Girls' name · since 1936
Mardee
Mardee has 255 recorded births since 1936 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1941 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #17,420 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 255
- born since 1936
- 1940s
- peak decade
255 girls have been named Mardee since 1936, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Mardee has 255 recorded births among girls since 1936, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1940s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1936 to 1993.
- #17,420 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 255 born since 1936
- 1940s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mardee ranks #17,420 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 255 born since 1936, peaking in the 1940s.
- #17,420 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 255
- born since 1936
- 1940s
- peak decade
Mardee's 255 recorded births place it above 75.89% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Mardee's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Mardee splits its recorded history at 1957: 44% of all births land in the more recent half, 56% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1939 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1941 peak of 19 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Mardee popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1936–1993
- Peak year (1941)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 58 years of records
Mardee by decade
1940s is the heaviest window (83 births, 33% of the file).
1940s was Mardee's strongest decade.
83 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Mardee births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s 14
1930s
14 births
- 1940s
1940s
83 births
- 1950s
1950s
60 births
- 1960s
1960s
69 births
- 1970s 19
1970s
19 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1940s at 83 births (33% of all-time use).
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What to do with Mardee's data
- Mardee's decade-level peak was the 1940s (83 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1990s -- 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 Mardee: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1941)
Similar record span (~57 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, 1936–1993 (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 Mardee 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.