Girls' name · since 1918

Ardine

Ardine has 125 recorded births since 1918 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1926 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.

#24,635 of 72,339
all-time among girls
125
born since 1918
1920s
peak decade

Ardine is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 125 have been recorded since 1918.

Ardine has 125 recorded births among girls since 1918, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1918 to 1957.

  • #24,635 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • 125 born since 1918
  • 1920s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ardine ranks #24,635 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 125 born since 1918, peaking in the 1920s.

#24,635 of 72,339
all-time among girls
125
born since 1918
1920s
peak decade
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Ardine's 125 recorded births place it above 65.84% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

Ardine's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Divide Ardine's SSA record in two at 1930 and the more recent half accounts for 46% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 54%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1924, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1926 peak of 13, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.

Ardine popularity over time - girls

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1918–1957

Last recorded 1957
Peak year (1926)
13
Annual births at peak, across 40 years of records
468101214 1918192219261930193519411957 5

Ardine popularity over time - boys

5 total births recorded since 1917 (Ardine as boys' name)

Unisex variant - 5 births
5 1917 5

Ardine by decade

1920s is the heaviest window (48 births, 38% of the file).

1920s was Ardine's strongest decade.

48 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.

Ardine births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 1920s at 48 births (38% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Ardine?
Ardine has been given to 125 babies in the U.S. since 1918, according to SSA data. Its archive ordinal is #24,635 of 72,339 among girls' names (total births, highest first). Its last appearance in the data was 1957. 13 babies were born in 1926, its single highest year.
Where does Ardine sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ardine ranks #24,635 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the null SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Ardine most popular?
Ardine was most popular in the 1920s decade with 48 total births. The single peak year was 1926.
How long has the name Ardine been used?
Records for Ardine go back to 1918, giving 40 years of history through 1957.
What names are similar to Ardine?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Arden, Ardis, Ardith, Ardella, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

What to do with Ardine's data

  • Ardine's decade-level peak was the 1920s (48 total births); usage has since declined to 10 in the 1950s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

Keep exploring Ardine

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Ardine: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.

Data Sources

Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1918–1957 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).

Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Ardine draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.