girls:
2.2k births since 1896
#3690 (35th percentile)
boys:
94 births since 1925
#4492 (2nd percentile)
overall:
2.3k births since 1896
#5536 (28th percentile)
The name Mardell is the #5,536 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,264 recorded births since 1896. This represents the 28.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 28.5% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,690 (35.4% percentile) for all time with 2,170 births since 1896. For boys, it ranks #4,492 (2.0% percentile) for all time with 94 births since 1925.
Mardell first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1896 (1896 for girls and 1925 for boys). Birth data for Mardell is available in 77 out of the 115 years between 1896 and 2010 (70 years for girls and 17 years for boys). 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.
The name Mardell has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 95.8% of all recorded births being female. In 2010, 0.0% of babies named Mardell were girls. Interestingly, until around 1985, the name was more popular for girls (97.0% girls from 1896 to 1984), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (100.0% boys from 1985 to 2010).
For girls, Mardell reached its peak popularity in 1932, achieving the 10.7% percentile (ranked #520) with 61 births per million. The name was most common in 1932, with 61 births per million (ranked 10.7% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1981.
For boys, Mardell reached its peak popularity in 1989, achieving the 0.8% percentile (ranked #751) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 1929, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.2% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2010.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Mardell".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Mardell. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 46.2% confident that Mardell is pronounced as mahr-DEHL, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is MAHR-dehl, at 38.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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