Vandell — boys' name
86 babies named Vandell in U.S. Social Security records since 1946, with the highest year being 1988. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
30% of everyone ever named Vandell was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Vandell in 1988 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Vandell
The Social Security Administration has registered 86 babies named Vandell between 1946 and 1999, spanning 54 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Vandell currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1999. The name reached its historical peak in 1988, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Vandell performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 26 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Vandell shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Vandell 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 86 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.
Vandell at a glance
Last recorded 1999Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Vandell popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–1946
- Peak year (1988)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 54 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1999.
86 total births across 54 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1988 with 9 births in a single year.
Vandell by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 26 births that decade — 30% of Vandell's all-time total
Vandell decade highlights
- Peak decade 26 births
- Runner-up 17 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Vandell's strongest decade
26 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 30% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1946–1999 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.