Boys' name · since 1946
Vandell
Vandell has 86 recorded births since 1946 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1988 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #18,431 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 86
- born since 1946
- 1980s
- peak decade
86 boys have been named Vandell since 1946, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Vandell has 86 recorded births among boys since 1946, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1946 to 1999.
- #18,431 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 86 born since 1946
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Vandell ranks #18,431 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 86 born since 1946, peaking in the 1980s.
- #18,431 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 86
- born since 1946
- 1980s
- peak decade
Vandell's 86 recorded births place it above 59.46% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Vandell's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Vandell splits its recorded history at 1978: 56% of all births land in the more recent half, 44% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1946 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1988 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Vandell popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1946–1999
- Peak year (1988)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 54 years of records
Vandell by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (26 births, 30% of the file).
1980s was Vandell's strongest decade.
26 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 30% of all-time use.
Vandell births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1950s
1950s
11 births
- 1960s
1960s
11 births
- 1970s
1970s
16 births
- 1980s
1980s
26 births
- 1990s
1990s
17 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 26 births (30% of all-time use).
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- Vandell's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (26 total births) through the 1990s (17) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Vandell: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1988)
Similar record span (~53 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1946–1999 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Vandell draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.