Meaning not yet researched.
Wardell: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 0 in 2025. Its best rank was #730 in 1935.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Fewer than five US boys were given it in 2025. It peaked at #730 in 1935. No US babies were recorded with the name Wardell in 2025.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
Given to fewer than five US boys in 2025; it peaked at #730 in 1935.
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Wardell: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 0 boys in 2025. Peak: #730 in 1935 · most boys in one year: 87 (1950).
Fewer than five US boys were named Wardell in 2025, so it does not appear in that year’s SSA list for boys. Its best rank for boys was #730, reached in 1935. The most boys given the name in a single year was 87, in 1950. For comparison, it was #12,014 in 2015 and #740 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Wardell in 115 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1896 with 7 babies. In all, 4,326 US babies have been given the name, 0.8% of them girls and 99% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1950s, with 779 babies named Wardell.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 17 US boys were named Wardell; the busiest of those years was 2019, with 6.
Rarer spellings such as Wardel are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
No related spellings pass our data threshold.
Rare spellings summarised here: Wardel (11).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Wardell in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | — | — | 5 | #13,940 |
| 2019 | — | — | 6 | #12,055 |
| 2016 | — | — | 6 | #12,096 |
| 2015 | — | — | 6 | #12,014 |
| 2013 | — | — | 7 | #10,670 |
| 2012 | — | — | 8 | #9,665 |
| 2011 | — | — | 5 | #14,237 |
| 2010 | — | — | 10 | #8,101 |
| 2009 | — | — | 12 | #7,211 |
| 2008 | — | — | 6 | #12,472 |
| 2007 | — | — | 6 | #12,286 |
| 2006 | — | — | 14 | #6,076 |
| 2005 | — | — | 5 | #13,272 |
| 2004 | — | — | 12 | #6,501 |
| 2003 | — | — | 8 | #8,600 |
| 2002 | — | — | 6 | #10,612 |
| 2001 | — | — | 10 | #6,913 |
| 2000 | — | — | 10 | #6,811 |
| 1999 | — | — | 9 | #7,110 |
| 1998 | — | — | 6 | #9,595 |
| 1997 | — | — | 14 | #4,658 |
| 1996 | — | — | 9 | #6,477 |
| 1995 | — | — | 12 | #5,111 |
| 1994 | — | — | 16 | #4,086 |
| 1993 | — | — | 13 | #4,686 |
| 1992 | — | — | 19 | #3,456 |
| 1991 | — | — | 14 | #4,218 |
| 1990 | — | — | 23 | #2,863 |
| 1989 | — | — | 22 | #2,896 |
| 1988 | — | — | 30 | #2,140 |
| 1987 | — | — | 21 | #2,636 |
| 1986 | — | — | 41 | #1,616 |
| 1985 | — | — | 23 | #2,354 |
| 1984 | — | — | 16 | #2,951 |
| 1983 | — | — | 28 | #1,953 |
| 1982 | — | — | 28 | #1,997 |
| 1981 | — | — | 22 | #2,336 |
| 1980 | — | — | 27 | #2,054 |
| 1979 | — | — | 28 | #1,941 |
| 1978 | — | — | 30 | #1,792 |
| 1977 | — | — | 28 | #1,854 |
| 1976 | — | — | 36 | #1,538 |
| 1975 | — | — | 38 | #1,452 |
| 1974 | — | — | 39 | #1,386 |
| 1973 | — | — | 35 | #1,462 |
| 1972 | — | — | 47 | #1,209 |
| 1971 | — | — | 38 | #1,399 |
| 1970 | — | — | 36 | #1,415 |
| 1969 | — | — | 37 | #1,325 |
| 1968 | — | — | 46 | #1,117 |
| 1967 | — | — | 34 | #1,311 |
| 1966 | — | — | 42 | #1,162 |
| 1965 | — | — | 47 | #1,091 |
| 1964 | — | — | 48 | #1,113 |
| 1963 | — | — | 50 | #1,092 |
| 1962 | — | — | 64 | #952 |
| 1961 | — | — | 57 | #1,041 |
| 1960 | — | — | 71 | #903 |
| 1959 | — | — | 79 | #862 |
| 1958 | — | — | 80 | #849 |
| 1957 | — | — | 67 | #927 |
| 1956 | — | — | 86 | #808 |
| 1955 | — | — | 82 | #811 |
| 1954 | — | — | 71 | #875 |
| 1953 | — | — | 68 | #876 |
| 1952 | — | — | 84 | #768 |
| 1951 | — | — | 75 | #819 |
| 1950 | — | — | 87 | #740 |
| 1949 | — | — | 84 | #752 |
| 1948 | — | — | 80 | #759 |
| 1947 | — | — | 66 | #860 |
| 1946 | — | — | 63 | #837 |
| 1945 | — | — | 66 | #759 |
| 1944 | 5 | #5,226 | 61 | #809 |
| 1943 | — | — | 65 | #822 |
| 1942 | 8 | #3,727 | 66 | #794 |
| 1941 | — | — | 64 | #785 |
| 1940 | — | — | 61 | #800 |
| 1939 | — | — | 51 | #866 |
| 1938 | — | — | 41 | #1,007 |
| 1937 | — | — | 52 | #857 |
| 1936 | — | — | 49 | #881 |
| 1935 | — | — | 71 | #730 |
| 1934 | — | — | 70 | #732 |
| 1933 | — | — | 60 | #798 |
| 1932 | — | — | 64 | #801 |
| 1931 | — | — | 43 | #1,029 |
| 1930 | — | — | 44 | #1,051 |
| 1929 | 5 | #5,257 | 60 | #857 |
| 1928 | — | — | 59 | #870 |
| 1927 | — | — | 62 | #865 |
| 1926 | — | — | 54 | #930 |
| 1925 | 5 | #5,745 | 55 | #914 |
| 1924 | — | — | 56 | #943 |
| 1923 | — | — | 48 | #1,023 |
| 1922 | 5 | #5,765 | 53 | #973 |
| 1921 | — | — | 52 | #980 |
| 1920 | — | — | 50 | #984 |
| 1919 | — | — | 51 | #948 |
| 1918 | 8 | #3,857 | 51 | #941 |
| 1917 | — | — | 40 | #1,061 |
| 1916 | — | — | 40 | #1,027 |
| 1915 | — | — | 33 | #1,138 |
| 1914 | — | — | 18 | #1,488 |
| 1913 | — | — | 22 | #1,109 |
| 1912 | — | — | 20 | #1,055 |
| 1911 | — | — | 11 | #1,115 |
| 1910 | — | — | 11 | #1,040 |
| 1909 | — | — | 15 | #753 |
| 1908 | — | — | 7 | #1,212 |
| 1907 | — | — | 5 | #1,541 |
| 1904 | — | — | 9 | #871 |
| 1902 | — | — | 9 | #860 |
| 1900 | — | — | 6 | #1,296 |
| 1896 | — | — | 7 | #977 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).