Wadell
Last seen for boys in 1995 at #8,868
- Peak · boys
- 1932 · 14 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 316since 1915
Wadell over time
Rank among boys' names. Wadell 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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| 1995 | #8,868 | 5 |
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| 1984 | #6,315 | 5 |
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| 1979 | #6,056 | 5 |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | #5,845 | 5 |
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| 1971 | #4,907 | 5 |
| 1970 | #4,724 | 5 |
| 1969 | #3,935 | 6 |
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| 1966 | #3,537 | 6 |
| 1965 | #3,930 | 5 |
| 1964 | — | |
| 1963 | #4,048 | 5 |
| 1962 | #2,673 | 10 |
| 1961 | #4,065 | 5 |
| 1960 | #2,871 | 9 |
| 1959 | — | |
| 1958 | #3,033 | 8 |
| 1957 | #2,631 | 10 |
| 1956 | #2,497 | 11 |
| 1955 | #2,764 | 9 |
| 1954 | #2,592 | 10 |
| 1953 | #3,425 | 6 |
| 1952 | #2,153 | 13 |
| 1951 | #3,066 | 7 |
| 1950 | #3,021 | 7 |
| 1949 | #3,690 | 5 |
| 1948 | — | |
| 1947 | #3,096 | 7 |
| 1946 | #3,173 | 6 |
| 1945 | — | |
| 1944 | #2,862 | 7 |
| 1943 | — | |
| 1942 | #2,386 | 10 |
| 1941 | #3,133 | 6 |
| 1940 | #3,459 | 5 |
| 1939 | #2,449 | 9 |
| 1938 | #2,479 | 9 |
| 1937 | #2,905 | 7 |
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| 1933 | #2,542 | 9 |
| 1932 | #1,995 | 14 |
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| 1929 | #3,959 | 5 |
| 1928 | #3,697 | 6 |
| 1927 | — | |
| 1926 | #3,385 | 7 |
| 1925 | #3,741 | 6 |
| 1924 | #3,023 | 9 |
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| 1921 | #3,869 | 6 |
| 1920 | #3,815 | 6 |
| 1919 | #2,665 | 10 |
| 1918 | #4,179 | 5 |
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| 1915 | #3,825 | 5 |
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The first year at least five boys were named Wadell! It came in at #3,825, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1915–1918, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Wadell
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1995
- Debuted 1915
- Peaked 1932 at #1,995 (14 births)
- Births halved by 1934, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 74,583 boys born in 1932 were named Wadell (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 380,740 boys born in 1995 (0.00%)
- 25.6% of all boys named Wadell (81) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 20 | #2,665 (1919) | #3,556 |
| 1920s | 45 | #3,023 (1924) | #3,641 |
| 1930s | 48 | #1,995 (1932) | #2,474 |
| 1940s | 46 | #2,386 (1942) | #3,114 |
| 1950s | 81 | #2,153 (1952) | #2,798 |
| 1960s | 46 | #2,673 (1962) | #3,580 |
| 1970s | 20 | #4,724 (1970) | #5,383 |
| 1980s | 5 | #6,315 (1984) | #6,315 |
| 1990s | 5 | #8,868 (1995) | #8,868 |
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.
Wadell in 1932
Top boys' names in 1932
More about 1932
boys
1,044,157 boys got a published name in 1932; 1 in 74,583 of them was named Wadell, which outranked 53.4% of the 4,284 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,922Wright15
- #1,922Yale15
- #1,922Ysidro15
- #1,995Wadell14
- #1,995Adrain14
- #1,995Aldon14
- #1,995Almond14
- #2,101Achilles13
- #2,101Adalberto13
- #2,101Aden13
Tied with 105 names at #1,995; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.