Ardella — girls' name

What the Data Says About Ardella

The Social Security Administration has registered 3,470 babies named Ardella between 1880 and 2022, spanning 143 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ardella currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1924, when 111 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ardella performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 907 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Ardella shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Minnesota, which accounts for 200 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania and North Dakota. In total, SSA state-level files list Ardella in 21 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ardella 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 3,470 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.