Mardel — girls' name

What the Data Says About Mardel

The Social Security Administration has registered 264 babies named Mardel between 1918 and 1966, spanning 49 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Mardel currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1966. The name reached its historical peak in 1952, when 13 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Mardel performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 76 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Mardel shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Mardel in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Mardel 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 264 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.