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
Ardine's 125 recorded births place it above 65.84% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
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
- Peak year (1926)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 40 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 1957.
125 total births across 40 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1926 with 13 births in a single year.
Ardine popularity over time - boys
5 total births recorded since 1917 (Ardine as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Ardine accounts for 4% of total recorded use across both genders.
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
- 1910s
1910s
20 births
- 1920s
1920s
48 births
- 1930s
1930s
32 births
- 1940s 15
1940s
15 births
- 1950s 10
1950s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 48 births (38% of all-time use).
Ardine decade highlights
- Peak decade 48 births
- Runner-up 32 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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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.
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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.
Similar peak year (~1926)
Similar record span (~39 yrs)
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.
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