Windell
Last seen for girls in 1966 at #5,809 · #9,714 for boys in 2025, 7 births
Given to boys 99.3% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1940 · 116 births
- Debut · boys
- 11 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,006since 1914
Windell over time
Rank among boys' names. Windell has never cracked the top 500 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 | — | #9,714 | 7 | |
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | #10,821 | 6 | |
| 2022 | — | #12,330 | 5 | |
| 2021 | — | #9,714 | 7 | |
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | #10,760 | 6 | |
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | #10,766 | 6 | |
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | — | #11,037 | 6 | |
| 2007 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | — | — | ||
| 2005 | — | — | ||
| 2004 | — | #6,138 | 12 | |
| 2003 | — | — | ||
| 2002 | — | #9,392 | 6 | |
| 2001 | — | #6,935 | 9 | |
| 2000 | — | #5,920 | 11 | |
| 1999 | — | — | ||
| 1998 | — | #9,631 | 5 | |
| 1997 | — | #5,288 | 11 | |
| 1996 | — | #5,535 | 10 | |
| 1995 | — | #6,407 | 8 | |
| 1994 | — | #6,372 | 8 | |
| 1993 | — | #5,002 | 11 | |
| 1992 | — | #3,459 | 18 | |
| 1991 | — | #5,096 | 10 | |
| 1990 | — | #3,058 | 20 | |
| 1989 | — | #2,989 | 20 | |
| 1988 | — | #3,203 | 16 | |
| 1987 | — | #3,339 | 14 | |
| 1986 | — | #4,457 | 9 | |
| 1985 | — | #4,052 | 10 | |
| 1984 | — | #3,701 | 11 | |
| 1983 | — | #3,071 | 14 | |
| 1982 | — | #2,059 | 26 | |
| 1981 | — | #2,569 | 18 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,852 | 30 | |
| 1979 | — | #2,669 | 17 | |
| 1978 | — | #2,929 | 14 | |
| 1977 | — | #2,665 | 16 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,873 | 26 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,884 | 25 | |
| 1974 | — | #2,129 | 20 | |
| 1973 | — | #2,405 | 16 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,535 | 31 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,560 | 31 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,658 | 27 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,526 | 28 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,393 | 31 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,388 | 30 | |
| 1966 | #5,809 | 6 | #1,216 | 38 |
| 1965 | — | #1,144 | 43 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,082 | 49 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,069 | 51 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,121 | 47 | |
| 1961 | — | #940 | 66 | |
| 1960 | — | #951 | 63 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,090 | 50 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,018 | 56 | |
| 1957 | — | #966 | 62 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,019 | 54 | |
| 1955 | #5,828 | 5 | #1,105 | 45 |
| 1954 | — | #1,007 | 55 | |
| 1953 | — | #959 | 56 | |
| 1952 | — | #939 | 57 | |
| 1951 | — | #963 | 53 | |
| 1950 | — | #948 | 53 | |
| 1949 | — | #923 | 56 | |
| 1948 | — | #933 | 55 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,064 | 46 | |
| 1946 | — | #944 | 50 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,016 | 39 | |
| 1944 | — | #949 | 46 | |
| 1943 | — | #768 | 72 | |
| 1942 | #4,622 | 5 | #755 | 72 |
| 1941 | — | #553 | 117 | |
| 1940 | #4,349 | 5 | #545 | 116 |
| 1939 | — | #836 | 53 | |
| 1938 | — | #939 | 45 | |
| 1937 | — | #880 | 49 | |
| 1936 | — | #853 | 51 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,390 | 24 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,038 | 39 | |
| 1933 | — | #995 | 41 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,110 | 37 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,194 | 33 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,259 | 32 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,237 | 32 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,760 | 19 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,293 | 32 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,144 | 39 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,201 | 35 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,287 | 32 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,275 | 32 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,591 | 23 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,509 | 25 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,505 | 25 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,624 | 21 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,767 | 19 | |
| 1917 | — | #2,956 | 8 | |
| 1916 | — | #2,926 | 8 | |
| 1915 | — | #2,184 | 12 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,975 | 11 | |
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| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Windell! It came in at #1,975, and was given to 11 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1998–1999, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Windell
- Biggest jump: 537 spots in 1936 (#1,390 → #853)
- Biggest drop: 202 spots in 1942 (#553 → #755)
- Debuted 1914
- Peaked 1940 at #545 (116 births)
- Births halved by 1944, 4 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 20 yrs · run 1936–1944
- Highest: 1 in 9,993 boys born in 1940 were named Windell (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 244,011 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 22.3% of all boys named Windell (669) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 79 | #1,624 (1919) | #2,239 |
| 1920s | 294 | #1,144 (1926) | #1,380 |
| 1930s | 404 | #836 (1939) | #1,049 |
| 1940s | 669 | #545 (1940) | #845 |
| 1950s | 541 | #939 (1952) | #1,001 |
| 1960s | 446 | #940 (1961) | #1,183 |
| 1970s | 223 | #1,535 (1972) | #2,131 |
| 1980s | 168 | #1,852 (1980) | #3,129 |
| 1990s | 101 | #3,058 (1990) | #5,539 |
| 2000s | 44 | #5,920 (2000) | #7,884 |
| 2010s | 12 | #10,760 (2018) | #10,763 |
| 2020s | 25 | #9,714 (2021) | #10,645 |
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.
Windell in 1966
Top girls' names in 1966
Top boys' names in 1966
More about 1966
girls
1,692,177 girls got a published name in 1966; 1 in 282,030 of them was named Windell, which outranked 23.8% of the 7,624 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #5,273Yolandia7
- #5,273Zeola7
- #5,273Zora7
- #5,809Windell6
- #5,809Adine6
- #5,809Adrienna6
- #5,809Aggie6
- #6,564Abra5
- #6,564Acquanetta5
- #6,564Adana5
Tied with 754 names at #5,809; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,783,461 boys got a published name in 1966; 1 in 46,933 of them was named Windell, which outranked 73.2% of the 4,540 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,194Olen39
- #1,194Reece39
- #1,194Samual39
- #1,216Windell38
- #1,216Alphonzo38
- #1,216Burke38
- #1,216Cassius38
- #1,237Abner37
- #1,237Buster37
- #1,237Candido37
Tied with 20 names at #1,216; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.