Idella

#11,932 for girls in 2025, 7 births

Peak · girls
1880 · 23 births
Debut · girls
23 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
6,554
since 1880

Idella over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Idella has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201934peak #333, 1880girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#11,9327
2024#15,2935
2023#11,1698
2022#12,2437
2021#11,1468
2020#7,55914
2019#15,5395
2018#10,5459
2017#8,29913
2016#10,11310
2015#10,14810
2014#13,0697
2013#11,0009
2012#9,71111
2011#16,7645
2010#16,9925
2009#15,2426
2008#17,5045
2007#17,6365
2006
2005#14,5026
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999#10,3458
1998
1997
1996#13,5185
1995
1994#9,5868
1993#13,4425
1992
1991#9,3368
1990#11,4096
1989#8,0379
1988#7,11110
1987#5,92312
1986#9,5456
1985#9,3076
1984#8,1537
1983#6,7059
1982#8,2247
1981#5,88511
1980#6,31910
1979#5,09213
1978#4,45915
1977#7,5677
1976#9,2845
1975#4,59313
1974#4,72012
1973#4,36213
1972#3,27619
1971#4,12314
1970#3,31119
1969#3,95813
1968#2,29628
1967#3,21116
1966#2,66821
1965#2,11031
1964#2,67522
1963#2,86419
1962#1,98934
1961#2,03633
1960#1,85537
1959#1,56748
1958#1,65742
1957#1,57047
1956#1,71738
1955#1,49846
1954#1,31757
1953#1,24860
1952#1,17865
1951#1,07874
1950#1,09071
1949#1,22055
1948#1,05570
1947#1,23853
1946#1,07163
1945#94166
1944#1,09051
1943#99663
1942#90275
1941#83076
1940#81776
1939#84868
1938#83072
1937#77578
1936#70789
1935#78574
1934#67797
1933#68989
1932#74881
1931#74083
1930#634119
1929#630120
1928#669109
1927#623131
1926#580150
1925#577155
1924#626144
1923#567161
1922#556164
1921#547168
1920#570158
1919#587142
1918#549164
1917#598130
1916#552146
1915#541138
1914#515118
1913#52295
1912#50390
1911#45082
1910#44381
1909#43572
1908#44466
1907#43966
1906#44260
1905#42364
1904#45651
1903#46747
1902#45448
1901#48738
1900#42960
1899#40252
1898#42253
1897#45841
1896#39651
1895#36659
1894#46336
1893#43936
1892#45336
1891#47130
1890#48329
1889#45429
1888#47028
1887#46423
1886#54017
1885#50018
1884#42522
1883#48016
1882#53012
1881#47013
1880#33323
First appearance
1880

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.

See more about Idella
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1880 at #333 (23 births)
  • Births halved by 1976, 96 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 65 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 65 yrs · run 1880–1943
Share of babies · girls
1 in 3,956
  • 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%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 22.3% of all girls named Idella (1,460) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s201#333 (1880)#467
1890s423#366 (1895)#435
1900s572#423 (1905)#448
1910s1,186#443 (1910)#526
1920s1,460#547 (1921)#595
1930s850#634 (1930)#743
1940s648#817 (1940)#1,016
1950s548#1,078 (1951)#1,392
1960s254#1,855 (1960)#2,566
1970s130#3,276 (1972)#5,079
1980s87#5,885 (1981)#7,521
1990s40#9,336 (1991)#11,273
2000s22#14,502 (2005)#16,221
2010s84#8,299 (2017)#12,218
2020s49#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 1934

girls
#677
97 births · 1 in 10,765 girls

Top girls' names in 1934

  1. #1Mary56,929
  2. #2Betty31,089
  3. #3Barbara29,239
  4. #4Shirley22,841
  5. #5Dorothy21,281
  6. #6Patricia20,844
  7. #7Joan19,465
  8. #8Margaret15,144
  9. #9Helen14,100
  10. #10Nancy13,520
  11. #677Idella97
More about 1934

girls

1,044,225 girls got a published name in 1934; 1 in 10,765 of them was named Idella, which outranked 86.4% of the 4,973 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Idella
  1. #671Lura99
  2. #675Charleen98
  3. #675Crystal98
  4. #677Idella97
  5. #677Billy97
  6. #677Floy97
  7. #680Darleen96
  8. #680Elise96
  9. #680Emilia96

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1933
Risers
  1. 571Luann#1,442#871
  2. 469Alison#1,442#973
  3. 439Golda#1,364#925
  4. 350Ronald#1,244#894
  5. 346Gale#1,102#756
Fallers
  1. 685Nira#463#1,148
  2. 342Vina#782#1,124
  3. 316Zita#947#1,263
  4. 299Myrtie#834#1,133
  5. 278Theola#985#1,263

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1934