Idell
- Last seen for girls in 1981 at #9,110
- Last seen for boys in 1936 at #3,549
- Given to girls 98.9% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1910 · 74 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 3,425since 1880
Idell over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Idell has never cracked the top 400 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | — | — | ||
| 2005 | — | — | ||
| 2004 | — | — | ||
| 2003 | — | — | ||
| 2002 | — | — | ||
| 2001 | — | — | ||
| 2000 | — | — | ||
| 1999 | — | — | ||
| 1998 | — | — | ||
| 1997 | — | — | ||
| 1996 | — | — | ||
| 1995 | — | — | ||
| 1994 | — | — | ||
| 1993 | — | — | ||
| 1992 | — | — | ||
| 1991 | — | — | ||
| 1990 | — | — | ||
| 1989 | — | — | ||
| 1988 | — | — | ||
| 1987 | — | — | ||
| 1986 | — | — | ||
| 1985 | — | — | ||
| 1984 | — | — | ||
| 1983 | — | — | ||
| 1982 | — | — | ||
| 1981 | #9,110 | 6 | — | |
| 1980 | — | — | ||
| 1979 | — | — | ||
| 1978 | — | — | ||
| 1977 | — | — | ||
| 1976 | — | — | ||
| 1975 | #9,067 | 5 | — | |
| 1974 | — | — | ||
| 1973 | — | — | ||
| 1972 | — | — | ||
| 1971 | #7,388 | 6 | — | |
| 1970 | — | — | ||
| 1969 | #7,471 | 5 | — | |
| 1968 | #7,016 | 5 | — | |
| 1967 | #4,300 | 10 | — | |
| 1966 | #3,959 | 11 | — | |
| 1965 | #4,202 | 10 | — | |
| 1964 | #6,009 | 6 | — | |
| 1963 | #4,019 | 11 | — | |
| 1962 | #3,592 | 13 | — | |
| 1961 | #4,546 | 9 | — | |
| 1960 | #3,688 | 12 | — | |
| 1959 | #3,827 | 11 | — | |
| 1958 | #2,581 | 20 | — | |
| 1957 | #3,033 | 15 | — | |
| 1956 | #2,725 | 18 | — | |
| 1955 | #2,156 | 25 | — | |
| 1954 | #2,450 | 20 | — | |
| 1953 | #2,699 | 16 | — | |
| 1952 | #2,074 | 24 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,921 | 26 | — | |
| 1950 | #1,764 | 29 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,767 | 29 | — | |
| 1948 | #2,491 | 16 | — | |
| 1947 | #2,200 | 20 | — | |
| 1946 | #1,481 | 35 | — | |
| 1945 | #1,514 | 29 | — | |
| 1944 | #1,916 | 20 | — | |
| 1943 | #1,367 | 36 | — | |
| 1942 | #1,630 | 26 | — | |
| 1941 | #1,222 | 38 | — | |
| 1940 | #1,294 | 33 | — | |
| 1939 | #1,240 | 35 | — | |
| 1938 | #1,091 | 43 | — | |
| 1937 | #981 | 51 | — | |
| 1936 | #1,267 | 32 | #3,549 | 5 |
| 1935 | #925 | 56 | — | |
| 1934 | #1,047 | 44 | — | |
| 1933 | #1,102 | 40 | — | |
| 1932 | #913 | 59 | #3,776 | 5 |
| 1931 | #1,074 | 43 | — | |
| 1930 | #880 | 67 | — | |
| 1929 | #849 | 70 | — | |
| 1928 | #870 | 70 | — | |
| 1927 | #834 | 78 | — | |
| 1926 | #742 | 94 | — | |
| 1925 | #725 | 103 | — | |
| 1924 | #809 | 85 | — | |
| 1923 | #735 | 98 | — | |
| 1922 | #665 | 119 | — | |
| 1921 | #657 | 125 | #3,517 | 7 |
| 1920 | #711 | 104 | — | |
| 1919 | #673 | 108 | — | |
| 1918 | #659 | 116 | — | |
| 1917 | #686 | 100 | — | |
| 1916 | #663 | 106 | — | |
| 1915 | #593 | 120 | — | |
| 1914 | #594 | 92 | #2,915 | 6 |
| 1913 | #626 | 68 | — | |
| 1912 | #547 | 80 | — | |
| 1911 | #542 | 60 | #1,740 | 5 |
| 1910 | #463 | 74 | — | |
| 1909 | #608 | 41 | — | |
| 1908 | #574 | 42 | — | |
| 1907 | #775 | 23 | #1,345 | 5 |
| 1906 | #611 | 34 | — | |
| 1905 | #587 | 35 | — | |
| 1904 | #682 | 26 | — | |
| 1903 | #574 | 32 | — | |
| 1902 | #688 | 24 | #1,137 | 5 |
| 1901 | #684 | 22 | — | |
| 1900 | #705 | 26 | — | |
| 1899 | #935 | 12 | — | |
| 1898 | #790 | 18 | — | |
| 1897 | #761 | 17 | — | |
| 1896 | #610 | 26 | — | |
| 1895 | #658 | 22 | — | |
| 1894 | #782 | 15 | — | |
| 1893 | #826 | 13 | — | |
| 1892 | #830 | 13 | — | |
| 1891 | #943 | 9 | — | |
| 1890 | #1,099 | 7 | — | |
| 1889 | #1,147 | 6 | — | |
| 1888 | #1,036 | 7 | — | |
| 1887 | #661 | 12 | — | |
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | #628 | 8 | — | |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Idell was already there! It came in at #628, and was given to 8 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1881–1886, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Idell is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Idell in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Idell
Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1981
- Biggest jump: 286 spots in 1937
- Biggest drop: 375 spots in 1888
Rise & fade · girls
30 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1910 at #463 (74 births)
- Births halved by 1936, 26 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 45 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 45 yrs · run 1891–1930
Share of babies · girls
1 in 5,358
- Highest: 1 in 5,358 girls born in 1910 were named Idell (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 278,010 girls born in 1981 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
- 27.6% of all girls named Idell (946) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 33 | #628 (1880) | #868 |
| 1890s | 152 | #610 (1896) | #823 |
| 1900s | 305 | #574 (1908) | #649 |
| 1910s | 924 | #463 (1910) | #605 |
| 1920s | 946 | #657 (1921) | #760 |
| 1930s | 470 | #880 (1930) | #1,052 |
| 1940s | 282 | #1,222 (1941) | #1,688 |
| 1950s | 204 | #1,764 (1950) | #2,523 |
| 1960s | 92 | #3,592 (1962) | #4,880 |
| 1970s | 11 | #7,388 (1971) | #8,228 |
| 1980s | 6 | #9,110 (1981) | #9,110 |
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.
Want to check a specific year?
See where Idell ranked and which names it was up against. Click a point on the chart, or pick a year: