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
- 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
Rank among girls' names. Idell has never cracked the top 400 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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| 1981 | #9,110 | 6 | — | |
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| 1975 | #9,067 | 5 | — | |
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| 1971 | #7,388 | 6 | — | |
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| 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 | — | |
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| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | #628 | 8 | — | |
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 1913
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Alabama#259 · 1 in 1,854
- Mississippi#293 · 1 in 2,084
- Arkansas#321 · 1 in 2,035
- Georgia#328 · 1 in 2,948
- Louisiana#333 · 1 in 2,023
Best ever in a state: #181 in Florida, 1910.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Alabama | #259 | 9 | 1 in 1,854 |
| Mississippi | #293 | 6 | 1 in 2,084 |
| Arkansas | #321 | 5 | 1 in 2,035 |
| Georgia | #328 | 7 | 1 in 2,948 |
| Louisiana | #333 | 6 | 1 in 2,023 |
| Tennessee | #348 | 5 | 1 in 2,902 |
| Texas | #494 | 8 | 1 in 3,728 |
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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 Idell
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1981
- Biggest jump: 286 spots in 1937 (#1,267 → #981)
- Biggest drop: 375 spots in 1888 (#661 → #1,036)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1910 at #463 (74 births)
- Births halved by 1936, 26 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 45 yrs · run 1891–1930
- 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%)
- 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.
Idell in 1913
Top girls' names in 1913
More about 1913
girls
624,546 girls got a published name in 1913; 1 in 9,185 of them was named Idell, which outranked 83.1% of the 3,707 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.