Idelle — girls' name

What the Data Says About Idelle

The Social Security Administration has registered 750 babies named Idelle between 1895 and 1978, spanning 84 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Idelle currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1978. The name reached its historical peak in 1921, when 36 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Idelle performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 196 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Idelle shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 15 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and Alabama. In total, SSA state-level files list Idelle in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Idelle 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 750 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.