Idell
Last seen for girls in 1981 at #9,110 · Last seen for boys in 1936 at #3,549
Given to girls 98.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1910 · 74 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 3,425since 1880
Idell over time
Rank among girls' names. Idell has never cracked the top 400 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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| 1975 | #9,067 | 5 | — | |
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| 1971 | #7,388 | 6 | — | |
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| 1969 | #7,471 | 5 | — | |
| 1968 | #7,016 | 5 | — | |
| 1967 | #4,300 | 10 | — | |
| 1966 | #3,959 | 11 | — | |
| 1965 | #4,202 | 10 | — | |
| 1964 | #6,009 | 6 | — | |
| 1963 | #4,019 | 11 | — | |
| 1962 | #3,592 | 13 | — | |
| 1961 | #4,546 | 9 | — | |
| 1960 | #3,688 | 12 | — | |
| 1959 | #3,827 | 11 | — | |
| 1958 | #2,581 | 20 | — | |
| 1957 | #3,033 | 15 | — | |
| 1956 | #2,725 | 18 | — | |
| 1955 | #2,156 | 25 | — | |
| 1954 | #2,450 | 20 | — | |
| 1953 | #2,699 | 16 | — | |
| 1952 | #2,074 | 24 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,921 | 26 | — | |
| 1950 | #1,764 | 29 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,767 | 29 | — | |
| 1948 | #2,491 | 16 | — | |
| 1947 | #2,200 | 20 | — | |
| 1946 | #1,481 | 35 | — | |
| 1945 | #1,514 | 29 | — | |
| 1944 | #1,916 | 20 | — | |
| 1943 | #1,367 | 36 | — | |
| 1942 | #1,630 | 26 | — | |
| 1941 | #1,222 | 38 | — | |
| 1940 | #1,294 | 33 | — | |
| 1939 | #1,240 | 35 | — | |
| 1938 | #1,091 | 43 | — | |
| 1937 | #981 | 51 | — | |
| 1936 | #1,267 | 32 | #3,549 | 5 |
| 1935 | #925 | 56 | — | |
| 1934 | #1,047 | 44 | — | |
| 1933 | #1,102 | 40 | — | |
| 1932 | #913 | 59 | #3,776 | 5 |
| 1931 | #1,074 | 43 | — | |
| 1930 | #880 | 67 | — | |
| 1929 | #849 | 70 | — | |
| 1928 | #870 | 70 | — | |
| 1927 | #834 | 78 | — | |
| 1926 | #742 | 94 | — | |
| 1925 | #725 | 103 | — | |
| 1924 | #809 | 85 | — | |
| 1923 | #735 | 98 | — | |
| 1922 | #665 | 119 | — | |
| 1921 | #657 | 125 | #3,517 | 7 |
| 1920 | #711 | 104 | — | |
| 1919 | #673 | 108 | — | |
| 1918 | #659 | 116 | — | |
| 1917 | #686 | 100 | — | |
| 1916 | #663 | 106 | — | |
| 1915 | #593 | 120 | — | |
| 1914 | #594 | 92 | #2,915 | 6 |
| 1913 | #626 | 68 | — | |
| 1912 | #547 | 80 | — | |
| 1911 | #542 | 60 | #1,740 | 5 |
| 1910 | #463 | 74 | — | |
| 1909 | #608 | 41 | — | |
| 1908 | #574 | 42 | — | |
| 1907 | #775 | 23 | #1,345 | 5 |
| 1906 | #611 | 34 | — | |
| 1905 | #587 | 35 | — | |
| 1904 | #682 | 26 | — | |
| 1903 | #574 | 32 | — | |
| 1902 | #688 | 24 | #1,137 | 5 |
| 1901 | #684 | 22 | — | |
| 1900 | #705 | 26 | — | |
| 1899 | #935 | 12 | — | |
| 1898 | #790 | 18 | — | |
| 1897 | #761 | 17 | — | |
| 1896 | #610 | 26 | — | |
| 1895 | #658 | 22 | — | |
| 1894 | #782 | 15 | — | |
| 1893 | #826 | 13 | — | |
| 1892 | #830 | 13 | — | |
| 1891 | #943 | 9 | — | |
| 1890 | #1,099 | 7 | — | |
| 1889 | #1,147 | 6 | — | |
| 1888 | #1,036 | 7 | — | |
| 1887 | #661 | 12 | — | |
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| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | #628 | 8 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Idell was already there! It came in at #628, and was given to 8 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1881–1886, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Idell is popular in 1932
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Louisiana#352 · 1 in 2,624
- North Carolina#435 · 1 in 5,242
- Mississippi#456 · 1 in 4,404
- Texas#637 · 1 in 6,251
Best ever in a state: #181 in Florida, 1910.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Louisiana | #352 | 8 | 1 in 2,624 |
| North Carolina | #435 | 7 | 1 in 5,242 |
| Mississippi | #456 | 5 | 1 in 4,404 |
| Texas | #637 | 9 | 1 in 6,251 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Idell
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1981
- Biggest jump: 286 spots in 1937 (#1,267 → #981)
- Biggest drop: 375 spots in 1888 (#661 → #1,036)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1910 at #463 (74 births)
- Births halved by 1936, 26 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 45 yrs · run 1891–1930
- Highest: 1 in 5,358 girls born in 1910 were named Idell (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 278,010 girls born in 1981 (0.00%)
- 27.6% of all girls named Idell (946) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 33 | #628 (1880) | #868 |
| 1890s | 152 | #610 (1896) | #823 |
| 1900s | 305 | #574 (1908) | #649 |
| 1910s | 924 | #463 (1910) | #605 |
| 1920s | 946 | #657 (1921) | #760 |
| 1930s | 470 | #880 (1930) | #1,052 |
| 1940s | 282 | #1,222 (1941) | #1,688 |
| 1950s | 204 | #1,764 (1950) | #2,523 |
| 1960s | 92 | #3,592 (1962) | #4,880 |
| 1970s | 11 | #7,388 (1971) | #8,228 |
| 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.
Idell in 1932
Top girls' names in 1932
Top boys' names in 1932
More about 1932
girls
1,067,148 girls got a published name in 1932; 1 in 18,087 of them was named Idell, which outranked 82.1% of the 5,098 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,044,157 boys got a published name in 1932; 1 in 208,831 of them was named Idell, which outranked 11.9% of the 4,284 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 508 names at #3,776; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.