Wanell — girls' name

What the Data Says About Wanell

The Social Security Administration has registered 118 babies named Wanell between 1926 and 1954, spanning 29 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Wanell currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1954. The name reached its historical peak in 1934, when 12 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Wanell performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 50 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Wanell shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 8 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Wanell in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Wanell 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 118 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.