Wardell

Boy · recorded 1896–2020

  • 2020last recorded
  • 1909best year

Most popular in 1909.

Last recorded in 2020. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1896

0469118961927195819892020

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 115 recorded years as a table
Wardell, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
189659
190040
190273
190470
190734
190845
190991
191057
191149
191247
191343
191427
191539
191645
191743
191850
191952
192047
192147
192249
192344
192449
192549
192649
192755
192853
192956
193040
193141
193261
193361
193468
193568
193647
193749
193837
193946
194053
194152
194248
194346
194445
194549
194639
194736
194846
194947
195049
195140
195243
195334
195435
195540
195641
195731
195838
195937
196033
196127
196231
196325
196424
196525
196624
196719
196826
196921
197019
197121
197229
197322
197425
197524
197623
197717
197818
197916
198015
198112
198215
198316
19849
198512
198622
198711
198816
198911
199011
19917
199210
19937
19948
19956
19965
19977
19983
19995
20005
20015
20023
20034
20046
20053
20067
20073
20083
20096
20105
20113
20124
20134
20153
20163
20193
20203

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Wardell isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2020
5
Rank in 2020
#12,022
How rare
1 in 345,215 boys
Since 1896
4,290

Wardell was last recorded in 2020. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1909, at 91 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Wardell doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.