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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| 1972 | — | — | ||
| 1971 | #7,388 | 6 | — | |
| 1970 | — | — | ||
| 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 | — | |
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
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| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 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.
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 1936
Top girls' names in 1936
Top boys' names in 1936
More about 1936
girls
1,040,390 girls got a published name in 1936; 1 in 32,512 of them was named Idell, which outranked 73.9% of the 4,856 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,245Shelvia33
- #1,245Sigrid33
- #1,245Verlie33
- #1,267Idell32
- #1,267Antionette32
- #1,267Belia32
- #1,267Carlyn32
- #1,296Adelle31
- #1,296Aretha31
- #1,296Clemmie31
Tied with 28 names at #1,267; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 1,028Norita#713 → #1,741
- ↓ 506Vernetta#974 → #1,480
- ↓ 461Ozella#984 → #1,445
- ↓ 400Shirleyann#896 → #1,296
- ↓ 342Idell#925 → #1,267
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,037,205 boys got a published name in 1936; 1 in 207,441 of them was named Idell, which outranked 12.1% of the 4,037 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 488 names at #3,549; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.