Arda

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Primarily a boy's name · Unisex — 39% girls / 61% boys

Origin: English

Meaning

Arda is a given name. In Turkey, it is used as a masculine name. In Turkish, Arda means sceptre, an ornamented staff carried by rulers on ceremonial occasions as a symbol of sovereignty, and latter, the Arda river, a very old Turkic name in Uyghur writings.

From Wikipedia

Arda first appears in the data in 1996 and has been recorded in 27 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2006 with 41 babies (rank #2,785 that year). In 2024 it was given to 19 boys (rank #5,059). The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Arda

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Arda yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

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Total babies (all years)
27
Years in the data
41
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19965#9,098
19987#7,614
19997#7,930
200011#5,947
200214#5,151
20039#7,280
200412#6,156
200518#4,638
200641#2,785
200723#4,249
200827#3,834
200929#3,646
201035#3,182
201127#3,799
201223#4,256
201323#4,192
201430#3,538
201532#3,435
201620#4,789
201719#4,953
201818#5,117
201919#4,971
202010#7,547
202111#7,131
202219#5,033
202314#6,243
202419#5,059