Idella — #15245 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Idella

The Social Security Administration has registered 6,547 babies named Idella between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Idella currently holds the #15245 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1921, when 168 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Idella performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 1,460 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Idella shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Mississippi, which accounts for 540 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Georgia and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Idella in 21 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Idella 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 6,547 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.