Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Ardella

#3,122 most common girls' name of all time · #5,345 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among girls
#3,122
Rank overall
#5,345 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
105 of 146
All-time
3,478
Since 2016
25
Peak year
1924 #707
Best rank
#668 1883
Girls Boys peak 111/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Ardella is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 8 — 8 #10,928
2022 9 — 9 #10,397
2020 8 — 8 #11,099
2014 7 — 7 #13,081
1989 8 — 8 #8,771
1988 5 — 5 #11,820
1982 6 — 6 #9,251
1981 11 — 11 #5,893
1980 7 — 7 #8,185
1979 6 — 6 #9,027
1977 5 — 5 #9,672
1976 7 — 7 #7,312
1975 5 — 5 #9,084
1973 10 — 10 #5,198
1971 12 — 12 #4,540
1970 7 — 7 #6,380
1969 10 — 10 #4,734
1968 10 — 10 #4,501
1967 14 — 14 #3,491
1966 9 — 9 #4,499
1965 10 — 10 #4,213
1964 13 — 13 #3,706
1963 20 — 20 #2,785
1962 17 — 17 #3,043
1961 23 — 23 #2,548
1960 18 — 18 #2,907
1959 22 — 22 #2,463
1958 21 — 21 #2,512
1957 30 — 30 #1,992
1956 30 — 30 #1,970
1955 28 — 28 #2,026
1954 23 — 23 #2,243
1953 31 — 31 #1,789
1952 34 — 34 #1,685
1951 37 — 37 #1,558
1950 39 — 39 #1,482
1949 26 — 26 #1,885
1948 30 — 30 #1,710
1947 34 — 34 #1,637
1946 43 — 43 #1,324
1945 25 — 25 #1,662
1944 39 — 39 #1,279
1943 49 — 49 #1,154
1942 40 — 40 #1,268
1941 44 — 44 #1,119
1940 57 — 57 #954
1939 60 — 60 #907
1938 72 — 72 #834
1937 79 — 79 #770
1936 67 — 67 #820
1935 70 — 70 #816
1934 71 — 71 #798
1933 75 — 75 #762
1932 73 — 73 #798
1931 68 — 68 #830
1930 70 — 70 #857
1929 73 — 73 #832
1928 83 — 83 #788
1927 97 — 97 #730
1926 90 — 90 #766
1925 94 — 94 #765
1924 111 — 111 #707
1923 91 — 91 #762
1922 99 — 99 #731
1921 92 — 92 #763
1920 77 — 77 #821
1919 58 — 58 #925
1918 71 — 71 #853
1917 72 — 72 #813
1916 65 — 65 #843
1915 67 — 67 #804
1914 50 — 50 #832
1913 48 — 48 #760
1912 31 — 31 #909
1911 31 — 31 #782
1910 22 — 22 #921
1909 28 — 28 #764
1908 21 — 21 #857
1907 23 — 23 #779
1906 23 — 23 #768
1905 27 — 27 #690
1904 24 — 24 #718
1903 14 — 14 #939
1902 25 — 25 #680
1901 22 — 22 #692
1900 20 — 20 #841
1899 14 — 14 #888
1898 13 — 13 #975
1897 16 — 16 #798
1896 18 — 18 #771
1895 10 — 10 #1,059
1894 9 — 9 #1,068
1893 6 — 6 #1,284
1892 8 — 8 #1,091
1891 13 — 13 #768
1890 6 — 6 #1,216
1889 6 — 6 #1,163
1888 7 — 7 #1,044
1886 10 — 10 #746
1885 6 — 6 #934
1884 6 — 6 #946
1883 9 — 9 #668
1882 7 — 7 #763
1881 7 — 7 #707
1880 6 — 6 #746