Girls' name · since 1918
Ardes
Ardes has 49 recorded births since 1918 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1930 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #35,175 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 49
- born since 1918
- 1920s
- peak decade
Ardes sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 49 recorded since 1918.
Ardes has 49 recorded births among girls since 1918, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1918 to 1932.
- #35,175 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 49 born since 1918
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ardes ranks #35,175 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 49 born since 1918, peaking in the 1920s.
- #35,175 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 49
- born since 1918
- 1920s
- peak decade
Ardes's 49 recorded births place it above 51.11% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Ardes's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Ardes splits its recorded history at 1924: 51% of all births land in the more recent half, 49% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1923 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1930 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Ardes popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1918–1932
- Peak year (1930)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 15 years of records
Ardes by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (30 births, 61% of the file).
1920s was Ardes's strongest decade.
30 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 61% of all-time use.
Ardes births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 6
1910s
6 births
- 1920s
1920s
30 births
- 1930s
1930s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 30 births (61% of all-time use).
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- Ardes's usage has stayed within range of its 1920s decade-level peak (30 total births) through the 1930s (13) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1918–1932 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Ardes draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.