Ardyce — girls' name

What the Data Says About Ardyce

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,263 babies named Ardyce between 1912 and 1960, spanning 49 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ardyce currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1960. The name reached its historical peak in 1936, when 55 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ardyce performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 442 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Ardyce shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Minnesota, which accounts for 228 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Wisconsin and Nebraska. In total, SSA state-level files list Ardyce in 7 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ardyce 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 1,263 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.