Edell
UnisexGirls' nameBoys' nameMeaning not yet documented
Edell has been given to 294 babies in the U.S. since 1912. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1927, with 17 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 85% girls, 15% boys all-time.
Babies named Edell, 1954
1 in 796,000
Edell over time, 1880–2025
Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
Girls or boys — Edell over time
In 1956, Edell went to 0% girls and 100% boys.
A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.
How common is Edell?
Edell had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1954, the last year it was published.
- Among all babies, 1954
- 1 in 796,000
- 5 of 3,979,464 births
- Among girls only
- 1 in 388,000
- <0.01% of girls
- Rank, 1954
- Unranked
- Fewer than 5 uses
- Coin-flip room size
- 551,672 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Edell sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 1954 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 551,672 children born in 1954 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Edell. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Edells were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Edell was born before 1924 — so the typical Edell is around 101 today.
- Biggest decade
- 1920s
- 45.8% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 24.5%
- Spread across generations
- Recorded since 1950
- 14
- People you could plausibly meet
1920s — 45.8% of all recorded uses (114).
Is Edell rising or falling?
Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.
- Rank vs 1 year ago
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- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- New entry
- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 10 years ago
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- Not ranked then
- Births vs 10 years ago
- —
- Not published both years
- Share of its own peak
- 0%
- Peak was 1927 (17)
- Years since peak
- 98
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Volatile
- 32.5% average annual change
Spellings of Edell
Edell is not the most common spelling — Della is, with 21.7% against Edell's 0.08%.
Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.
Where Edell is used — girls
Across 1910–2025, Edell was most concentrated in South Carolina — about 1 in 100,000 girls, against 1 in 237,286 across all states with data. It was least common in Georgia (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1South Carolina1 in 100,000
- 2Georgia1 in —
Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Edell has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Where Edell is used — boys
Across 1910–2025, Edell was most concentrated in Texas — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 2,652,691 across all states with data.
Most concentrated
- 1Texas1 in —
Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Edell has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Edell around the world
Where Edell ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.
- Ireland1973–1978#469in 1978
Popularity data from Central Statistics Office. CSO data under CC BY 4.0.
Edell by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a girl's name
Names similar to Edell
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Edell
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.