Vondell — unisex name
279 babies named Vondell in U.S. Social Security records since 1916, with the highest year being 1929. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
29% of everyone ever named Vondell was born in this single decade.
18 babies were named Vondell in 1929 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Vondell
The Social Security Administration has registered 279 babies named Vondell between 1916 and 1972, spanning 57 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Vondell currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1972. The name reached its historical peak in 1929, when 18 babies received it in a single year. Vondell is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 204 additional births since 1940.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Vondell performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 82 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Vondell shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Michigan, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Vondell in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Vondell 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 279 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.
Vondell at a glance
Last recorded 1972Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Vondell popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1972–1916
- Peak year (1929)
- 18
- Annual births at peak — across 57 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1972.
279 total births across 57 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1929 with 18 births in a single year.
Vondell popularity over time — boys
204 total births recorded since 1940 (Vondell as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Vondell accounts for 42% of total recorded use across both genders.
Vondell by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1930s
- 82 births that decade — 29% of Vondell's all-time total
Vondell decade highlights
- Peak decade 82 births
- Runner-up 68 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1930s was Vondell's strongest decade
82 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 29% of all-time use.
Vondell by state
Where Vondell concentrates geographically — total births since 1916
Top 5 states
- Michigan 1.8% of nationwide
- Texas 1.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Michigan accounts for 1.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1916–1972 (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.