Berdean — girls' name
57 babies named Berdean in U.S. Social Security records since 1917, with the highest year being 1923. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
63% of everyone ever named Berdean was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Berdean in 1923 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Berdean
The Social Security Administration has registered 57 babies named Berdean between 1917 and 1941, spanning 25 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Berdean currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1941. The name reached its historical peak in 1923, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Berdean performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 36 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Berdean shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Berdean 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 57 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.
Berdean at a glance
Last recorded 1941Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Berdean popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1941–1917
- Peak year (1923)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 25 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1941.
57 total births across 25 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1923 with 9 births in a single year.
Berdean by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 36 births that decade — 63% of Berdean's all-time total
Berdean decade highlights
- Peak decade 36 births
- Runner-up 11 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Berdean's strongest decade
36 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 63% 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.