Rendell — boys' name

What the Data Says About Rendell

The Social Security Administration has registered 604 babies named Rendell between 1939 and 2023, spanning 85 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Rendell currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1972, when 29 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Rendell performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 163 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Rendell shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Louisiana, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Rendell in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Rendell 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 604 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.