Ardan

maleStatistical record

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

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

3registrars recorded it
10times a registrar ranked it
13years from first to last
#416highest recorded position
2groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 2012–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2012	#4805
2015	#3004
2016	#4810
2017	#4812
2018	#3959
2019	#4702
2024	#5119

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

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 7 of the 13 years from 2012 to 2024.

In 2018: #416 among boys in Northern Ireland, #3959 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 2012–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2012
First recorded at #4805 among boys in England and Wales in 2012 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2016–2018
Highest recorded position: #416 among boys in Northern Ireland, in 2018 (recorded 2016–2018).
Northern Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #5119 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Ardan appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 7 years beginning in 2012, and has registered 25 births with the name.

Ardan 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.

Ardan'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	#4805 (2012)	#3004 (2015)	#5119 (2024)	7 of 13	25 (2012–2024)	6 (2015)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#421 (2016)	#416 (2018)	#416 (2018)	2 of 3	6 (2016–2018)	3 (2016)

Ardan 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 3 regions, from 2012 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #416 in Northern Ireland in 2018.

Ardan'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	#5119	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#4702	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3959	4	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#4812	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#4810	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3004	6	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#4805	3	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#416	3	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#421	3	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#713	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
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 3 registrars between 2012 and 2024, ranked in 7 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #416, first reached in 2018.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 6 births, registered in England and Wales in 2015.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2016, and 4 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.

2decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 2 decades →
5 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
3separate stretches the record falls into3 separate stretches →
4 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#5,119position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
4 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 3 to 5 years →
6births registered in its largest year, 2015Under 25 births →

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.

Archie-Lee · #1289, 19y
Arda · #363, 26y
Arden · #339, 24y
Ardi · #2587, 10y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 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.

Aironas · #415, 11y
Neitas · #415, 12y
Alvey · #414, 8y
Faya · #418, 7y

Also first recorded in the 2010s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2010 and 2019.

Neitas · #415, 12y
Dilanas · #414, 14y
Faya · #418, 7y
Ianis · #414, 16y

Ardan was ranked #416 in Northern Ireland · Boys in 2018. 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.

Ardan 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 Ardan without appearing here.

Moved ahead of Ardan

Rune Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3959 and #4749 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #4702 and #2104.
Gunnar Compare
In 2015 they stood at #3004 and #3373 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #4810 and #2556.
Matheo Compare
In 2015 they stood at #3004 and #3908 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #4810 and #3079.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

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 3 regions, from 2012 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #416 in Northern Ireland in 2018. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Ardan

Ardan at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Ardan across 2 official records

Ardan appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2010s

Names published alongside Ardan

Ardan and the names beside it

Moved ahead of Ardan

Ardan at a glance

Ardan across 2 official records

Ardan appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2010s

Names published alongside Ardan

Ardan and the names beside it

Moved ahead of Ardan