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.
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 1970
Top boys' names in 1970
More about 1970
boys
1,858,229 boys got a published name in 1970; 1 in 84,465 of them was named Ardell, which outranked 65.2% of the 5,433 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,847Tobey23
- #1,847Tracie23
- #1,847Wayde23
- #1,889Ardell22
- #1,889Ansel22
- #1,889Apolonio22
- #1,889Arne22
- #1,939Alexandre21
- #1,939Aloysius21
- #1,939Anna21
Tied with 49 names at #1,889; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.