Girls' name · since 1917
Marda
Marda has 391 recorded births since 1917 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1955 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #13,703 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 391
- born since 1917
- 1950s
- peak decade
391 girls have been named Marda since 1917, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Marda has 391 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 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1917 to 2016.
- #13,703 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 391 born since 1917
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Marda ranks #13,703 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 391 born since 1917, peaking in the 1950s.
- #13,703 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 391
- born since 1917
- 1950s
- peak decade
Marda's 391 recorded births place it above 81.04% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Marda's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Marda's full recorded timeline at 1949, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1928, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1955 peak of 18 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Marda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1917–2016
- Peak year (1955)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 100 years of records
Marda by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (109 births, 28% of the file).
1950s was Marda's strongest decade.
109 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 28% of all-time use.
Marda births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 13
1910s
13 births
- 1920s 19
1920s
19 births
- 1930s
1930s
67 births
- 1940s
1940s
106 births
- 1950s
1950s
109 births
- 1960s
1960s
44 births
- 1970s 28
1970s
28 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 109 births (28% of all-time use).
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What to do with Marda's data
- Marda's decade-level peak was the 1950s (109 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2010s -- 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 Marda: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1955)
Similar record span (~99 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, 1917–2016 (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 Marda 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.