Idella
Idella is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 5 births. Its best rank was 335th, in 1880.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 50.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1921168 births
- Best rank
- #335in 1880
- Since 1880
- 6,547people given the name
The story in the numbers
6,547 girls have been named Idella in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1921, with 168 births.
The name has all but left use: 5 births in 2024, against 168 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1925, and the 1920s alone account for 22%. It has spent 65 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Idella | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 201 | |
| 1890s | 423 | |
| 1900s | 572 | |
| 1910s | 1,186 | |
| 1920s | 1,460 | |
| 1930s | 850 | |
| 1940s | 648 | |
| 1950s | 548 | |
| 1960s | 254 | |
| 1970s | 130 | |
| 1980s | 87 | |
| 1990s | 40 | |
| 2000s | 22 | |
| 2010s | 84 | |
| 2020s | 42 |
In 1921, its biggest year
Idella was the 548th 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 Idella
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Easterpeak 1925
- Rosenapeak 1923
- Glenniepeak 1916
- Elvapeak 1918
- Essiepeak 1921
- Elmapeak 1918
- Claudiepeak 1918
- Ardeliapeak 1924
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.