Meaning and history
From an English surname, originally derived from various place names that in turn came from a Celtic word meaning “high.”
20062006: 148 births, rank #1,488
2007: 167 births, rank #1,419
2008: 219 births, rank #1,167
2009: 167 births, rank #1,408
2010: 194 births, rank #1,241
20112011: 178 births, rank #1,319
2012: 223 births, rank #1,111
2013: 239 births, rank #1,039
2014: 245 births, rank #1,057
2015: 300 births, rank #915
20162016: 275 births, rank #975
2017: 229 births, rank #1,102
2018: 274 births, rank #964
2019: 278 births, rank #951
2020: 236 births, rank #1,055
20212021: 227 births, rank #1,091
2022: 241 births, rank #1,055
2023: 241 births, rank #1,046
2024: 241 births, rank #1,041
20252025: 261 births, rank #975
Arden moved from #951 to #975 for girls between 2019 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 2015, with 300 births.