Marda

Popularity Trends

The name Marda is the #7,348 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 391 recorded births since 1917. This represents the 5.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 5.0% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,325 (6.8% percentile) for all time with 391 births since 1917.

Marda first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1917 (first recorded for girls in 1917). Birth data for Marda is available in 45 out of the 100 years between 1917 and 2016. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.

For girls, Marda reached its peak popularity in 1955, achieving the 1.8% percentile (ranked #715) with 9 births per million. The name was most common in 1936, with 13 births per million (ranked 1.6% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2016.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Marda".

1917 2016 19172016

Key Statistics

Total Births

391

Peak Births

Peak Year

1955

First Recorded

1917

Peak Percentile

1.8%

Current Percentile

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Peak Rank

#715

Current Rank

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Female statistics

Names with Similar Spellings

These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Marda", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. These names exclude other spelling variations of this name. View all variations of Marda.

Names with Correlated Trends

These 12 names have popularity trends that correlate most strongly with the name Marda's popularity from 1914 to 2019 on a gender-neutral basis. Names may rise and fall in popularity for a variety of reasons, but correlations often reflect either changes in naming fashion or demographic shifts.

The correlation calculations in the table below ignore absolute popularity to show you names that move in similar directions as the name Marda at the same time. They also correct for changes in the overall birth rate over time. The 0-100% trend values are calculated by dividing each name's gender-neutral births per million by the peak births per million for that name.

The 12 names most strongly correlated to Marda range from Sherrill at 85.1% correlation to Janet at 83.3% correlation, with an average correlation level of 84.0%. The most popular of these 12 most correlated names is Barbara with 1.4M births (100% girls) and the least popular is Delorise with 1.3K births (100% girls).

Marda's share of births peaked at 13 births per million for girls in 1955. It reached its lowest point of 2.5 births per million (19% of peak) in 1962. In 2016, the most recent period with data, the name Marda had 2.6 births per million, 20% of its peak popularity.

This chart shows how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak (100%).

Sherrill

8,847

85.11% (very strong)

Carlene

15.2k

84.81% (very strong)

Delois

8,622

84.47% (very strong)

Barbara

1.4M

84.41% (very strong)

Delorise

1,311

84.07% (very strong)

Ronald

1.1M

84.06% (very strong)

Marva

10.4k

83.92% (very strong)

Dickie

4,719

83.89% (very strong)

Peggy

293.5k

83.57% (very strong)

Beverly

382.7k

83.47% (very strong)

Joanne

212.3k

83.45% (very strong)

Janet

558.1k

83.34% (very strong)

About this table: Correlation values are shown as percentages from 0% to 100%, with each value accompanied by its strength (very weak to very strong). Higher percentages and stronger correlations indicate names that rise and fall together more closely in popularity. The strength labels are color-coded from gray (very weak) to green (very strong). The Trend column visualizes how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak. Absolute correlation values are shown for simplicity (all correlations here are positive). The Total Births column is color-coded by gender distribution - blue shades for predominantly male names and red shades for predominantly female names, with purple hues indicating a more balanced gender distribution.

How to Pronounce Marda

Our model found one way to pronounce the name Marda. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 100.0% confident that Marda is pronounced as MAHR-duh, which has 2 syllables.

MAHR-duh

100.0%

MAHR-duh (2 syllables)

100.0% confidence

M AA1 R D AH0

Possible Additional Pronunciations

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About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like M AA1 R D AH0) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.

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