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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Idell

Idell was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1910, when it ranked 465th; the most babies were born in 1921 (125). More babies were named Idell in the 1920s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
Not rankedgirls
Babies in 2025
0girls
Girls and boys
No babies recorded in the last five years2021–2025
Peak year
1921125 babies
Total since 1880
3,463babies recorded

Idell popularity since 1880

050100150200 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.

A few boys are given the name too: 38 since 1902.

YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025——
2020——
2010——
2000——
1990——
1980——
1970——
1960#3,78012
1950#1,77429
1940#1,30233
1930#88667
1920#713104
1910#46574
1900#71326
1890#1,1397
1880#6498

How popular is Idell, counting every spelling?

Idell has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Idell?

About 500 people born in the US named Idell are alive today, with a median age of 77; half are between 69 and 85. That makes Idell a name most people associate with older generations.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Idell by state

How common Idell was among girls born in each state in 1919–1923, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in Mississippi (5.3×), Arkansas (4.8×), South Carolina (4.4×), Alabama (4.2×), Louisiana (4.0×). In 37 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesMN0.04Illinois: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesIL0.02Michigan: fewer than 5 a yearMI–New York: fewer than 5 a yearNY–Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: fewer than 5 a yearOH–Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: fewer than 5 a yearCA–Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesWV0.05Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: 0.45 per 1,000 babiesAR0.45Tennessee: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesTN0.04North Carolina: 0.22 per 1,000 babiesNC0.22South Carolina: 0.40 per 1,000 babiesSC0.40District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesOK0.04Louisiana: 0.38 per 1,000 babiesLA0.38Mississippi: 0.49 per 1,000 babiesMS0.49Alabama: 0.39 per 1,000 babiesAL0.39Georgia: 0.34 per 1,000 babiesGA0.34Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.13 per 1,000 babiesTX0.13Florida: 0.09 per 1,000 babiesFL0.09
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Idell, girls, 1919–1923. Darker means more common.

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Questions about the name Idell

How popular is the name Idell?

Idell was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1910, when it ranked 465th; the most babies were born in 1921 (125). More babies were named Idell in the 1920s than in any other decade.

Is Idell a boy or girl name?

No babies were given the name in 2021–2025. Historically it was given to 3,425 girls and 38 boys.

Where was Idell most popular?

In 1919–1923, Idell was most common in Mississippi (0.49 per 1,000 girls), followed by Arkansas and South Carolina.