Girls' name · since 1917
Marydell
Since 1917, U.S. Social Security records show 29 babies named Marydell, peaking in 1920. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- 29
- total births
- 1917–1928
- years on record
- 1920s
- peak decade
- 62%
- born in that decade
Marydell is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 29 have been recorded since 1917.
Social Security Administration records show Marydell recorded 29 times among girls since 1917, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1920s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1917 to 1928.
- 29 total births
- 1917–1928 years on record
- 1920s peak decade
- 62% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Marydell's 29 recorded births place it above 43% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Marydell's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Marydell splits its recorded history at 1920: 62% of all births land in the more recent half, 38% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1919 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1920 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Marydell popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1917–1928
- Peak year (1920)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 12 years of records
Marydell by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1920s was Marydell's strongest decade.
18 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 62% of all-time use.
Marydell births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
11 births
- 1920s
1920s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 18 births (62% of all-time use).
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1917–1928 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Marydell: Baby Name Since 1917 - 29 Births, Peak 1920." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/marydell. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Marydell 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 July 2026.