Arwen Girl
How popular is Arwen?
#1,382 girl name in 2025
158 baby girls were named Arwen in the US in 2025, making it the 1382nd most popular girl name.
Arwen popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #1,382 for girls (▼ 48 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 158 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising (+36% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,793 in 2015, #1,728 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2023 (179 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,277 in 2023 |
| First recorded | 1968 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Arwen counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Arwen family of names ranked #993 for girls in 2025, with 203 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Arwen | 158 | 78% |
| Arwyn | 45 | 22% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Arwen is most popular
Babies named Arwen per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
Arwen by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10 | #7,014 |
| 1970s | 213 | #2,474 |
| 1980s | 170 | #2,699 |
| 1990s | 39 | #7,874 |
| 2000s | 856 | #1,289 |
| 2010s | 1,062 | #1,508 |
| 2020s | 949 | #1,277 |
Girl names about as popular as Arwen
Questions
- Is Arwen a boy or girl name?
- Arwen is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Arwen were girls.
- How popular is the name Arwen?
- 158 baby girls were named Arwen in the US in 2025, making it the 1382nd most popular girl name.
- When was Arwen most popular?
- Arwen peaked in 2023, when 179 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,277 in 2023.
- How many people are named Arwen?
- 3,299 babies have been named Arwen in the US since 1880. We estimate about 3,266 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 12.
- Where is Arwen most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Arwen was most common in Colorado, at 0.3 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.