Ardelia

Last seen for girls in 1992 at #11,738

Peak · girls
1880 · 6 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,370
since 1880

Ardelia over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Ardelia has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201920peak #738, 1880girls
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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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rankbirths
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1992#11,7386
1991
1990
1989
1988
1987#8,7787
1986
1985
1984
1983#9,0156
1982
1981#7,4098
1980#10,3925
1979#8,0617
1978
1977
1976#9,2845
1975
1974#6,2588
1973
1972#5,9598
1971#8,3245
1970#5,8188
1969#7,4715
1968#4,7799
1967
1966
1965#3,73312
1964#4,09611
1963#5,2967
1962#3,59213
1961#4,23910
1960#3,21215
1959#3,82711
1958#2,50621
1957#3,48912
1956#3,32113
1955#3,57111
1954#3,15713
1953#2,81215
1952#3,04013
1951#2,47417
1950#2,53516
1949#2,13421
1948#2,70114
1947#2,76914
1946#2,73913
1945#2,14916
1944#2,02718
1943#2,69512
1942#2,41614
1941#2,19015
1940#1,51826
1939#1,79719
1938#1,80519
1937#1,84518
1936#2,03215
1935#1,66321
1934#2,74110
1933#1,72320
1932#1,68521
1931#1,87618
1930#1,93418
1929#2,09816
1928#1,83721
1927#2,55213
1926#1,72124
1925#1,57628
1924#1,27939
1923#1,52029
1922#1,57528
1921#1,43732
1920#1,55028
1919#1,52727
1918#1,88720
1917#1,33730
1916#1,22734
1915#1,57122
1914#1,17527
1913#1,46516
1912#96028
1911#1,11316
1910#1,33512
1909#96118
1908#88220
1907#1,20611
1906#1,3219
1905#1,01114
1904#1,09211
1903#1,13710
1902#1,02412
1901#1,06710
1900#1,5617
1899#1,03410
1898#96313
1897#98211
1896#1,4166
1895
1894#1,3536
1893#95510
1892#86112
1891#1,2136
1890#1,3385
1889#9029
1888#9598
1887
1886#8977
1885
1884#1,0245
1883#9205
1882
1881
1880#7386
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Ardelia was already there! It came in at #738, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1881–1885, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Ardelia
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1992
  • Biggest jump: 434 spots in 1897 (#1,416#982)
  • Biggest drop: 505 spots in 1913 (#960#1,465)
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1880 at #738 (6 births)
  • Births halved by 1881, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 12 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 12 yrs · run 1888–1889
Share of babies · girls
1 in 15,166
  • Highest: 1 in 15,166 girls born in 1880 were named Ardelia (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 307,322 girls born in 1992 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 18.8% of all girls named Ardelia (258) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s40#738 (1880)#907
1890s79#861 (1892)#1,124
1900s122#882 (1908)#1,126
1910s232#960 (1912)#1,360
1920s258#1,279 (1924)#1,715
1930s179#1,663 (1935)#1,910
1940s163#1,518 (1940)#2,334
1950s142#2,474 (1951)#3,073
1960s82#3,212 (1960)#4,552
1970s41#5,818 (1970)#7,284
1980s26#7,409 (1981)#8,899
1990s6#11,738 (1992)#11,738

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.

Ardelia in 1920

girls
#1,550
28 births · 1 in 42,796 girls

Top girls' names in 1920

  1. #1Mary70,983
  2. #2Dorothy36,643
  3. #3Helen35,097
  4. #4Margaret27,994
  5. #5Ruth26,102
  6. #6Mildred18,060
  7. #7Virginia17,314
  8. #8Elizabeth15,908
  9. #9Frances15,883
  10. #10Anna14,581
  11. #1,550Ardelia28
More about 1920

girls

1,198,289 girls got a published name in 1920; 1 in 42,796 of them was named Ardelia, which outranked 73.1% of the 5,767 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ardelia
  1. #1,511Virgina29
  2. #1,511Yolande29
  3. #1,511Zadie29
  4. #1,550Ardelia28
  5. #1,550Amber28
  6. #1,550Antonina28
  7. #1,550Arletha28
  8. #1,584Annice27
  9. #1,584Arrie27
  10. #1,584Audrie27

Tied with 33 names at #1,550; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1919
Risers
  1. 550Denise#1,481#931
  2. 321Blossom#1,242#921
  3. 311Lilia#1,242#931
  4. 302Ena#1,270#968
  5. 277Lorayne#1,216#939
Fallers
  1. 594Haruko#917#1,511
  2. 511Roselle#1,000#1,511
  3. 345Toshiko#967#1,312
  4. 304Carroll#902#1,206
  5. 297Santina#835#1,132

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

See the top 100 for 1920