Arwen — #1346 US girls' name
3,138 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.
More common than 92% of names given to girls today.
34% of everyone ever named Arwen was born in this single decade.
179 babies were named Arwen in 2023 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Arwen
The Social Security Administration has registered 3,138 babies named Arwen between 1968 and 2024, spanning 57 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Arwen currently holds the #1346 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 179 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Arwen performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 1,062 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Arwen shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 390 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Arwen in 22 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Arwen 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 3,138 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.
Arwen at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Arwen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1968
- Peak year (2023)
- 179
- Annual births at peak — across 57 years of records
Currently ranks #1346 among girls.
3,138 total births across 57 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2023 with 179 births in a single year.
Arwen by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 1,062 births that decade — 34% of Arwen's all-time total
Arwen decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,062 births
- Runner-up 855 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Arwen's strongest decade
1,062 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 34% of all-time use.
Arwen by state
Where Arwen concentrates geographically — total births since 1968
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 390 | 12.4% |
| #2 | Texas | | 233 | 7.4% |
| #3 | Florida | | 101 | 3.2% |
| #4 | Washington | | 68 | 2.2% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 61 | 1.9% |
| #6 | New York | | 60 | 1.9% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 59 | 1.9% |
| #8 | Tennessee | | 50 | 1.6% |
390 of 3,138 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 22 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 12.4% of nationwide
- Texas 7.4% of nationwide
- Florida 3.2% of nationwide
- Washington 2.2% of nationwide
- Illinois 1.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 22 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 12.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Arwen appears in 22 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1968–2024 (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.