Wardell
Wardell is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 730th, in 1935.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 195087 births
- Best rank
- #730in 1935
- Since 1896
- 4,290people given the name
The story in the numbers
4,290 boys have been named Wardell in the United States since 1896, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1950, with 87 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 87 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1950, and the 1950s alone account for 18%. It has spent 44 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Wardell | |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 7 | |
| 1900s | 51 | |
| 1910s | 297 | |
| 1920s | 549 | |
| 1930s | 545 | |
| 1940s | 676 | |
| 1950s | 779 | |
| 1960s | 496 | |
| 1970s | 355 | |
| 1980s | 258 | |
| 1990s | 135 | |
| 2000s | 89 | |
| 2010s | 48 | |
| 2020s | 5 |
In 1950, its biggest year
Wardell was the 740th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1950 were James, Robert, John, Michael and David. See all of 1950.
Names that rose and fell with Wardell
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Erskinepeak 1947
- Cleophuspeak 1947
- Stanfordpeak 1954
- Rayfordpeak 1937
- Sammiepeak 1947
- Wymanpeak 1922
- Girardpeak 1926
- Regispeak 1917
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.