Wardell — boys' name

What the Data Says About Wardell

The Social Security Administration has registered 4,290 babies named Wardell between 1896 and 2020, spanning 125 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Wardell currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 1950, when 87 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Wardell performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 779 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Wardell shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Mississippi, which accounts for 502 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Louisiana and South Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Wardell in 19 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Wardell 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 4,290 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.