Idell — girls' name

What the Data Says About Idell

The Social Security Administration has registered 3,425 babies named Idell between 1880 and 1981, spanning 102 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Idell currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1981. The name reached its historical peak in 1921, when 125 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Idell performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 946 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Idell shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Alabama, which accounts for 286 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Louisiana and Mississippi. In total, SSA state-level files list Idell in 16 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Idell 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 3,425 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.