Ardelia vs Ardella

Babies given each name, 1880–2025

Ardelia Ardella

Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.

Who was ahead

Of the 110 years in which either name was published, Ardella for 97 years and Ardelia for 13 years. The lead changed hands 19 times.

• 1881–2025 Ardella ahead, apart from 5 short spells

14 shorter spells of a year or two are folded into the spans above rather than listed separately.

Side by side

A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.

Which name is older

Half of the Ardellas alive today are over 74; half the Ardelias are over 71. That is 3 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.

Where each one is strongest

• Ardelia Mississippi (30.4×), Texas (3.3×)
• Ardella North Dakota (31.6×), Minnesota (12.6×), South Dakota (9.3×)

How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.

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