Ardell

Last seen for girls in 1977 at #9,652 · Last seen for boys in 2023 at #12,239
Given to girls 52.0% of the time

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Peak · girls
1922 · 96 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
2,635
since 1889

Ardell over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201934peak #742, 1922peak #777, 1930girlsboys
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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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025
2024
2023#12,2395
2022
2021#12,1465
2020#12,0225
2019
2018
2017#9,6967
2016
2015#7,06611
2014#9,6427
2013
2012
2011#9,6007
2010#12,2315
2009#10,9946
2008#11,0376
2007
2006#9,5857
2005
2004#8,9277
2003#6,71510
2002#9,3926
2001#9,2436
2000#7,4168
1999#7,1398
1998#7,5607
1997
1996
1995#6,4078
1994#7,7706
1993#8,7005
1992#4,32713
1991#5,9428
1990#4,99310
1989#4,81110
1988#4,7869
1987#5,4597
1986#4,8538
1985#4,05210
1984#4,5528
1983#3,41112
1982#3,69211
1981#3,60111
1980#3,61511
1979#4,4038
1978#3,21512
1977#9,6525#2,27020
1976#2,17721
1975#2,75114
1974#2,35817
1973#3,6948
1972#2,41815
1971#8,3245#1,91622
1970#1,88922
1969#6,6176#2,68211
1968#6,2466#3,6736
1967#1,97416
1966#4,8668#1,81418
1965#5,2897#2,17814
1964#3,87912#2,11415
1963#4,5399#1,65923
1962#4,5339#1,80520
1961#4,23910#2,14815
1960#2,72920#3,0778
1959#2,76018#1,62024
1958#3,08515#2,09315
1957#3,30913#1,58325
1956#1,96830#1,82119
1955#2,06327#1,27335
1954#2,12225#1,46627
1953#2,43119#1,28034
1952#1,57837#1,16640
1951#1,74031#1,40728
1950#1,91125#1,28931
1949#1,91725#1,38028
1948#1,73929#1,55922
1947#1,60235#1,31631
1946#1,64729#1,19634
1945#1,48230#1,49420
1944#1,36435#1,19331
1943#1,08754#1,07440
1942#1,47131#1,03642
1941#1,27136#1,20930
1940#1,15040#1,09036
1939#95355#1,14132
1938#1,03148#95144
1937#96452#1,09435
1936#99348#97241
1935#84067#85054
1934#94853#98242
1933#87859#88549
1932#87563#96346
1931#89959#91050
1930#1,01952#77768
1929#87666#1,04443
1928#88169#91354
1927#87472#91156
1926#78385#98049
1925#81982#85161
1924#97062#96053
1923#78287#84664
1922#74296#1,03247
1921#91965#85665
1920#81779#91157
1919#79279#92752
1918#84373#1,23132
1917#87962#1,07838
1916#87261#1,26528
1915#88555#1,26527
1914#90142#93335
1913#98130#1,25617
1912#89032#1,8858
1911#89823#1,3877
1910#1,06917#1,5895
1909#1,4719
1908#1,08414
1907#1,20611#9309
1906#1,15411
1905#1,23810
1904#1,3648
1903#1,02712
1902#1,13310
1901#1,4666
1900#1,05313
1899#1,0999
1898#1,09810
1897#1,3856
1896
1895#1,2997
1894#1,1368
1893
1892#1,2786
1891#1,2136
1890
1889#1,2795
1888
1887
1886
1885
1884
1883
1882
1881
1880
First appearance
1889

The first year at least five girls were named Ardell! It came in at #1,279, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1889–1890, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Ardell
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1977
  • Biggest jump: 177 spots in 1922 (#919#742)
  • Biggest drop: 197 spots in 1940 (#953#1,150)
Rise & fade · girls
33 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1889
  • Peaked 1922 at #742 (96 births)
  • Births halved by 1936, 14 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 27 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 27 yrs · run 1911–1929
Share of babies · girls
1 in 12,510
  • Highest: 1 in 12,510 girls born in 1922 were named Ardell (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 306,629 girls born in 1977 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 29.0% of all girls named Ardell (763) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1969
  • Mostly girls until 1968, mostly boys since
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s5#1,279 (1889)#1,279
1890s52#1,098 (1898)#1,215
1900s104#1,027 (1903)#1,220
1910s474#792 (1919)#901
1920s763#742 (1922)#846
1930s556#840 (1935)#940
1940s344#1,087 (1943)#1,473
1950s240#1,578 (1952)#2,297
1960s87#2,729 (1960)#4,771
1970s10#8,324 (1971)#8,988

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.

Ardell in 1934

girls
#948
53 births · 1 in 19,702 girls
boys
#982
42 births · 1 in 24,586 boys

Top girls' names in 1934

  1. #1Mary56,929
  2. #2Betty31,089
  3. #3Barbara29,239
  4. #4Shirley22,841
  5. #5Dorothy21,281
  6. #6Patricia20,844
  7. #7Joan19,465
  8. #8Margaret15,144
  9. #9Helen14,100
  10. #10Nancy13,520
  11. #948Ardell53

Top boys' names in 1934

  1. #1Robert55,843
  2. #2James54,270
  3. #3John46,743
  4. #4William40,175
  5. #5Richard33,167
  6. #6Donald30,408
  7. #7Charles29,790
  8. #8George18,500
  9. #9Thomas17,373
  10. #10Joseph17,111
  11. #982Ardell42
More about 1934

girls

1,044,225 girls got a published name in 1934; 1 in 19,702 of them was named Ardell, which outranked 80.9% of the 4,973 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ardell
  1. #938Lolita54
  2. #938Marcelina54
  3. #938Verlene54
  4. #948Ardell53
  5. #948Delilah53
  6. #948Magnolia53
  7. #948Mayme53
  8. #955Adella52
  9. #955Arthur52
  10. #955Eartha52

Tied with 6 names at #948; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1933
Risers
  1. 571Luann#1,442#871
  2. 469Alison#1,442#973
  3. 439Golda#1,364#925
  4. 350Ronald#1,244#894
  5. 346Gale#1,102#756
Fallers
  1. 685Nira#463#1,148
  2. 342Vina#782#1,124
  3. 316Zita#947#1,263
  4. 299Myrtie#834#1,133
  5. 278Theola#985#1,263

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

boys

1,032,596 boys got a published name in 1934; 1 in 24,586 of them was named Ardell, which outranked 76.6% of the 4,205 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ardell
  1. #970Kaye43
  2. #970Trinidad43
  3. #970Vester43
  4. #982Ardell42
  5. #982Addison42
  6. #982Alfonzo42
  7. #982Armond42
  8. #1,007Burnell41
  9. #1,007Cedric41
  10. #1,007Crawford41

Tied with 24 names at #982; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1933
Risers
  1. 746Lanny#1,361#615
  2. 630Kerry#1,586#956
  3. 620Marland#1,456#836
  4. 404Kirk#1,202#798
  5. 350Valentin#1,281#931
Fallers
  1. 730Neville#995#1,725
  2. 616Garner#770#1,386
  3. 520Vivian#905#1,425
  4. 488Finis#869#1,357
  5. 464Malcom#961#1,425

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

See the top 100 for 1934