Ardelia is a rare variant of Ardell that was most common in the 1920s and has all but disappeared.
Ardelia is a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 1992. Ardelia was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1924 (39 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 6 | — | #11,861 |
| 1987 | 7 | — | #8,842 |
| 1983 | 6 | — | #9,094 |
| 1981 | 8 | — | #7,441 |
| 1980 | 5 | — | #10,492 |
| 1979 | 7 | — | #8,101 |
| 1976 | 5 | — | #9,367 |
| 1974 | 8 | — | #6,293 |
| 1972 | 8 | — | #5,995 |
| 1971 | 5 | — | #8,408 |
| 1970 | 8 | — | #5,847 |
| 1969 | 5 | — | #7,535 |
| 1968 | 9 | — | #4,791 |
| 1965 | 12 | — | #3,751 |
| 1964 | 11 | — | #4,112 |
| 1963 | 7 | — | #5,320 |
| 1962 | 13 | — | #3,606 |
| 1961 | 10 | — | #4,257 |
| 1960 | 15 | — | #3,219 |
| 1959 | 11 | — | #3,834 |
| 1958 | 21 | — | #2,508 |
| 1957 | 12 | — | #3,498 |
| 1956 | 13 | — | #3,334 |
| 1955 | 11 | — | #3,584 |
| 1954 | 13 | — | #3,166 |
| 1953 | 15 | — | #2,823 |
| 1952 | 13 | — | #3,044 |
| 1951 | 17 | — | #2,479 |
| 1950 | 16 | — | #2,543 |
| 1949 | 21 | — | #2,140 |
| 1948 | 14 | — | #2,708 |
| 1947 | 14 | — | #2,771 |
| 1946 | 13 | — | #2,747 |
| 1945 | 16 | — | #2,152 |
| 1944 | 18 | — | #2,030 |
| 1943 | 12 | — | #2,701 |
| 1942 | 14 | — | #2,420 |
| 1941 | 15 | — | #2,194 |
| 1940 | 26 | — | #1,520 |
| 1939 | 19 | — | #1,801 |
| 1938 | 19 | — | #1,811 |
| 1937 | 18 | — | #1,849 |
| 1936 | 15 | — | #2,037 |
| 1935 | 21 | — | #1,666 |
| 1934 | 10 | — | #2,750 |
| 1933 | 20 | — | #1,724 |
| 1932 | 21 | — | #1,688 |
| 1931 | 18 | — | #1,879 |
| 1930 | 18 | — | #1,940 |
| 1929 | 16 | — | #2,102 |
| 1928 | 21 | — | #1,845 |
| 1927 | 13 | — | #2,562 |
| 1926 | 24 | — | #1,727 |
| 1925 | 28 | — | #1,580 |
| 1924 | 39 | — | #1,280 |
| 1923 | 29 | — | #1,524 |
| 1922 | 28 | — | #1,579 |
| 1921 | 32 | — | #1,439 |
| 1920 | 28 | — | #1,552 |
| 1919 | 27 | — | #1,530 |
| 1918 | 20 | — | #1,888 |
| 1917 | 30 | — | #1,338 |
| 1916 | 34 | — | #1,230 |
| 1915 | 22 | — | #1,574 |
| 1914 | 27 | — | #1,178 |
| 1913 | 16 | — | #1,470 |
| 1912 | 28 | — | #960 |
| 1911 | 16 | — | #1,116 |
| 1910 | 12 | — | #1,340 |
| 1909 | 18 | — | #965 |
| 1908 | 20 | — | #883 |
| 1907 | 11 | — | #1,209 |
| 1906 | 9 | — | #1,331 |
| 1905 | 14 | — | #1,013 |
| 1904 | 11 | — | #1,094 |
| 1903 | 10 | — | #1,142 |
| 1902 | 12 | — | #1,026 |
| 1901 | 10 | — | #1,072 |
| 1900 | 7 | — | #1,579 |
| 1899 | 10 | — | #1,037 |
| 1898 | 13 | — | #966 |
| 1897 | 11 | — | #984 |
| 1896 | 6 | — | #1,424 |
| 1894 | 6 | — | #1,364 |
| 1893 | 10 | — | #960 |
| 1892 | 12 | — | #863 |
| 1891 | 6 | — | #1,224 |
| 1890 | 5 | — | #1,344 |
| 1889 | 9 | — | #907 |
| 1888 | 8 | — | #964 |
| 1886 | 7 | — | #903 |
| 1884 | 5 | — | #1,034 |
| 1883 | 5 | — | #927 |
| 1880 | 6 | — | #745 |