Recorded 1997–2016 Boys' name Peak 2005 102 births

Ardit — boys' name

102 babies named Ardit in U.S. Social Security records since 1997, with the highest year being 2005. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

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The verdict

102 boys have been named Ardit since 1997, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2016.

102
total births
1997–2016
years on record
2000s
peak decade
62%
born in that decade
2000s
Peak decade

62% of everyone ever named Ardit was born in this single decade.

2005
Single peak year

11 babies were named Ardit in 2005 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Ardit

The Social Security Administration has registered 102 babies named Ardit between 1997 and 2016, spanning 20 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ardit currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 2005, when 11 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ardit performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 63 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Ardit shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 18 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Ardit in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ardit 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 102 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.

Ardit at a glance

Last recorded 2016

Total births

102

Since 1997

20 years of records

Peak year

2005

11 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2016

Active since

1997

Recorded for 20 years

Last year on file: 2016

Ardit popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–1997

Last recorded 2016
Peak year (2005)
11
Annual births at peak — across 20 years of records
4681012 20162013200820062004200220001997 7

Ardit by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
63 births that decade — 62% of Ardit's all-time total
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Ardit by state

Where Ardit concentrates geographically — total births since 1997

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Ardit
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 New York
18 17.6%
New York share of Ardit's total US births 17.6%

18 of 102 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Ardit?
102 babies have been named Ardit since 1997. It was last recorded in 2016. The peak year was 2005 with 11 births.
When was Ardit most popular?
Ardit was most popular in the 2000s decade with 63 total births. The single peak year was 2005.
Where is Ardit most popular?
The top states for the name Ardit are New York (18 births).
How long has the name Ardit been used?
Ardit has been recorded in Social Security data since 1997, spanning 20 years of data through 2016.
What names are similar to Ardit?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Arden, Ardell, Ardis, Arda, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1997–2016 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.