girls:
18 births since 1916
#5698 (0th percentile)
boys:
6 births since 2008
#4580 (0th percentile)
overall:
24 births since 1916
#7715 (0th percentile)
The name Idel is the #7,715 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 24 recorded births since 1916. This represents the 0.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 0.3% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,698 (0.3% percentile) for all time with 18 births since 1916. For boys, it ranks #4,580 (0.1% percentile) for all time with 6 births since 2008.
Idel first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1916 (1916 for girls and 2008 for boys). Birth data for Idel is available in 4 out of the 93 years between 1916 and 2008 (3 years for girls and 1 years for boys). 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 Idel has been given predominantly to girls, with 75.0% of all recorded births being female. In 2008, 0.0% of babies named Idel were girls. Interestingly, until around 1999, the name was more popular for girls (100.0% girls from 1916 to 1998), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (100.0% boys from 1999 to 2008).
For girls, Idel reached its peak popularity in 1916, achieving the 0.5% percentile (ranked #570) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 1916, with 7 births per million (ranked 0.5% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1921.
For boys, Idel reached its peak popularity in 2008, achieving the 0.1% percentile (ranked #906) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 2008, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.1% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2008.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Idel".
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Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Idel. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 29.7% confident that Idel is pronounced as AI-duhl, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is AI-dehl, at 29.7% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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