Ardell
Ardell is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 742nd, in 1922.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 192296 births
- Best rank
- #742in 1922
- Since 1889
- 5,070people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,635 girls have been named Ardell in the United States since 1889, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1922, with 96 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 96 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1928, and the 1920s alone account for 29%. It has spent 27 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Ardell is used for both sexes: 48% of its bearers are boys (2,435), most of them born around 1930.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
In 1922, its biggest year
Ardell was the 742nd most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1922 were Mary, Dorothy, Helen, Margaret and Ruth. See all of 1922.
Names that rose and fell with Ardell
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Alenepeak 1920
- Verlapeak 1922
- Ouidapeak 1924
- Florinepeak 1921
- Lavernapeak 1920
- Lorinepeak 1922
- Marianpeak 1924
- Laruepeak 1920
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.