Girls' name · since 1927
Mardene
Since 1927, U.S. Social Security records show 103 babies named Mardene, peaking in 1950. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #26,805 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 103
- born since 1927
- 1940s
- peak decade
Mardene is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 103 have been recorded since 1927.
Mardene has 103 recorded births among girls since 1927, 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 1927 to 1955.
- #26,805 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 103 born since 1927
- 1940s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mardene ranks #26,805 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 103 born since 1927, peaking in the 1940s.
- #26,805 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 103
- born since 1927
- 1940s
- peak decade
Mardene's 103 recorded births place it above 62.88% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Mardene's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Mardene splits its recorded history at 1946: 52% of all births land in the more recent half, 48% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1927 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1950 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Mardene popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1927–1955
- Peak year (1950)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
Mardene by decade
1940s is the heaviest window (38 births, 37% of the file).
1940s was Mardene's strongest decade.
38 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Mardene births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 11
1920s
11 births
- 1930s
1930s
18 births
- 1940s
1940s
38 births
- 1950s
1950s
36 births
What this shows Peak: 1940s at 38 births (37% of all-time use).
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- Mardene's usage has stayed within range of its 1940s decade-level peak (38 total births) through the 1950s (36) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Mardene: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1950)
Similar record span (~28 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, 1927–1955 (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 Mardene 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.