girls:
2.6k births since 1889
#3368 (41st percentile)
boys:
2.4k births since 1907
#2558 (44th percentile)
overall:
5.1k births since 1889
#3836 (50th percentile)
The name Ardell is the #3,836 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 5,070 recorded births since 1889. This represents the 50.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 50.4% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,368 (41.1% percentile) for all time with 2,635 births since 1889. For boys, it ranks #2,558 (44.2% percentile) for all time with 2,435 births since 1907.
Ardell first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1889 (1889 for girls and 1907 for boys). Birth data for Ardell is available in 122 out of the 135 years between 1889 and 2023 (105 years for boys and 79 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Ardell is truly gender-neutral, with nearly equal distribution between boys and girls. In 2023, 100.0% of babies named Ardell were boys. Interestingly, until around 1952, the name was more popular for girls (58.9% girls from 1889 to 1951), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (73.9% boys from 1952 to 2023).
For girls, Ardell reached its peak popularity in 1922, achieving the 15.3% percentile (ranked #506) with 77 births per million. The name was most common in 1922, with 77 births per million (ranked 15.3% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1977.
For boys, Ardell reached its peak popularity in 1930, achieving the 12.0% percentile (ranked #462) with 60 births per million. The name was most common in 1930, with 60 births per million (ranked 12.0% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Ardell ranks #911 for boys (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 4.5% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Ardell".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Ardell. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 45.5% confident that Ardell is pronounced as AHR-dehl, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is ahr-DEHL, at 29.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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