Girls' name · since 1903
Cardelia
Cardelia has 140 recorded births since 1903 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1951 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #23,465 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 140
- born since 1903
- 1950s
- peak decade
Cardelia sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 140 recorded since 1903.
Cardelia has 140 recorded births among girls since 1903, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1903 to 1971.
- #23,465 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 140 born since 1903
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cardelia ranks #23,465 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 140 born since 1903, peaking in the 1950s.
- #23,465 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 140
- born since 1903
- 1950s
- peak decade
Cardelia's 140 recorded births place it above 67.47% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Cardelia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Cardelia splits its recorded history at 1937: 52% of all births land in the more recent half, 48% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1903 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1951 peak of 12 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Cardelia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1903–1971
- Peak year (1951)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 69 years of records
Cardelia by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (45 births, 32% of the file).
1950s was Cardelia's strongest decade.
45 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.
Cardelia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1900s 5
1900s
5 births
- 1910s
1910s
19 births
- 1920s
1920s
36 births
- 1930s 12
1930s
12 births
- 1940s 12
1940s
12 births
- 1950s
1950s
45 births
- 1960s 6
1960s
6 births
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 45 births (32% of all-time use).
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What to do with Cardelia's data
- Cardelia's decade-level peak was the 1950s (45 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1970s -- 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 Cardelia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1951)
Similar record span (~68 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, 1903–1971 (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 Cardelia 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.