Bidwell — boys' name

What the Data Says About Bidwell

The Social Security Administration has registered 19 babies named Bidwell between 1927 and 1928, spanning 2 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Bidwell currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1928. The name reached its historical peak in 1927, when 14 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Bidwell performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 19 births during that ten-year window. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Mississippi, which accounts for 16 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Bidwell in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Bidwell in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 19 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.