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 1990
Top boys' names in 1990
More about 1990
boys
2,054,038 boys got a published name in 1990; 1 in 102,702 of them was named Windell, which outranked 67.8% of the 9,493 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 19.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,952Ulyses21
- #2,952Yang21
- #2,952Zebulun21
- #3,058Windell20
- #3,058Abigail20
- #3,058Adem20
- #3,058Alvis20
- #3,166Adel19
- #3,166Ahkeem19
- #3,166Alban19
Tied with 107 names at #3,058; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.