Waddell
Last seen for boys in 1990 at #8,117
- Peak · boys
- 1911 · 8 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 780since 1908
Waddell over time
Rank among boys' names. Waddell has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | #8,117 | 5 |
| 1989 | — | |
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| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | #4,333 | 9 |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | #6,238 | 5 |
| 1982 | #5,003 | 7 |
| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | #6,250 | 5 |
| 1979 | #5,355 | 6 |
| 1978 | #4,554 | 7 |
| 1977 | #5,123 | 6 |
| 1976 | #4,012 | 8 |
| 1975 | #4,309 | 7 |
| 1974 | — | |
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| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | #3,963 | 7 |
| 1970 | #3,836 | 7 |
| 1969 | #2,130 | 16 |
| 1968 | #4,136 | 5 |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | #3,537 | 6 |
| 1965 | #3,930 | 5 |
| 1964 | #3,050 | 8 |
| 1963 | #2,414 | 12 |
| 1962 | #2,848 | 9 |
| 1961 | #2,538 | 11 |
| 1960 | #2,423 | 12 |
| 1959 | #2,200 | 14 |
| 1958 | #2,265 | 13 |
| 1957 | #3,024 | 8 |
| 1956 | #2,091 | 15 |
| 1955 | #2,435 | 11 |
| 1954 | #2,207 | 13 |
| 1953 | #2,709 | 9 |
| 1952 | #2,514 | 10 |
| 1951 | #1,904 | 16 |
| 1950 | #2,019 | 14 |
| 1949 | #1,941 | 15 |
| 1948 | #1,703 | 19 |
| 1947 | #1,599 | 22 |
| 1946 | #1,949 | 14 |
| 1945 | #1,772 | 15 |
| 1944 | #2,080 | 12 |
| 1943 | #2,563 | 9 |
| 1942 | #2,145 | 12 |
| 1941 | #2,491 | 9 |
| 1940 | #2,671 | 8 |
| 1939 | #2,829 | 7 |
| 1938 | #1,901 | 14 |
| 1937 | #1,913 | 14 |
| 1936 | #1,872 | 14 |
| 1935 | #2,396 | 10 |
| 1934 | #1,860 | 15 |
| 1933 | #1,644 | 18 |
| 1932 | #2,313 | 11 |
| 1931 | #2,328 | 11 |
| 1930 | #2,444 | 11 |
| 1929 | #2,766 | 9 |
| 1928 | #2,522 | 11 |
| 1927 | #1,959 | 17 |
| 1926 | #2,566 | 11 |
| 1925 | #2,012 | 16 |
| 1924 | #1,776 | 20 |
| 1923 | #2,224 | 14 |
| 1922 | #1,952 | 17 |
| 1921 | #2,632 | 11 |
| 1920 | #2,231 | 14 |
| 1919 | #1,882 | 17 |
| 1918 | #2,165 | 14 |
| 1917 | #2,188 | 13 |
| 1916 | #3,177 | 7 |
| 1915 | #3,082 | 7 |
| 1914 | #3,264 | 5 |
| 1913 | #2,821 | 5 |
| 1912 | #2,269 | 6 |
| 1911 | #1,290 | 8 |
| 1910 | #1,314 | 7 |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,373 | 5 |
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The first year at least five boys were named Waddell! It came in at #1,373, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1908–1909, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Waddell
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1990
- Debuted 1908
- Peaked 1911 at #1,290 (8 births)
- Births halved by 1967, 56 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 27,744 boys born in 1910 were named Waddell (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 410,808 boys born in 1990 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,290 in 1911, was only 1 in 28,246 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 17.9% of all boys named Waddell (140) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 5 | #1,373 (1908) | #1,373 |
| 1910s | 89 | #1,290 (1911) | #2,345 |
| 1920s | 140 | #1,776 (1924) | #2,264 |
| 1930s | 125 | #1,644 (1933) | #2,150 |
| 1940s | 135 | #1,599 (1947) | #2,091 |
| 1950s | 123 | #1,904 (1951) | #2,337 |
| 1960s | 84 | #2,130 (1969) | #3,001 |
| 1970s | 48 | #3,836 (1970) | #4,450 |
| 1980s | 26 | #4,333 (1985) | #5,456 |
| 1990s | 5 | #8,117 (1990) | #8,117 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Waddell in 1947
Top boys' names in 1947
More about 1947
boys
1,829,599 boys got a published name in 1947; 1 in 83,164 of them was named Waddell, which outranked 62.5% of the 4,266 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,555Verdell23
- #1,555Verner23
- #1,555Virginia23
- #1,599Waddell22
- #1,599Algie22
- #1,599Alvan22
- #1,599Ancil22
- #1,646Alice21
- #1,646Almon21
- #1,646Alvah21
Tied with 46 names at #1,599; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.