Ardelle — girls' name

What the Data Says About Ardelle

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,500 babies named Ardelle between 1897 and 1981, spanning 85 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ardelle currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1981. The name reached its historical peak in 1925, when 71 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ardelle performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 539 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Ardelle shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Minnesota, which accounts for 244 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and Wisconsin. In total, SSA state-level files list Ardelle in 10 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ardelle 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 1,500 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.