Ardelle
Last seen for girls in 1981 at #9,110
- Peak · girls
- 1925 · 71 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,500since 1897
Ardelle over time
Rank among girls' names. Ardelle has never cracked the top 800 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1981 | #9,110 | 6 |
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| 1966 | #6,564 | 5 |
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| 1963 | #5,296 | 7 |
| 1962 | — | |
| 1961 | #5,851 | 6 |
| 1960 | #5,168 | 7 |
| 1959 | #4,625 | 8 |
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| 1955 | #5,828 | 5 |
| 1954 | #3,718 | 10 |
| 1953 | #4,595 | 7 |
| 1952 | #3,372 | 11 |
| 1951 | #4,385 | 7 |
| 1950 | #2,909 | 13 |
| 1949 | #2,726 | 14 |
| 1948 | #2,589 | 15 |
| 1947 | #2,448 | 17 |
| 1946 | #2,228 | 18 |
| 1945 | #2,149 | 16 |
| 1944 | #2,199 | 16 |
| 1943 | #1,791 | 23 |
| 1942 | #1,706 | 24 |
| 1941 | #1,355 | 32 |
| 1940 | #1,404 | 29 |
| 1939 | #1,265 | 34 |
| 1938 | #1,437 | 27 |
| 1937 | #1,330 | 30 |
| 1936 | #1,245 | 33 |
| 1935 | #1,219 | 34 |
| 1934 | #1,166 | 37 |
| 1933 | #1,179 | 36 |
| 1932 | #1,070 | 44 |
| 1931 | #959 | 52 |
| 1930 | #1,289 | 34 |
| 1929 | #1,137 | 42 |
| 1928 | #888 | 68 |
| 1927 | #1,079 | 50 |
| 1926 | #1,054 | 50 |
| 1925 | #877 | 71 |
| 1924 | #1,058 | 54 |
| 1923 | #1,065 | 51 |
| 1922 | #1,089 | 49 |
| 1921 | #1,072 | 50 |
| 1920 | #1,005 | 54 |
| 1919 | #1,042 | 48 |
| 1918 | #1,203 | 39 |
| 1917 | #1,307 | 31 |
| 1916 | #1,043 | 44 |
| 1915 | #1,231 | 32 |
| 1914 | #1,480 | 19 |
| 1913 | #1,528 | 15 |
| 1912 | #1,620 | 12 |
| 1911 | — | |
| 1910 | #1,634 | 9 |
| 1909 | #1,104 | 14 |
| 1908 | #1,676 | 7 |
| 1907 | #2,061 | 5 |
| 1906 | #1,727 | 6 |
| 1905 | #1,931 | 5 |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,440 | 7 |
| 1902 | #1,793 | 5 |
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| 1897 | #1,385 | 6 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Ardelle! It came in at #1,385, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1898–1902, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Ardelle
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1981
- Biggest jump: 330 spots in 1931 (#1,289 → #959)
- Biggest drop: 249 spots in 1929 (#888 → #1,137)
- Debuted 1897
- Peaked 1925 at #877 (71 births)
- Births halved by 1930, 5 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 3 yrs · 1925–1931
- Highest: 1 in 16,961 girls born in 1928 were named Ardelle (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 278,010 girls born in 1981 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #877 in 1925, was only 1 in 17,146 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 35.9% of all girls named Ardelle (539) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 6 | #1,385 (1897) | #1,385 |
| 1900s | 49 | #1,104 (1909) | #1,676 |
| 1910s | 249 | #1,042 (1919) | #1,343 |
| 1920s | 539 | #877 (1925) | #1,032 |
| 1930s | 361 | #959 (1931) | #1,216 |
| 1940s | 204 | #1,355 (1941) | #2,060 |
| 1950s | 61 | #2,909 (1950) | #4,205 |
| 1960s | 25 | #5,168 (1960) | #5,720 |
| 1970s | 0 | — | — |
| 1980s | 6 | #9,110 (1981) | #9,110 |
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.
Ardelle in 1929
Top girls' names in 1929
More about 1929
girls
1,116,561 girls got a published name in 1929; 1 in 26,585 of them was named Ardelle, which outranked 78.5% of the 5,277 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,119Verlie43
- #1,119Viva43
- #1,119Zena43
- #1,137Ardelle42
- #1,137Cleora42
- #1,137Dorthey42
- #1,137Emmer42
- #1,159Audie41
- #1,159Charity41
- #1,159Charlsie41
Tied with 21 names at #1,137; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.