Ardice — girls' name
68 babies named Ardice in U.S. Social Security records since 1917, with the highest year being 1919. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
68 girls have been named Ardice since 1917, peaking in the 1920s, last recorded in 1941.
- 68
- total births
- 1917–1941
- years on record
- 1920s
- peak decade
- 53%
- born in that decade
53% of everyone ever named Ardice was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Ardice in 1919 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ardice
The Social Security Administration has registered 68 babies named Ardice between 1917 and 1941, spanning 25 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ardice currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1941. The name reached its historical peak in 1919, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ardice performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 36 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Ardice shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ardice 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 68 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.
Ardice at a glance
Last recorded 1941Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Ardice popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1941–1917
- Peak year (1919)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 25 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1941.
68 total births across 25 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1919 with 9 births in a single year.
Ardice by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 36 births that decade — 53% of Ardice's all-time total
Ardice decade highlights
- Peak decade 36 births
- Runner-up 16 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Ardice's strongest decade
36 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 53% of all-time use.
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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, 1917–1941 (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.