Ardella
Ardella is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 651st, in 1883.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 1924111 births
- Best rank
- #651in 1883
- Since 1880
- 3,470people given the name
The story in the numbers
3,470 girls have been named Ardella in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1924, with 111 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 111 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1928, and the 1920s alone account for 26%. It has spent 53 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Ardella | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 64 | |
| 1890s | 113 | |
| 1900s | 227 | |
| 1910s | 515 | |
| 1920s | 907 | |
| 1930s | 705 | |
| 1940s | 387 | |
| 1950s | 295 | |
| 1960s | 144 | |
| 1970s | 52 | |
| 1980s | 37 | |
| 2010s | 7 | |
| 2020s | 17 |
In 1924, its biggest year
Ardella was the 705th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1924 were Mary, Dorothy, Helen, Betty and Margaret. See all of 1924.
Names that rose and fell with Ardella
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Rosellapeak 1924
- Rozellapeak 1927
- Lavadapeak 1921
- Elnorapeak 1924
- Eldorapeak 1923
- Dollypeak 1926
- Francespeak 1918
- Ionapeak 1918
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.