Girls' name · since 1914
Berdene
Since 1914, U.S. Social Security records show 93 babies named Berdene, peaking in 1922. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #27,868 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 93
- born since 1914
- 1920s
- peak decade
Berdene sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 93 recorded since 1914.
Berdene has 93 recorded births among girls since 1914, 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 1914 to 1943.
- #27,868 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 93 born since 1914
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Berdene ranks #27,868 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 93 born since 1914, peaking in the 1920s.
- #27,868 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 93
- born since 1914
- 1920s
- peak decade
Berdene's 93 recorded births place it above 61.33% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Berdene's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Berdene splits its recorded history at 1925: 48% of all births land in the more recent half, 52% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1919 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1922 peak of 11 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Berdene popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1914–1943
- Peak year (1922)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
Berdene by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (46 births, 49% of the file).
1920s was Berdene's strongest decade.
46 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Berdene births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
19 births
- 1920s
1920s
46 births
- 1930s
1930s
23 births
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 46 births (49% of all-time use).
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- Berdene's decade-level peak was the 1920s (46 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 Berdene: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1922)
Similar record span (~29 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, 1914–1943 (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 Berdene 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.