Yarden
Yarden is a name with a single cultural origin: Hebrew.
- Hebrew
Meaning & Origin of Yarden
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Yarden is a name with a single cultural origin: Hebrew.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Hebrew
The Story of Yarden
As a girl name
The earliest SSA record of Yarden as a girl name dates back to 1984, when 6 babies received it. 2007 was its biggest year on record, with 11 newborns named Yarden — #10,129 in the national rankings. About 36% of every Yarden on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Yarden last appeared in the published SSA data in 2022, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 131 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
The earliest SSA record of Yarden as a boy name dates back to 1990, when 5 babies received it. 2010 was its biggest year on record, with 10 newborns named Yarden — #7,591 in the national rankings. About 35% of every Yarden on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. Yarden last appeared in the published SSA data in 2023, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 97 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Yarden
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About the name Yarden
Yarden is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1984 and has accumulated 131 births in the dataset. Yarden's peak popularity came in 2007 when it ranked #10,129. Use the chart and map above to compare Yarden's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.