Ardean — unisex name

What the Data Says About Ardean

The Social Security Administration has registered 251 babies named Ardean between 1918 and 1965, spanning 48 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ardean currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1965. The name reached its historical peak in 1924, when 15 babies received it in a single year. Ardean is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 148 additional births since 1912.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ardean performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 65 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Ardean shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ardean in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 251 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.