Girls' name · since 1917
Berdean
Since 1917, U.S. Social Security records show 57 babies named Berdean, peaking in 1923. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #33,409 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 57
- born since 1917
- 1920s
- peak decade
57 girls have been named Berdean since 1917, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Berdean has 57 recorded births among girls since 1917, 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 1917 to 1941.
- #33,409 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 57 born since 1917
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Berdean ranks #33,409 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 57 born since 1917, peaking in the 1920s.
- #33,409 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 57
- born since 1917
- 1920s
- peak decade
Berdean's 57 recorded births place it above 53.56% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Berdean's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Berdean's SSA record in two at 1925 and the more recent half accounts for 47% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 53%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1917, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1923 peak of 9, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Berdean popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1917–1941
- Peak year (1923)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Berdean by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (36 births, 63% of the file).
1920s was Berdean's strongest decade.
36 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 63% of all-time use.
Berdean births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 11
1910s
11 births
- 1920s
1920s
36 births
- 1930s 5
1930s
5 births
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 36 births (63% of all-time use).
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- Berdean's decade-level peak was the 1920s (36 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1940s -- 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Berdean: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1923)
Similar record span (~24 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, 1917–1941 (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 Berdean 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.