Ardelia
Ardelia was last recorded in 1992, when 6 babies were given it; 1,370 Americans have been recorded with it between 1880 and 1992 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Ardelia by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Ardelia mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Ardelia is “a female given name.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Ardelia?
Unranked in 2025
Its last girls’ rank on record is #11,854, in 1992; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
39 babies in 1924, the peak
Ardelia peaked in 1924, when 39 girls were given it, #1,280 among girls’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 6 | #11,854 | 3.3 |
| 1987 | 7 | #8,837 | 4.0 |
| 1983 | 6 | #9,092 | 3.6 |
| 1981 | 8 | #7,439 | 4.8 |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,490 | 3.0 |
| 1979 | 7 | #8,099 | 4.4 |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,365 | 3.4 |
| 1974 | 8 | #6,292 | 5.5 |
| 1972 | 8 | #5,993 | 5.3 |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,406 | 3.0 |
Every recorded year (94)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 8 | #5,846 | 4.6 |
| 1969 | 5 | #7,533 | 3.0 |
| 1968 | 9 | #4,790 | 5.5 |
| 1965 | 12 | #3,750 | 6.8 |
| 1964 | 11 | #4,111 | 5.8 |
| 1963 | 7 | #5,319 | 3.6 |
| 1962 | 13 | #3,605 | 6.6 |
| 1961 | 10 | #4,256 | 5.0 |
| 1960 | 15 | #3,218 | 7.4 |
| 1959 | 11 | #3,833 | 5.4 |
| 1958 | 21 | #2,507 | 10.4 |
| 1957 | 12 | #3,497 | 5.9 |
| 1956 | 13 | #3,333 | 6.5 |
| 1955 | 11 | #3,583 | 5.6 |
| 1954 | 13 | #3,165 | 6.7 |
| 1953 | 15 | #2,822 | 8.0 |
| 1952 | 13 | #3,043 | 7.0 |
| 1951 | 17 | #2,478 | 9.4 |
| 1950 | 16 | #2,542 | 9.3 |
| 1949 | 21 | #2,139 | 12.3 |
| 1948 | 14 | #2,707 | 8.2 |
| 1947 | 14 | #2,770 | 7.9 |
| 1946 | 13 | #2,746 | 8.3 |
| 1945 | 16 | #2,151 | 12.2 |
| 1944 | 18 | #2,029 | 13.6 |
| 1943 | 12 | #2,700 | 8.6 |
| 1942 | 14 | #2,419 | 10.4 |
| 1941 | 15 | #2,193 | 12.4 |
| 1940 | 26 | #1,520 | 22.7 |
| 1939 | 19 | #1,801 | 17.3 |
| 1938 | 19 | #1,811 | 17.2 |
| 1937 | 18 | #1,849 | 16.9 |
| 1936 | 15 | #2,037 | 14.4 |
| 1935 | 21 | #1,666 | 20.0 |
| 1934 | 10 | #2,749 | 9.6 |
| 1933 | 20 | #1,724 | 19.8 |
| 1932 | 21 | #1,687 | 19.7 |
| 1931 | 18 | #1,878 | 16.9 |
| 1930 | 18 | #1,939 | 16.0 |
| 1929 | 16 | #2,101 | 14.3 |
| 1928 | 21 | #1,844 | 18.2 |
| 1927 | 13 | #2,561 | 10.9 |
| 1926 | 24 | #1,726 | 20.2 |
| 1925 | 28 | #1,579 | 23.0 |
| 1924 | 39 | #1,280 | 31.2 |
| 1923 | 29 | #1,524 | 24.0 |
| 1922 | 28 | #1,579 | 23.3 |
| 1921 | 32 | #1,439 | 26.0 |
| 1920 | 28 | #1,552 | 23.4 |
| 1919 | 27 | #1,530 | 23.9 |
| 1918 | 20 | #1,888 | 17.3 |
| 1917 | 30 | #1,338 | 27.7 |
| 1916 | 34 | #1,230 | 32.6 |
| 1915 | 22 | #1,574 | 22.4 |
| 1914 | 27 | #1,178 | 35.5 |
| 1913 | 16 | #1,470 | 25.6 |
| 1912 | 28 | #960 | 50.2 |
| 1911 | 16 | #1,116 | 38.2 |
| 1910 | 12 | #1,340 | 30.3 |
| 1909 | 18 | #965 | 51.8 |
| 1908 | 20 | #883 | 59.8 |
| 1907 | 11 | #1,209 | 34.5 |
| 1906 | 9 | #1,331 | 30.5 |
| 1905 | 14 | #1,013 | 48.0 |
| 1904 | 11 | #1,094 | 39.9 |
| 1903 | 10 | #1,142 | 38.2 |
| 1902 | 12 | #1,026 | 45.4 |
| 1901 | 10 | #1,072 | 41.8 |
| 1900 | 7 | #1,578 | 23.4 |
| 1899 | 10 | #1,037 | 42.9 |
| 1898 | 13 | #966 | 50.2 |
| 1897 | 11 | #984 | 47.0 |
| 1896 | 6 | #1,424 | 25.2 |
| 1894 | 6 | #1,363 | 26.9 |
| 1893 | 10 | #960 | 47.0 |
| 1892 | 12 | #863 | 56.5 |
| 1891 | 6 | #1,224 | 32.3 |
| 1890 | 5 | #1,343 | 26.3 |
| 1889 | 9 | #907 | 50.5 |
| 1888 | 8 | #964 | 44.8 |
| 1886 | 7 | #903 | 48.4 |
| 1884 | 5 | #1,034 | 38.8 |
| 1883 | 5 | #927 | 44.5 |
| 1880 | 6 | #745 | 65.9 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Ardelia a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Ardelia has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 94 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Ardelia: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Ardelia, and how old are they?
An estimated 386 Americans named Ardelia and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (28% of everyone recorded); the median is 71 years old and half are between 62 and 80. An estimate from SSA’s births and life tables, not a count.
The 2020 Census counted 500 people named Ardelia (500 women and girls, 0 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 478 born in the U.S. The Census count is 5% above that prediction.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Names spelled alike
Of these 3 names spelled alike, given to 6,348 babies since 1880, Ardelia is the third most given (22% of them).
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Ardelia
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Ardelia and names like it
- Compare Ardelia and ArdellaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sArdelia peaked in 1924.
- Mississippi’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Ardelia since 1910.
- The top names of 1924The year the most babies were named Ardelia.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Ardelia alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with AMost given first.