Girls' name · since 1968
Arwen
3,299 babies named Arwen in U.S. Social Security records since 1968, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #3,393 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,386 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 3,299
- born since 1968
- 2010s
- peak decade
Arwen currently ranks #1386 among girls' names in America, with 3,299 babies recorded since 1968.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Arwen has been recorded 3,299 times among girls since 1968, currently ranked #1386 nationally and more common than 92% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1968 to 2025.
- #3,393 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,386 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 3,299 born since 1968
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Arwen ranks #3,393 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,386 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 3,299 born since 1968, peaking in the 2010s.
- #3,393 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,386 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 3,299
- born since 1968
- 2010s
- peak decade
Arwen's 3,299 recorded births place it above 95.3% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
24 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Arwen compares
3,299 Top 17% higher than 83% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Arwen's all-time total is 9x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Arwen | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 3,299 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 179 | 21 | 19,840 |
Arwen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Arwen's full recorded timeline at 1999, 87% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 13% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1968, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2023 peak of 179 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Arwen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1968–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 179
- Annual births at peak, across 58 years of records
Arwen by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (1,062 births, 32% of the file).
2010s was Arwen's strongest decade.
1,062 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.
Arwen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 10
1960s
10 births
- 1970s 213
1970s
213 births
- 1980s 170
1980s
170 births
- 1990s 39
1990s
39 births
- 2000s
2000s
856 births
- 2010s
2010s
1,062 births
- 2020s
2020s
949 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 1,062 births (32% of all-time use).
How Arwen compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Arwen's total volume
Arwen by state
Where Arwen concentrates geographically, total births since 1968
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 410 | 12.4% |
| #2 | Texas | | 251 | 7.6% |
| #3 | Florida | | 112 | 3.4% |
| #4 | Washington | | 74 | 2.2% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 66 | 2.0% |
| #6 | New York | | 65 | 2.0% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 61 | 1.8% |
| #8 | Colorado | | 54 | 1.6% |
410 of 3,299 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 24 reporting states.
Arwen appears in 24 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Arwen's data
- Arwen's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (1,062 total births) through the 2020s (949) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Arwens (410 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Arwen: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2023)
Similar record span (~57 yrs)
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, 1968–2025 (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 Arwen 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.