Waddell — boys' name

What the Data Says About Waddell

The Social Security Administration has registered 780 babies named Waddell between 1908 and 1990, spanning 83 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Waddell currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1990. The name reached its historical peak in 1947, when 22 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Waddell performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 140 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Waddell shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 77 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by South Carolina and Tennessee. In total, SSA state-level files list Waddell in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Waddell 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 780 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.