Waunell — girls' name
23 babies named Waunell in U.S. Social Security records since 1921, with the highest year being 1931. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
78% of everyone ever named Waunell was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Waunell in 1931 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Waunell
The Social Security Administration has registered 23 babies named Waunell between 1921 and 1938, spanning 18 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Waunell currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1938. The name reached its historical peak in 1931, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Waunell performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 18 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Waunell shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Waunell 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 23 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.
Waunell at a glance
Last recorded 1938Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Waunell popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1938–1921
- Peak year (1931)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 18 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1938.
23 total births across 18 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1931 with 7 births in a single year.
Waunell by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1930s
- 18 births that decade — 78% of Waunell's all-time total
Waunell decade highlights
- Peak decade 18 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1930s was Waunell's strongest decade
18 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 78% of all-time use.
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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, 1921–1938 (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.