Wandell — boys' name

What the Data Says About Wandell

The Social Security Administration has registered 82 babies named Wandell between 1923 and 1980, spanning 58 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Wandell currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1980. The name reached its historical peak in 1923, when 8 babies received it in a single year. Wandell is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 5 additional births since 1932.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Wandell performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 32 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Wandell shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Wandell 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 82 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.