Ogden

18,045 people in the United States were counted with the surname Ogden in the 2020 census, making it the 1,950th most common in the country. That is about one person in 16,600.

By the numbers

People: 18,045
Rank: 1,950th
How common: 1 in 16,600
Per 100,000: 6.0

Where the name comes from

Origin Old English

Places in England, from Old English āc (“oak”) + denu (“valley”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Ogden described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

White, not Hispanic 87.7%
Hispanic or Latino 3.8%
Black, not Hispanic 3.7%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 3.4%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 0.8%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.7%

Notable people called Ogden

Charles Kay Ogden (1889–1957)English linguist, philosopher, writer
Ben Ogden (born 2000)American cross-country skier
Peter Skene Ogden (1790–1854)British-Canadian fur trapper and explorer
Aaron Ogden (1756–1839)American soldier, lawyer and politician

People named Ogden with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Also a first name

Ogden has been given to 810 American babies as a first name since 1892, peaking in 1917. See it as a given name.

Try it on yourself

Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.