Warden — #8349 US boys' name
349 babies named Warden in U.S. Social Security records since 1914, with the highest year being 1921. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 41% of names given to boys today.
24% of everyone ever named Warden was born in this single decade.
16 babies were named Warden in 1921 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Warden
The Social Security Administration has registered 349 babies named Warden between 1914 and 2024, spanning 111 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Warden currently holds the #8349 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1921, when 16 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Warden performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 84 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Warden shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Warden 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 349 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.
Warden at a glance
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Current rank
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Warden popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1914
- Peak year (1921)
- 16
- Annual births at peak — across 111 years of records
Currently ranks #8349 among boys.
349 total births across 111 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1921 with 16 births in a single year.
Warden by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 84 births that decade — 24% of Warden's all-time total
Warden decade highlights
- Peak decade 84 births
- Runner-up 60 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Warden's strongest decade
84 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 24% of all-time use.
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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, 1914–2024 (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.