Girls' name · since 2018
Cardi
Since 2018, U.S. Social Security records show 27 babies named Cardi, peaking in 2020. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #42,118 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 27
- born since 2018
- 2020s
- peak decade
Cardi sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 27 recorded since 2018.
Cardi has 27 recorded births among girls since 2018, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2018 to 2021.
- #42,118 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 27 born since 2018
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cardi ranks #42,118 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 27 born since 2018, peaking in the 2020s.
- #42,118 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 27
- born since 2018
- 2020s
- peak decade
Cardi's 27 recorded births place it above 41.22% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Cardi's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Cardi's SSA record in two at 2020 and the more recent half accounts for 52% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 48%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2021, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2020 peak of 9, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Cardi popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–2021
- Peak year (2020)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 4 years of records
Cardi by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (14 births, 52% of the file).
2020s was Cardi's strongest decade.
14 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Cardi births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
13 births
- 2020s
2020s
14 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 14 births (52% of all-time use).
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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, 2018–2021 (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 Cardi 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.