Idell
Recorded 1880–1981 · United States
Idell was most popular in 1921, when 132 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,170 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 3,463 people named Idell.
Idell over time
How old is the name Idell?
The Social Security Administration’s records begin in 1880, and Idell is already there in that first year — so the name is older than the record and these figures cannot date it. It has been recorded in 87 of the 146 years since. It was last recorded in 1981.
How many people are named Idell?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 3,463 American births named Idell between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 559 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Idell in 2025?
Idell was not recorded in 2025. The SSA withholds any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so fewer than five American babies were given it.
Is Idell a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Idell is a girl’s name — 98.9% of the 3,463 Americans given it were girls and 1.1% were boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Idell?
Roughly 559 Americans named Idell are alive today — 16% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 77 years old, and half are between 70 and 86.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Where Idell is most concentrated
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org