Ardelia
Last seen for girls in 1992 at #11,738
- Peak · girls
- 1880 · 6 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,370since 1880
Ardelia over time
Rank among girls' names. Ardelia has never cracked the top 700 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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| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | #11,738 | 6 |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | #8,778 | 7 |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | #9,015 | 6 |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | #7,409 | 8 |
| 1980 | #10,392 | 5 |
| 1979 | #8,061 | 7 |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | #9,284 | 5 |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | #6,258 | 8 |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | #5,959 | 8 |
| 1971 | #8,324 | 5 |
| 1970 | #5,818 | 8 |
| 1969 | #7,471 | 5 |
| 1968 | #4,779 | 9 |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | — | |
| 1965 | #3,733 | 12 |
| 1964 | #4,096 | 11 |
| 1963 | #5,296 | 7 |
| 1962 | #3,592 | 13 |
| 1961 | #4,239 | 10 |
| 1960 | #3,212 | 15 |
| 1959 | #3,827 | 11 |
| 1958 | #2,506 | 21 |
| 1957 | #3,489 | 12 |
| 1956 | #3,321 | 13 |
| 1955 | #3,571 | 11 |
| 1954 | #3,157 | 13 |
| 1953 | #2,812 | 15 |
| 1952 | #3,040 | 13 |
| 1951 | #2,474 | 17 |
| 1950 | #2,535 | 16 |
| 1949 | #2,134 | 21 |
| 1948 | #2,701 | 14 |
| 1947 | #2,769 | 14 |
| 1946 | #2,739 | 13 |
| 1945 | #2,149 | 16 |
| 1944 | #2,027 | 18 |
| 1943 | #2,695 | 12 |
| 1942 | #2,416 | 14 |
| 1941 | #2,190 | 15 |
| 1940 | #1,518 | 26 |
| 1939 | #1,797 | 19 |
| 1938 | #1,805 | 19 |
| 1937 | #1,845 | 18 |
| 1936 | #2,032 | 15 |
| 1935 | #1,663 | 21 |
| 1934 | #2,741 | 10 |
| 1933 | #1,723 | 20 |
| 1932 | #1,685 | 21 |
| 1931 | #1,876 | 18 |
| 1930 | #1,934 | 18 |
| 1929 | #2,098 | 16 |
| 1928 | #1,837 | 21 |
| 1927 | #2,552 | 13 |
| 1926 | #1,721 | 24 |
| 1925 | #1,576 | 28 |
| 1924 | #1,279 | 39 |
| 1923 | #1,520 | 29 |
| 1922 | #1,575 | 28 |
| 1921 | #1,437 | 32 |
| 1920 | #1,550 | 28 |
| 1919 | #1,527 | 27 |
| 1918 | #1,887 | 20 |
| 1917 | #1,337 | 30 |
| 1916 | #1,227 | 34 |
| 1915 | #1,571 | 22 |
| 1914 | #1,175 | 27 |
| 1913 | #1,465 | 16 |
| 1912 | #960 | 28 |
| 1911 | #1,113 | 16 |
| 1910 | #1,335 | 12 |
| 1909 | #961 | 18 |
| 1908 | #882 | 20 |
| 1907 | #1,206 | 11 |
| 1906 | #1,321 | 9 |
| 1905 | #1,011 | 14 |
| 1904 | #1,092 | 11 |
| 1903 | #1,137 | 10 |
| 1902 | #1,024 | 12 |
| 1901 | #1,067 | 10 |
| 1900 | #1,561 | 7 |
| 1899 | #1,034 | 10 |
| 1898 | #963 | 13 |
| 1897 | #982 | 11 |
| 1896 | #1,416 | 6 |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | #1,353 | 6 |
| 1893 | #955 | 10 |
| 1892 | #861 | 12 |
| 1891 | #1,213 | 6 |
| 1890 | #1,338 | 5 |
| 1889 | #902 | 9 |
| 1888 | #959 | 8 |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | #897 | 7 |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | #1,024 | 5 |
| 1883 | #920 | 5 |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | #738 | 6 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Ardelia was already there! It came in at #738, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1881–1885, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Ardelia is popular in 1912
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Georgia#391 · 1 in 3,959
Best ever in a state: #330 in Virginia, 1922.
Show every state
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| Georgia | #391 | 5 | 1 in 3,959 |
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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 Ardelia
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1992
- Biggest jump: 434 spots in 1897 (#1,416 → #982)
- Biggest drop: 505 spots in 1913 (#960 → #1,465)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1880 at #738 (6 births)
- Births halved by 1881, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 12 yrs · run 1888–1889
- Highest: 1 in 15,166 girls born in 1880 were named Ardelia (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 307,322 girls born in 1992 (0.00%)
- 18.8% of all girls named Ardelia (258) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 40 | #738 (1880) | #907 |
| 1890s | 79 | #861 (1892) | #1,124 |
| 1900s | 122 | #882 (1908) | #1,126 |
| 1910s | 232 | #960 (1912) | #1,360 |
| 1920s | 258 | #1,279 (1924) | #1,715 |
| 1930s | 179 | #1,663 (1935) | #1,910 |
| 1940s | 163 | #1,518 (1940) | #2,334 |
| 1950s | 142 | #2,474 (1951) | #3,073 |
| 1960s | 82 | #3,212 (1960) | #4,552 |
| 1970s | 41 | #5,818 (1970) | #7,284 |
| 1980s | 26 | #7,409 (1981) | #8,899 |
| 1990s | 6 | #11,738 (1992) | #11,738 |
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.
Ardelia in 1912
Top girls' names in 1912
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558,119 girls got a published name in 1912; 1 in 19,933 of them was named Ardelia, which outranked 72.1% of the 3,445 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).