Maridee — girls' name
154 babies named Maridee in U.S. Social Security records since 1938, with the highest year being 1957. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
154 girls have been named Maridee since 1938, peaking in the 1950s, last recorded in 1996.
- 154
- total births
- 1938–1996
- years on record
- 1950s
- peak decade
- 45%
- born in that decade
45% of everyone ever named Maridee was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Maridee in 1957 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Maridee
The Social Security Administration has registered 154 babies named Maridee between 1938 and 1996, spanning 59 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Maridee currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1996. The name reached its historical peak in 1957, when 13 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Maridee performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 70 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Maridee shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Minnesota, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Maridee in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Maridee 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 154 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.
Maridee at a glance
Last recorded 1996Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Maridee popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–1938
- Peak year (1957)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 59 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1996.
154 total births across 59 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1957 with 13 births in a single year.
Maridee by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 70 births that decade — 45% of Maridee's all-time total
Maridee decade highlights
- Peak decade 70 births
- Runner-up 44 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Maridee's strongest decade
70 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 45% of all-time use.
Maridee by state
Where Maridee concentrates geographically — total births since 1938
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Minnesota | | 5 | 3.2% |
5 of 154 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Minnesota 3.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Minnesota accounts for 3.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1938–1996 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.