Arda

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Arda: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Arda: Recorded since 1996, it reached #363 in 2006, and it stood at #1,758 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
28times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#363highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2863
1997	#2859
2000	#1703
2002	#1799
2003	#1326
2004	#999
2005	#438
2006	#363
2007	#538
2008	#484
2009	#589
2010	#645
2011	#1158
2012	#1367
2013	#1404
2014	#1223
2015	#1279
2016	#1431
2017	#1546
2018	#1875
2019	#2266
2020	#1492
2021	#2730
2022	#1469
2023	#1610
2024	#1758

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 26 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

In 2014: #609 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #1223 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2863 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #363 among boys in England and Wales, in 2006 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1758 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Arda appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 26 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 668 births with the name.

Arda across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Arda's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#2863 (1996)	#363 (2006)	#1758 (2024)	26 of 29	668 (1996–2024)	94 (2006)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#601 (2008)	#601 (2008)	#609 (2014)	2 of 7	8 (2008–2014)	4 (2008)

Arda by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Arda in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	6	2 of 10	3
2000sbusiest	390	9 of 10	43
2010s	203	10 of 10	20
2020s	69	5 of 10	14

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 43 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2004 and 2005, when recorded births rose by 45, from 20 to 65.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Arda appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #363 in England and Wales in 2006.

Arda's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#1758	14	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1610	15	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1469	17	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#2730	7	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1492	16	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#2266	9	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1875	12	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1546	16	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1431	18	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1279	20	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1223	21	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1404	17	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1367	18	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1158	22	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#645	50	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#589	55	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#484	72	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#538	58	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#363	94	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#438	65	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#999	20	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1326	12	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1799	7	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1703	7	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2859	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2863	3	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#609	4	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#601	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 26 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #363, first reached in 2006.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 94 births, registered in England and Wales in 2006.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2008, and 12 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Arden · #339, 24y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Jersey · #363, 24y
Andreea · #362, 24y
Davey · #362, 30y
Keara · #362, 31y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Anna-May · #363, 17y
Brianne · #363, 24y
Callen · #363, 27y
Karlie · #363, 26y

Arda was ranked #363 in England and Wales · Boys in 2006. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Arda and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Arda without appearing here.

Arda moved ahead of

Harald Compare
In 2005 they stood at #2859 and #2859 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #363 and #4052.
Willow Compare
In 2004 they stood at #2863 and #2863 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #438 and #3849.
Glenn Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2730 and #2730 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1610 and #4991.
Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1610 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1758 and #5119.

Moved ahead of Arda

Aksel Compare
In 2017 they stood at #1546 and #1812 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #1875 and #1382.
Kasper Compare
In 2010 they stood at #645 and #668 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #1158 and #701.
Harper Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1469 and #1609 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1610 and #1207.
Rune Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1610 and #1799 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1758 and #1460.

Moved the opposite way to Arda

Garry Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Arda went from #2863 to #1610 while Garry went from #573 to #4991.
Graeme Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Arda went from #2863 to #1610 while Graeme went from #755 to #4107.
Nicola Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Arda went from #2863 to #1610 while Nicola went from #2863 to #4107.
Brent Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Arda went from #2863 to #1469 while Brent went from #898 to #3449.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #363 in England and Wales in 2006. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Arda

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What the data shows

Popularity journey

Arda across 2 official records

Arda by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Arda appears in

Popularity data

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Arda at a glance

Arda across 2 official records

Arda by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Arda appears in

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Arda

Arda and the names beside it

Arda moved ahead of

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