Mardell

Last seen for girls in 1981 at #10,411 · Last seen for boys in 2010 at #12,231
Given to girls 95.8% of the time

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Peak · girls
1932 · 67 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
2,170
since 1896

Mardell over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Mardell has never cracked the top 800 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201926peak #846, 1932girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1961#3,06017#3,6526
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First appearance
1896

The first year at least five girls were named Mardell! It came in at #1,416, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1897–1906, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Mardell is popular in 1926

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
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Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Mardell, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Mardell, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Mardell, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Mardell, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Mardell, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Mardell, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Mardell, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Mardell, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #316 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,098 girlsMNIllinois: #418 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 5,413 girlsILWisconsin: #324 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,954 girlsWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Mardell, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Mardell, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Mardell, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Mardell, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Mardell, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Mardell, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Mardell, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Mardell, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Mardell, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Mardell, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Mardell, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Mardell, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Mardell, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Mardell, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Mardell, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Mardell, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Mardell, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Mardell, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Mardell, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Mardell, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Mardell, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Mardell, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Mardell, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Mardell, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Mardell, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Mardell, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Mardell, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Mardell, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Mardell, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Mardell, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Mardell, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Mardell, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Mardell, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Mardell, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Mardell, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Mardell, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Mardell, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Mardell, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Mardell, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Mardell, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Minnesota#316 · 1 in 3,098
  2. Wisconsin#324 · 1 in 3,954
  3. Illinois#418 · 1 in 5,413

Best ever in a state: #191 in Nebraska, 1938.

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See more about Mardell
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1981
  • Biggest jump: 287 spots in 1921 (#1,206 → #919)
  • Biggest drop: 213 spots in 1942 (#993 → #1,206)
Rise & fade · girls
36 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1896
  • Peaked 1932 at #846 (67 births)
  • Births halved by 1944, 12 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 12 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 12 yrs · run 1931–1935
Share of babies · girls
1 in 15,928
  • Highest: 1 in 15,928 girls born in 1932 were named Mardell (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 333,612 girls born in 1981 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 26.0% of all girls named Mardell (564) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s6#1,416 (1896)#1,416
1900s6#1,821 (1907)#1,821
1910s212#1,216 (1919)#1,493
1920s564#919 (1921)#1,007
1930s538#846 (1932)#959
1940s415#993 (1941)#1,320
1950s253#1,540 (1952)#2,171
1960s118#2,649 (1960)#4,281
1970s48#4,246 (1970)#7,804
1980s10#10,392 (1980)#10,402

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Mardell in 1926

girls
#921
66 births · 1 in 17,961 girls

Top girls' names in 1926

  1. #1Mary67,832
  2. #2Dorothy36,618
  3. #3Betty32,964
  4. #4Helen26,886
  5. #5Margaret23,072
  6. #6Ruth20,225
  7. #7Doris16,295
  8. #8Virginia16,161
  9. #9Mildred13,547
  10. #10Frances13,355
  11. #921Mardell66
More about 1926

girls

1,185,401 girls got a published name in 1926; 1 in 17,961 of them was named Mardell, which outranked 83.6% of the 5,622 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Mardell
  1. #911Madaline67
  2. #911Marina67
  3. #911Vivienne67
  4. #921Mardell66
  5. #921Natalia66
  6. #921Prudence66
  7. #921Ruthe66
  8. #926Bridget65
  9. #926Enola65
  10. #926Luetta65

Tied with 4 names at #921; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1925
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,047Janell#1,795 → #748
  2. ↑ 389Madalyn#1,225 → #836
  3. ↑ 382Evangelina#1,324 → #942
  4. ↑ 379Carla#1,252 → #873
  5. ↑ 351Vilma#1,020 → #669
Fallers
  1. ↓ 597Albertine#944 → #1,541
  2. ↓ 462Cleora#895 → #1,357
  3. ↓ 461Lorrayne#988 → #1,449
  4. ↓ 453Hermina#996 → #1,449
  5. ↓ 307Ethelene#913 → #1,220

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1926 →