024 | #1,051 | 237 | #943 | 242 |
| 2025 | #975 | 261 | #1,005 | 225 |
World rankings
Arden for girls
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- Arden ChoGirl
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American actress
- Elizabeth ArdenGirl
Canadian,American businesswoman
- Jann ArdenGirl
Canadian singer
- Eve ArdenGirl
American actress
- ArdenGirl
daughter of celebrity chef Edward Lee
- Arden RedgraveBoy
son of English actor Corin Redgrave
- Arden HayesBoy
American child genius
- Arden Cole WhedonBoy
son of director Joss Whedon and his wife Kai Cole
- Michael ArdenBoy
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Arden in pop culture
- ArdenGirl
character in TV series "Down the Shore"
- ArdenGirl
character in novel 'Eve'
- "Enoch ArdenBoth
" narrative poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
- Arden B.Girl
women's clothing store
- ArdenGirl
the magical forest in "As You Like It"
- ArdennesGirl
forest and mountain range in Europe
- ArdenGirl
fantasy world in Kamilla Benko's "The Unicorn Quest" series
- Squire Edgar ArdenBoy
main character in "Squire Arden" by Margaret Oliphant
- Dr. ArdenBoy
Nazi doctor on TV's "American Horror Story: Asylum"
- Arden LoweBoy
character in "My Sweet Audrina" by V.C. Andrews
- Arden LoweBoy
character in the movie "My Sweet Audrina"