Girls' name · since 1919
Maydene
Since 1919, U.S. Social Security records show 36 babies named Maydene, peaking in 1929. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- 36
- total births
- 1919–1941
- years on record
- 1920s
- peak decade
- 53%
- born in that decade
36 girls have been named Maydene since 1919, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Maydene has 36 recorded births among girls since 1919, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1919 to 1941.
- 36 total births
- 1919–1941 years on record
- 1920s peak decade
- 53% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Maydene's 36 recorded births place it above 46% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Maydene's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Maydene splits its recorded history at 1929: 56% of all births land in the more recent half, 44% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1919 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1929 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Maydene popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1919–1941
- Peak year (1929)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
Maydene by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1920s was Maydene's strongest decade.
19 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 53% of all-time use.
Maydene births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 5
1910s
5 births
- 1920s
1920s
19 births
- 1930s 5
1930s
5 births
- 1940s 7
1940s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 19 births (53% of all-time use).
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- Maydene's usage has stayed within range of its 1920s decade-level peak (19 total births) through the 1940s (7) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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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, 1919–1941 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Maydene: Baby Name Since 1919 - 36 Births, Peak 1929." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/maydene. 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 Maydene 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.