Idella
#11,932 for girls in 2025, 7 births
- Peak · girls
- 1880 · 23 births
- Debut · girls
- 23 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 6,554since 1880
Idella over time
Rank among girls' names. Idella has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #11,932 | 7 |
| 2024 | #15,293 | 5 |
| 2023 | #11,169 | 8 |
| 2022 | #12,243 | 7 |
| 2021 | #11,146 | 8 |
| 2020 | #7,559 | 14 |
| 2019 | #15,539 | 5 |
| 2018 | #10,545 | 9 |
| 2017 | #8,299 | 13 |
| 2016 | #10,113 | 10 |
| 2015 | #10,148 | 10 |
| 2014 | #13,069 | 7 |
| 2013 | #11,000 | 9 |
| 2012 | #9,711 | 11 |
| 2011 | #16,764 | 5 |
| 2010 | #16,992 | 5 |
| 2009 | #15,242 | 6 |
| 2008 | #17,504 | 5 |
| 2007 | #17,636 | 5 |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | #14,502 | 6 |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | #10,345 | 8 |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | #13,518 | 5 |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | #9,586 | 8 |
| 1993 | #13,442 | 5 |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | #9,336 | 8 |
| 1990 | #11,409 | 6 |
| 1989 | #8,037 | 9 |
| 1988 | #7,111 | 10 |
| 1987 | #5,923 | 12 |
| 1986 | #9,545 | 6 |
| 1985 | #9,307 | 6 |
| 1984 | #8,153 | 7 |
| 1983 | #6,705 | 9 |
| 1982 | #8,224 | 7 |
| 1981 | #5,885 | 11 |
| 1980 | #6,319 | 10 |
| 1979 | #5,092 | 13 |
| 1978 | #4,459 | 15 |
| 1977 | #7,567 | 7 |
| 1976 | #9,284 | 5 |
| 1975 | #4,593 | 13 |
| 1974 | #4,720 | 12 |
| 1973 | #4,362 | 13 |
| 1972 | #3,276 | 19 |
| 1971 | #4,123 | 14 |
| 1970 | #3,311 | 19 |
| 1969 | #3,958 | 13 |
| 1968 | #2,296 | 28 |
| 1967 | #3,211 | 16 |
| 1966 | #2,668 | 21 |
| 1965 | #2,110 | 31 |
| 1964 | #2,675 | 22 |
| 1963 | #2,864 | 19 |
| 1962 | #1,989 | 34 |
| 1961 | #2,036 | 33 |
| 1960 | #1,855 | 37 |
| 1959 | #1,567 | 48 |
| 1958 | #1,657 | 42 |
| 1957 | #1,570 | 47 |
| 1956 | #1,717 | 38 |
| 1955 | #1,498 | 46 |
| 1954 | #1,317 | 57 |
| 1953 | #1,248 | 60 |
| 1952 | #1,178 | 65 |
| 1951 | #1,078 | 74 |
| 1950 | #1,090 | 71 |
| 1949 | #1,220 | 55 |
| 1948 | #1,055 | 70 |
| 1947 | #1,238 | 53 |
| 1946 | #1,071 | 63 |
| 1945 | #941 | 66 |
| 1944 | #1,090 | 51 |
| 1943 | #996 | 63 |
| 1942 | #902 | 75 |
| 1941 | #830 | 76 |
| 1940 | #817 | 76 |
| 1939 | #848 | 68 |
| 1938 | #830 | 72 |
| 1937 | #775 | 78 |
| 1936 | #707 | 89 |
| 1935 | #785 | 74 |
| 1934 | #677 | 97 |
| 1933 | #689 | 89 |
| 1932 | #748 | 81 |
| 1931 | #740 | 83 |
| 1930 | #634 | 119 |
| 1929 | #630 | 120 |
| 1928 | #669 | 109 |
| 1927 | #623 | 131 |
| 1926 | #580 | 150 |
| 1925 | #577 | 155 |
| 1924 | #626 | 144 |
| 1923 | #567 | 161 |
| 1922 | #556 | 164 |
| 1921 | #547 | 168 |
| 1920 | #570 | 158 |
| 1919 | #587 | 142 |
| 1918 | #549 | 164 |
| 1917 | #598 | 130 |
| 1916 | #552 | 146 |
| 1915 | #541 | 138 |
| 1914 | #515 | 118 |
| 1913 | #522 | 95 |
| 1912 | #503 | 90 |
| 1911 | #450 | 82 |
| 1910 | #443 | 81 |
| 1909 | #435 | 72 |
| 1908 | #444 | 66 |
| 1907 | #439 | 66 |
| 1906 | #442 | 60 |
| 1905 | #423 | 64 |
| 1904 | #456 | 51 |
| 1903 | #467 | 47 |
| 1902 | #454 | 48 |
| 1901 | #487 | 38 |
| 1900 | #429 | 60 |
| 1899 | #402 | 52 |
| 1898 | #422 | 53 |
| 1897 | #458 | 41 |
| 1896 | #396 | 51 |
| 1895 | #366 | 59 |
| 1894 | #463 | 36 |
| 1893 | #439 | 36 |
| 1892 | #453 | 36 |
| 1891 | #471 | 30 |
| 1890 | #483 | 29 |
| 1889 | #454 | 29 |
| 1888 | #470 | 28 |
| 1887 | #464 | 23 |
| 1886 | #540 | 17 |
| 1885 | #500 | 18 |
| 1884 | #425 | 22 |
| 1883 | #480 | 16 |
| 1882 | #530 | 12 |
| 1881 | #470 | 13 |
| 1880 | #333 | 23 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Idella was already there! It came in at #333, and was given to 23 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1992–1993, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Idella is popular in 1916
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Florida#189 · 1 in 965
- Mississippi#236 · 1 in 1,385
- South Carolina#252 · 1 in 1,923
- Tennessee#256 · 1 in 1,777
- Georgia#278 · 1 in 2,239
Best ever in a state: #92 in Florida, 1911.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florida | #189 | 9 | 1 in 965 |
| Mississippi | #236 | 13 | 1 in 1,385 |
| South Carolina | #252 | 10 | 1 in 1,923 |
| Tennessee | #256 | 13 | 1 in 1,777 |
| Georgia | #278 | 14 | 1 in 2,239 |
| Arkansas | #377 | 6 | 1 in 2,732 |
| Ohio | #393 | 9 | 1 in 5,331 |
| Alabama | #415 | 7 | 1 in 3,694 |
| Louisiana | #440 | 5 | 1 in 3,546 |
| Texas | #588 | 9 | 1 in 5,005 |
| Illinois | #613 | 5 | 1 in 11,585 |
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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 Idella
- 3,361 spots since 2024 (#15,293 → #11,932)
- 4,373 spots since 2020 (#7,559 → #11,932)
- 1,784 spots since 2015 (#10,148 → #11,932)
- Biggest jump: 149 spots in 1945 (#1,090 → #941)
- Biggest drop: 137 spots in 1881 (#333 → #470)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1880 at #333 (23 births)
- Births halved by 1976, 96 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 65 yrs · run 1880–1943
- Highest: 1 in 3,956 girls born in 1880 were named Idella (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 229,610 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 22.3% of all girls named Idella (1,460) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 201 | #333 (1880) | #467 |
| 1890s | 423 | #366 (1895) | #435 |
| 1900s | 572 | #423 (1905) | #448 |
| 1910s | 1,186 | #443 (1910) | #526 |
| 1920s | 1,460 | #547 (1921) | #595 |
| 1930s | 850 | #634 (1930) | #743 |
| 1940s | 648 | #817 (1940) | #1,016 |
| 1950s | 548 | #1,078 (1951) | #1,392 |
| 1960s | 254 | #1,855 (1960) | #2,566 |
| 1970s | 130 | #3,276 (1972) | #5,079 |
| 1980s | 87 | #5,885 (1981) | #7,521 |
| 1990s | 40 | #9,336 (1991) | #11,273 |
| 2000s | 22 | #14,502 (2005) | #16,221 |
| 2010s | 84 | #8,299 (2017) | #12,218 |
| 2020s | 49 | #7,559 (2020) | #11,557 |
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.
Idella in 1916
Top girls' names in 1916
More about 1916
girls
1,044,334 girls got a published name in 1916; 1 in 7,153 of them was named Idella, which outranked 89.3% of the 5,161 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #547Roslyn147
- #547Ursula147
- #547Vernice147
- #552Idella146
- #552Abbie146
- #552Florene146
- #552Marilyn146
- #557Corrine145
- #557Elouise145
- #557Georgiana145
Tied with 4 names at #552; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.