Warnell — boys' name
161 babies named Warnell in U.S. Social Security records since 1918, with the highest year being 1962. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
25% of everyone ever named Warnell was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Warnell in 1962 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Warnell
The Social Security Administration has registered 161 babies named Warnell between 1918 and 1986, spanning 69 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Warnell currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1986. The name reached its historical peak in 1962, when 12 babies received it in a single year. Warnell is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 16 additional births since 1920.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Warnell performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 40 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Warnell shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Warnell in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Warnell 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 161 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.
Warnell at a glance
Last recorded 1986Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Warnell popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1986–1918
- Peak year (1962)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 69 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1986.
161 total births across 69 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1962 with 12 births in a single year.
Warnell popularity over time — girls
16 total births recorded since 1920 (Warnell as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Warnell accounts for 9% of total recorded use across both genders.
Warnell by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 40 births that decade — 25% of Warnell's all-time total
Warnell decade highlights
- Peak decade 40 births
- Runner-up 30 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Warnell's strongest decade
40 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 25% of all-time use.
Warnell by state
Where Warnell concentrates geographically — total births since 1918
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Georgia | | 5 | 3.1% |
5 of 161 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Georgia 3.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Georgia accounts for 3.1% 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, 1918–1986 (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.