Ardele — girls' name

What the Data Says About Ardele

The Social Security Administration has registered 44 babies named Ardele between 1918 and 1945, spanning 28 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ardele currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1945. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 7 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ardele performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 27 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Ardele shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Ardele in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ardele in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 44 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.