Idella
Idella is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Idella
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Idella is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Idella
The earliest SSA record of Idella as a baby girl name dates back to 1880, when 23 babies received it. 1921 was its biggest year on record, with 168 newborns named Idella — #547 in the national rankings. About 22% of every Idella on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Idella last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 7K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Idella
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Idella. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Idella
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About the name Idella
Idella is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1880 and has accumulated 7K births in the dataset. Idella's peak popularity came in 1921 when it ranked #547. Use the chart and map above to compare Idella's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.