Unisex name · since 1998
Carden
Carden has 425 recorded births since 1998 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2008 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #8,694 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,444 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 425
- born since 1998
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Carden is the #7444 most popular unisex name in the U.S. today, with 425 recorded since 1998.
Carden has 425 recorded births among boys since 1998, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #7444 as of the latest data, more common than 47% of boys, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1998 to 2025.
- #8,694 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #7,444 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 425 born since 1998
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Carden ranks #8,694 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,444 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 425 born since 1998, peaking in the 2010s.
- #8,694 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,444 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 425
- born since 1998
- 2010s
- peak decade
Carden's 425 recorded births place it above 80.84% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Utah.
How Carden compares
425 Top 48% higher than 52% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Carden's all-time total is 15% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Carden | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 425 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 28 | 34 | 22,252 |
Carden's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Carden's full recorded timeline at 2013, 56% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 44% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1998, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2008 peak of 28 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Carden popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2025
- Peak year (2008)
- 28
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Carden popularity over time - girls
37 total births recorded since 2004 (Carden as girls' name)
Carden by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (217 births, 51% of the file).
2010s was Carden's strongest decade.
217 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Carden births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
114 births
- 2010s
2010s
217 births
- 2020s
2020s
89 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 217 births (51% of all-time use).
Carden by state
Where Carden concentrates geographically, total births since 1998
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Utah | | 6 | 1.4% |
6 of 425 births nationwide.
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What to do with Carden's data
- Carden's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (217 total births) through the 2020s (89) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Utah records the most Cardens (6 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Utah names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Carden: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2008)
Similar record span (~27 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, 1998–2025 (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 Carden 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.