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
- Peak · girls
- 1922 · 96 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,635since 1889
Ardell over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | #12,239 | 5 | |
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | #12,146 | 5 | |
| 2020 | — | #12,022 | 5 | |
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | #9,696 | 7 | |
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | — | #7,066 | 11 | |
| 2014 | — | #9,642 | 7 | |
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | #9,600 | 7 | |
| 2010 | — | #12,231 | 5 | |
| 2009 | — | #10,994 | 6 | |
| 2008 | — | #11,037 | 6 | |
| 2007 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | — | #9,585 | 7 | |
| 2005 | — | — | ||
| 2004 | — | #8,927 | 7 | |
| 2003 | — | #6,715 | 10 | |
| 2002 | — | #9,392 | 6 | |
| 2001 | — | #9,243 | 6 | |
| 2000 | — | #7,416 | 8 | |
| 1999 | — | #7,139 | 8 | |
| 1998 | — | #7,560 | 7 | |
| 1997 | — | — | ||
| 1996 | — | — | ||
| 1995 | — | #6,407 | 8 | |
| 1994 | — | #7,770 | 6 | |
| 1993 | — | #8,700 | 5 | |
| 1992 | — | #4,327 | 13 | |
| 1991 | — | #5,942 | 8 | |
| 1990 | — | #4,993 | 10 | |
| 1989 | — | #4,811 | 10 | |
| 1988 | — | #4,786 | 9 | |
| 1987 | — | #5,459 | 7 | |
| 1986 | — | #4,853 | 8 | |
| 1985 | — | #4,052 | 10 | |
| 1984 | — | #4,552 | 8 | |
| 1983 | — | #3,411 | 12 | |
| 1982 | — | #3,692 | 11 | |
| 1981 | — | #3,601 | 11 | |
| 1980 | — | #3,615 | 11 | |
| 1979 | — | #4,403 | 8 | |
| 1978 | — | #3,215 | 12 | |
| 1977 | #9,652 | 5 | #2,270 | 20 |
| 1976 | — | #2,177 | 21 | |
| 1975 | — | #2,751 | 14 | |
| 1974 | — | #2,358 | 17 | |
| 1973 | — | #3,694 | 8 | |
| 1972 | — | #2,418 | 15 | |
| 1971 | #8,324 | 5 | #1,916 | 22 |
| 1970 | — | #1,889 | 22 | |
| 1969 | #6,617 | 6 | #2,682 | 11 |
| 1968 | #6,246 | 6 | #3,673 | 6 |
| 1967 | — | #1,974 | 16 | |
| 1966 | #4,866 | 8 | #1,814 | 18 |
| 1965 | #5,289 | 7 | #2,178 | 14 |
| 1964 | #3,879 | 12 | #2,114 | 15 |
| 1963 | #4,539 | 9 | #1,659 | 23 |
| 1962 | #4,533 | 9 | #1,805 | 20 |
| 1961 | #4,239 | 10 | #2,148 | 15 |
| 1960 | #2,729 | 20 | #3,077 | 8 |
| 1959 | #2,760 | 18 | #1,620 | 24 |
| 1958 | #3,085 | 15 | #2,093 | 15 |
| 1957 | #3,309 | 13 | #1,583 | 25 |
| 1956 | #1,968 | 30 | #1,821 | 19 |
| 1955 | #2,063 | 27 | #1,273 | 35 |
| 1954 | #2,122 | 25 | #1,466 | 27 |
| 1953 | #2,431 | 19 | #1,280 | 34 |
| 1952 | #1,578 | 37 | #1,166 | 40 |
| 1951 | #1,740 | 31 | #1,407 | 28 |
| 1950 | #1,911 | 25 | #1,289 | 31 |
| 1949 | #1,917 | 25 | #1,380 | 28 |
| 1948 | #1,739 | 29 | #1,559 | 22 |
| 1947 | #1,602 | 35 | #1,316 | 31 |
| 1946 | #1,647 | 29 | #1,196 | 34 |
| 1945 | #1,482 | 30 | #1,494 | 20 |
| 1944 | #1,364 | 35 | #1,193 | 31 |
| 1943 | #1,087 | 54 | #1,074 | 40 |
| 1942 | #1,471 | 31 | #1,036 | 42 |
| 1941 | #1,271 | 36 | #1,209 | 30 |
| 1940 | #1,150 | 40 | #1,090 | 36 |
| 1939 | #953 | 55 | #1,141 | 32 |
| 1938 | #1,031 | 48 | #951 | 44 |
| 1937 | #964 | 52 | #1,094 | 35 |
| 1936 | #993 | 48 | #972 | 41 |
| 1935 | #840 | 67 | #850 | 54 |
| 1934 | #948 | 53 | #982 | 42 |
| 1933 | #878 | 59 | #885 | 49 |
| 1932 | #875 | 63 | #963 | 46 |
| 1931 | #899 | 59 | #910 | 50 |
| 1930 | #1,019 | 52 | #777 | 68 |
| 1929 | #876 | 66 | #1,044 | 43 |
| 1928 | #881 | 69 | #913 | 54 |
| 1927 | #874 | 72 | #911 | 56 |
| 1926 | #783 | 85 | #980 | 49 |
| 1925 | #819 | 82 | #851 | 61 |
| 1924 | #970 | 62 | #960 | 53 |
| 1923 | #782 | 87 | #846 | 64 |
| 1922 | #742 | 96 | #1,032 | 47 |
| 1921 | #919 | 65 | #856 | 65 |
| 1920 | #817 | 79 | #911 | 57 |
| 1919 | #792 | 79 | #927 | 52 |
| 1918 | #843 | 73 | #1,231 | 32 |
| 1917 | #879 | 62 | #1,078 | 38 |
| 1916 | #872 | 61 | #1,265 | 28 |
| 1915 | #885 | 55 | #1,265 | 27 |
| 1914 | #901 | 42 | #933 | 35 |
| 1913 | #981 | 30 | #1,256 | 17 |
| 1912 | #890 | 32 | #1,885 | 8 |
| 1911 | #898 | 23 | #1,387 | 7 |
| 1910 | #1,069 | 17 | #1,589 | 5 |
| 1909 | #1,471 | 9 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,084 | 14 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,206 | 11 | #930 | 9 |
| 1906 | #1,154 | 11 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,238 | 10 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,364 | 8 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,027 | 12 | — | |
| 1902 | #1,133 | 10 | — | |
| 1901 | #1,466 | 6 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,053 | 13 | — | |
| 1899 | #1,099 | 9 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,098 | 10 | — | |
| 1897 | #1,385 | 6 | — | |
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | #1,299 | 7 | — | |
| 1894 | #1,136 | 8 | — | |
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | #1,278 | 6 | — | |
| 1891 | #1,213 | 6 | — | |
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | #1,279 | 5 | — | |
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
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.
Where Ardell is popular in 1959
No state had 5 or more girls named Ardell in 1959, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Ardell
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1977
- Biggest jump: 177 spots in 1922 (#919 → #742)
- Biggest drop: 197 spots in 1940 (#953 → #1,150)
- Debuted 1889
- Peaked 1922 at #742 (96 births)
- Births halved by 1936, 14 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 27 yrs · run 1911–1929
- 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%)
- 29.0% of all girls named Ardell (763) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1968, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #1,279 (1889) | #1,279 |
| 1890s | 52 | #1,098 (1898) | #1,215 |
| 1900s | 104 | #1,027 (1903) | #1,220 |
| 1910s | 474 | #792 (1919) | #901 |
| 1920s | 763 | #742 (1922) | #846 |
| 1930s | 556 | #840 (1935) | #940 |
| 1940s | 344 | #1,087 (1943) | #1,473 |
| 1950s | 240 | #1,578 (1952) | #2,297 |
| 1960s | 87 | #2,729 (1960) | #4,771 |
| 1970s | 10 | #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 1959
Top girls' names in 1959
Top boys' names in 1959
More about 1959
girls
2,023,462 girls got a published name in 1959; 1 in 112,415 of them was named Ardell, which outranked 61.7% of the 7,202 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,678Trinda19
- #2,678Twanna19
- #2,678Velvet19
- #2,760Ardell18
- #2,760Alan18
- #2,760Alejandra18
- #2,760Alix18
- #2,869Alexia17
- #2,869Allen17
- #2,869Allyn17
Tied with 108 names at #2,760; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,134,518 boys got a published name in 1959; 1 in 88,938 of them was named Ardell, which outranked 64.6% of the 4,572 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,588Ronaldo25
- #1,588Thimothy25
- #1,588Tyrus25
- #1,620Ardell24
- #1,620Amador24
- #1,620Aundra24
- #1,620Benard24
- #1,665Ardis23
- #1,665Arnaldo23
- #1,665Arnett23
Tied with 44 names at #1,620; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.