Ardeth — girls' name

What the Data Says About Ardeth

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,033 babies named Ardeth between 1912 and 1963, spanning 52 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ardeth currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1963. The name reached its historical peak in 1930, when 121 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ardeth performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 450 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Ardeth shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Michigan, which accounts for 41 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Iowa and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Ardeth in 10 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ardeth 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 1,033 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.