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 | — | — | ||
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| 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.
Where Wardell is popular in 1976
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Louisiana#574 · 1 in 6,079
- Illinois#614 · 1 in 8,713
Best ever in a state: #186 in Mississippi, 1933.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana | #574 | 5 | 1 in 6,079 |
| Illinois | #614 | 9 | 1 in 8,713 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| California | — | — | — |
| Colorado | — | — | — |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Florida | — | — | — |
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| Indiana | — | — | — |
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| Maine | — | — | — |
| Maryland | — | — | — |
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| Vermont | — | — | — |
| Virginia | — | — | — |
| Washington | — | — | — |
| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wisconsin | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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 1976
Top boys' names in 1976
More about 1976
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1,569,007 boys got a published name in 1976; 1 in 43,584 of them was named Wardell, which outranked 76.9% of the 6,495 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,469Travon37
- #1,469Vasilios37
- #1,469Wilford37
- #1,502Wardell36
- #1,502Abe36
- #1,502Amar36
- #1,502Anthoney36
- #1,541Alphonse35
- #1,541Camilo35
- #1,541Celso35
Tied with 38 names at #1,502; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.