Windel

Boy · recorded 1920–1982

  • 1982last recorded
  • 1937best year

Most popular in 1937.

Last recorded in 1982. 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 1920

071319201936195119671982

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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 31 recorded years as a table
Windel, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19205
19239
19255
19265
19305
193310
19348
19356
193713
19385
19397
194010
194112
19427
19434
19464
19485
19514
19543
19553
19573
19583
19594
19603
19624
19632
19653
19663
19675
19794
19823

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Windel 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 1982
5
Rank in 1982
#6,385
How rare
1 in 362,889 boys
Since 1920
234

Windel was last recorded in 1982. 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 1937, at 13 per million boys born.

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

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