Aldena — girls' name
288 babies named Aldena in U.S. Social Security records since 1913, with the highest year being 1916. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
36% of everyone ever named Aldena was born in this single decade.
43 babies were named Aldena in 1916 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Aldena
The Social Security Administration has registered 288 babies named Aldena between 1913 and 1959, spanning 47 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Aldena currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1959. The name reached its historical peak in 1916, when 43 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Aldena performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 103 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Aldena shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Missouri, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Aldena in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Aldena in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 288 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Aldena at a glance
Last recorded 1959Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Aldena popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1959–1913
- Peak year (1916)
- 43
- Annual births at peak — across 47 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1959.
288 total births across 47 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1916 with 43 births in a single year.
Aldena by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1910s
- 103 births that decade — 36% of Aldena's all-time total
Aldena decade highlights
- Peak decade 103 births
- Runner-up 96 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1910s was Aldena's strongest decade
103 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 36% of all-time use.
Aldena by state
Where Aldena concentrates geographically — total births since 1913
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Missouri | | 6 | 2.1% |
6 of 288 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Missouri 2.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Missouri accounts for 2.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1913–1959 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.