Unisex name · since 1949
Mardy
Mardy has 219 recorded births since 1949 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1960 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #12,408 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 219
- born since 1949
- 1970s
- peak decade
219 boys have been named Mardy since 1949, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Mardy has 219 recorded births among boys since 1949, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1949 to 1990.
- #12,408 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 219 born since 1949
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mardy ranks #12,408 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 219 born since 1949, peaking in the 1970s.
- #12,408 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 219
- born since 1949
- 1970s
- peak decade
Mardy's 219 recorded births place it above 72.69% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Mardy's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Mardy's SSA record in two at 1969 and the more recent half accounts for 48% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 52%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1954, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1960 peak of 14, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Mardy popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1949–1990
- Peak year (1960)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 42 years of records
Mardy popularity over time - girls
66 total births recorded since 1948 (Mardy as girls' name)
Mardy by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (75 births, 34% of the file).
1970s was Mardy's strongest decade.
75 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Mardy births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 8
1940s
8 births
- 1950s
1950s
41 births
- 1960s
1960s
73 births
- 1970s
1970s
75 births
- 1980s 16
1980s
16 births
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 75 births (34% of all-time use).
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What to do with Mardy's data
- Mardy's decade-level peak was the 1970s (75 total births); usage has since declined to 6 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 Mardy: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1960)
Similar record span (~41 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, 1949–1990 (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 Mardy 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.