How Many People Are Named Ardell?
people named Ardell are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 222,516 people in the US has this name
Based on 5,070 babies named Ardell in Social Security records from 1889 to 2023, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
151 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Ardell, 40.7% were girls and 59.3% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Ardell fell from 92% in the 1900s to 5.9% in the 1970s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Ardell alive today is about 65 years old, and 69% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 54 and 81 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Ardell first appears in the records in 1889 and was given most often in 1923, to 151 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2023.
Babies given the name each year, 1889 to 2023
🏆 Rank History
Ardell has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #742, in 1922. Among boys, its best rank was #778, in 1930.
| Girls | Boys | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #742 (1922) | #778 (1930) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #840 in the 1920s | #931 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Ardell alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Ardell were born in Minnesota than in any other state: about 64 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Ardell was given 20.6 times as often in North Dakota, 15 times in Minnesota and 7.7 times in Wisconsin.
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