Arwen
Recorded 1968–2025 · United States
Arwen was most popular in 2023, when 179 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,409 that year. In 2025 it ranked #2,599, with 158 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 3,299 people named Arwen.
Arwen over time
How old is the name Arwen?
Arwen first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1968, which makes it about 57 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 54 of the 58 years since.
How many people are named Arwen?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 3,299 American births named Arwen between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 3,260 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Arwen in 2025?
158 American babies were named Arwen in 2025, ranking #2,599 that year.
Is Arwen getting more or less popular?
Arwen is rising. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 167 births a year, against 95 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of +75% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Is Arwen a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Arwen is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 3,299 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Arwen?
Roughly 3,260 Americans named Arwen are alive today — 99% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 12 years old, and half are between 5 and 21.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Where Arwen is most concentrated
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org