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Idell

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Idell is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 465th, in 1910.

Rank in 2024
fewer than 5 births
Births in 2024
0not in the data
Peak year
1921125 births
Best rank
#465in 1910
Since 1880
3,425people given the name
Babies named Idell, by year of birthgirls
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The story in the numbers

3,425 girls have been named Idell in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1921, with 125 births.

The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 125 at the peak.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1922, and the 1920s alone account for 28%. It has spent 45 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among girls, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)
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By decade

Decadegirls named Idell
1880s33
1890s152
1900s305
1910s924
1920s946
1930s470
1940s282
1950s204
1960s92
1970s11
1980s6

In 1921, its biggest year

Idell was the 660th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1921 were Mary, Dorothy, Helen, Margaret and Ruth. See all of 1921.

Names that rose and fell with Idell

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

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.