Mardella — girls' name

What the Data Says About Mardella

The Social Security Administration has registered 499 babies named Mardella between 1914 and 1974, spanning 61 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Mardella currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1974. The name reached its historical peak in 1933, when 24 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Mardella performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 150 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Mardella shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Iowa, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by North Dakota. In total, SSA state-level files list Mardella in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Mardella 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 499 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.