Wardell
Last seen for girls in 1944 at #4,574 · Last seen for boys in 2020 at #12,022
Given to boys 99.2% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1909 · 15 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 4,290since 1896
Wardell over time
Rank among boys' names. Wardell has never cracked the top 700 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | #12,022 | 5 | |
| 2019 | — | #10,803 | 6 | |
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | — | #10,744 | 6 | |
| 2015 | — | #10,644 | 6 | |
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | #9,655 | 7 | |
| 2012 | — | #8,864 | 8 | |
| 2011 | — | #12,287 | 5 | |
| 2010 | — | #7,591 | 10 | |
| 2009 | — | #6,802 | 12 | |
| 2008 | — | #11,037 | 6 | |
| 2007 | — | #10,921 | 6 | |
| 2006 | — | #5,781 | 14 | |
| 2005 | — | #11,472 | 5 | |
| 2004 | — | #6,138 | 12 | |
| 2003 | — | #7,831 | 8 | |
| 2002 | — | #9,392 | 6 | |
| 2001 | — | #6,445 | 10 | |
| 2000 | — | #6,316 | 10 | |
| 1999 | — | #6,530 | 9 | |
| 1998 | — | #8,479 | 6 | |
| 1997 | — | #4,451 | 14 | |
| 1996 | — | #5,982 | 9 | |
| 1995 | — | #4,791 | 12 | |
| 1994 | — | #3,911 | 16 | |
| 1993 | — | #4,447 | 13 | |
| 1992 | — | #3,338 | 19 | |
| 1991 | — | #4,005 | 14 | |
| 1990 | — | #2,780 | 23 | |
| 1989 | — | #2,784 | 22 | |
| 1988 | — | #2,090 | 30 | |
| 1987 | — | #2,559 | 21 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,588 | 41 | |
| 1985 | — | #2,293 | 23 | |
| 1984 | — | #2,824 | 16 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,905 | 28 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,929 | 28 | |
| 1981 | — | #2,270 | 22 | |
| 1980 | — | #2,003 | 27 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,903 | 28 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,760 | 30 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,823 | 28 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,502 | 36 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,429 | 38 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,370 | 39 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,435 | 35 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,196 | 47 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,378 | 38 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,396 | 36 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,302 | 37 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,100 | 46 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,287 | 34 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,149 | 42 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,081 | 47 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,096 | 48 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,081 | 50 | |
| 1962 | — | #947 | 64 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,035 | 57 | |
| 1960 | — | #897 | 71 | |
| 1959 | — | #854 | 79 | |
| 1958 | — | #844 | 80 | |
| 1957 | — | #925 | 67 | |
| 1956 | — | #804 | 86 | |
| 1955 | — | #807 | 82 | |
| 1954 | — | #868 | 71 | |
| 1953 | — | #868 | 68 | |
| 1952 | — | #766 | 84 | |
| 1951 | — | #813 | 75 | |
| 1950 | — | #736 | 87 | |
| 1949 | — | #749 | 84 | |
| 1948 | — | #756 | 80 | |
| 1947 | — | #854 | 66 | |
| 1946 | — | #826 | 63 | |
| 1945 | — | #753 | 66 | |
| 1944 | #4,574 | 5 | #801 | 61 |
| 1943 | — | #817 | 65 | |
| 1942 | #3,444 | 8 | #791 | 66 |
| 1941 | — | #778 | 64 | |
| 1940 | — | #792 | 61 | |
| 1939 | — | #857 | 51 | |
| 1938 | — | #992 | 41 | |
| 1937 | — | #845 | 52 | |
| 1936 | — | #873 | 49 | |
| 1935 | — | #725 | 71 | |
| 1934 | — | #730 | 70 | |
| 1933 | — | #788 | 60 | |
| 1932 | — | #793 | 64 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,015 | 43 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,037 | 44 | |
| 1929 | #4,570 | 5 | #844 | 60 |
| 1928 | — | #862 | 59 | |
| 1927 | — | #858 | 62 | |
| 1926 | — | #916 | 54 | |
| 1925 | #4,973 | 5 | #909 | 55 |
| 1924 | — | #937 | 56 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,008 | 48 | |
| 1922 | #5,009 | 5 | #958 | 53 |
| 1921 | — | #973 | 52 | |
| 1920 | — | #975 | 50 | |
| 1919 | — | #938 | 51 | |
| 1918 | #3,512 | 8 | #933 | 51 |
| 1917 | — | #1,033 | 40 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,013 | 40 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,124 | 33 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,441 | 18 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,075 | 22 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,023 | 20 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,038 | 11 | |
| 1910 | — | #981 | 11 | |
| 1909 | — | #714 | 15 | |
| 1908 | — | #1,113 | 7 | |
| 1907 | — | #1,345 | 5 | |
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | #810 | 9 | |
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | #794 | 9 | |
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | #1,162 | 6 | |
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | #900 | 7 | |
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Wardell! It came in at #900, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1897–1899, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Wardell
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2020
- Biggest jump: 399 spots in 1909 (#1,113 → #714)
- Biggest drop: 267 spots in 1910 (#714 → #981)
- Debuted 1896
- Peaked 1909 at #714 (15 births)
- Births halved by 1998, 89 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 46 yrs · run 1932–1960
- Highest: 1 in 10,933 boys born in 1909 were named Wardell (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 345,215 boys born in 2020 (0.00%)
- 18.2% of all boys named Wardell (779) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 7 | #900 (1896) | #900 |
| 1900s | 51 | #714 (1909) | #990 |
| 1910s | 297 | #933 (1918) | #1,060 |
| 1920s | 549 | #844 (1929) | #924 |
| 1930s | 545 | #725 (1935) | #866 |
| 1940s | 676 | #749 (1949) | #792 |
| 1950s | 779 | #736 (1950) | #829 |
| 1960s | 496 | #897 (1960) | #1,098 |
| 1970s | 355 | #1,196 (1972) | #1,519 |
| 1980s | 258 | #1,588 (1986) | #2,225 |
| 1990s | 135 | #2,780 (1990) | #4,871 |
| 2000s | 89 | #5,781 (2006) | #8,214 |
| 2010s | 48 | #7,591 (2010) | #10,084 |
| 2020s | 5 | #12,022 (2020) | #12,022 |
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.
Wardell in 1918
Top girls' names in 1918
Top boys' names in 1918
More about 1918
girls
1,157,631 girls got a published name in 1918; 1 in 144,704 of them was named Wardell, which outranked 37.1% of the 5,585 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,244Zara9
- #3,244Zennie9
- #3,244Zilphia9
- #3,512Wardell8
- #3,512Adalyn8
- #3,512Akiko8
- #3,512Alaine8
- #3,869Aaron7
- #3,869Adrianna7
- #3,869Aileene7
Tied with 356 names at #3,512; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 547Jesse#1,507 → #960
- ↑ 494Liberty#1,079 → #585
- ↑ 389Marilynn#1,337 → #948
- ↑ 312Margueritte#1,281 → #969
- ↑ 306Syble#807 → #501
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,013,480 boys got a published name in 1918; 1 in 19,872 of them was named Wardell, which outranked 80.6% of the 4,813 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).