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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201964peak #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 1964

girls
#3,879
12 births · 1 in 157,905 girls
boys
#2,114
15 births · 1 in 132,847 boys

Top girls' names in 1964

  1. #1Lisa54,270
  2. #2Mary40,985
  3. #3Susan31,515
  4. #4Karen30,243
  5. #5Patricia26,091
  6. #6Kimberly24,128
  7. #7Donna23,808
  8. #8Linda23,629
  9. #9Cynthia20,321
  10. #10Tammy20,043
  11. #3,879Ardell12

Top boys' names in 1964

  1. #1Michael82,617
  2. #2John82,508
  3. #3David75,043
  4. #4James73,026
  5. #5Robert69,980
  6. #6Mark45,261
  7. #7William44,224
  8. #8Richard40,098
  9. #9Thomas34,463
  10. #10Jeffrey30,728
  11. #2,114Ardell15
More about 1964

girls

1,894,855 girls got a published name in 1964; 1 in 157,905 of them was named Ardell, which outranked 50.3% of the 7,806 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ardell
  1. #3,692Wilhelmenia13
  2. #3,692Yalanda13
  3. #3,692Yevonne13
  4. #3,879Ardell12
  5. #3,879Adam12
  6. #3,879Adena12
  7. #3,879Aixa12
  8. #4,096Adora11
  9. #4,096Adrena11
  10. #4,096Aggie11

Tied with 216 names at #3,879; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1963
Risers
  1. 4,987Anjanette#5,891#904
  2. 2,403Deneen#2,619#216
  3. 2,162Denine#3,066#904
  4. 1,303Daneen#2,211#908
  5. 1,137Kecia#1,754#617
Fallers
  1. 341Leisha#993#1,334
  2. 320Cary#973#1,293
  3. 317Lisha#929#1,246
  4. 281Cecile#973#1,254
  5. 276Alexis#790#1,066

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

boys

1,992,698 boys got a published name in 1964; 1 in 132,847 of them was named Ardell, which outranked 54.0% of the 4,594 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ardell
  1. #2,040Vernie16
  2. #2,040Waverly16
  3. #2,040Yul16
  4. #2,114Ardell15
  5. #2,114Ahmad15
  6. #2,114Arch15
  7. #2,114Armin15
  8. #2,205Ace14
  9. #2,205Alaric14
  10. #2,205Alpha14

Tied with 90 names at #2,114; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1963
Risers
  1. 864Deron#1,548#684
  2. 653Cassius#1,513#860
  3. 392Kipp#1,215#823
  4. 363Fitzgerald#1,052#689
  5. 334Adrain#1,279#945
Fallers
  1. 286Farrell#886#1,172
  2. 283Tal#813#1,096
  3. 278Laura#921#1,199
  4. 272Pamela#947#1,219
  5. 270Huey#891#1,161

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

See the top 100 for 1964