Ardith — girls' name

What the Data Says About Ardith

The Social Security Administration has registered 5,581 babies named Ardith between 1904 and 1985, spanning 82 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ardith currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1985. The name reached its historical peak in 1930, when 176 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ardith performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 1,597 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Ardith shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Michigan, which accounts for 636 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Iowa and Minnesota. In total, SSA state-level files list Ardith in 26 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ardith 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 5,581 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.