Girls' name · since 1890
Marilda
40 babies named Marilda in U.S. Social Security records since 1890, with the highest year being 1920. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #37,613 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 40
- born since 1890
- 1910s
- peak decade
40 girls have been named Marilda since 1890, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Marilda recorded 40 times among girls since 1890, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1910s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1890 to 1923.
- #37,613 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 40 born since 1890
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Marilda ranks #37,613 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 40 born since 1890, peaking in the 1910s.
- #37,613 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 40
- born since 1890
- 1910s
- peak decade
Marilda's 40 recorded births place it above 47.83% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Marilda's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Marilda's full recorded timeline at 1916, 63% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 37% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1890, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1920 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Marilda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1890–1923
- Peak year (1920)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 34 years of records
Marilda by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (16 births, 40% of the file).
1910s was Marilda's strongest decade.
16 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Marilda births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1890s
1890s
10 births
- 1910s
1910s
16 births
- 1920s
1920s
14 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 16 births (40% of all-time use).
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- Marilda's usage has stayed within range of its 1910s decade-level peak (16 total births) through the 1920s (14) -- 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 Marilda: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1920)
Similar record span (~33 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, 1890–1923 (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 Marilda 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.