Girls' name · since 1916
Idele
20 babies named Idele in U.S. Social Security records since 1916, with the highest year being 1916. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #45,985 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 20
- born since 1916
- 1920s
- peak decade
Idele sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 20 recorded since 1916.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Idele has been recorded 20 times among girls since 1916, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1920s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1916 to 1927.
- #45,985 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 20 born since 1916
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Idele ranks #45,985 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 20 born since 1916, peaking in the 1920s.
- #45,985 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 20
- born since 1916
- 1920s
- peak decade
Idele's 20 recorded births place it above 35.98% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Idele's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Idele's SSA record in two at 1926 and the more recent half accounts for 50% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 50%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1916, with only 5 births recorded.
Idele popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1916–1927
- Peak year (1916)
- 5
- Annual births at peak, across 12 years of records
Idele by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (15 births, 75% of the file).
1920s was Idele's strongest decade.
15 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 75% of all-time use.
Idele births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 5
1910s
5 births
- 1920s
1920s
15 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 15 births (75% of all-time use).
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Idele: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1916)
Similar record span (~11 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1916–1927 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Idele draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.