Dardanella — girls' name

What the Data Says About Dardanella

The Social Security Administration has registered 50 babies named Dardanella between 1920 and 1924, spanning 5 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Dardanella currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1924. The name reached its historical peak in 1920, when 23 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Dardanella performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 50 births during that ten-year window. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Dardanella in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Dardanella 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 50 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.