Windell — boys' name

What the Data Says About Windell

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,998 babies named Windell between 1914 and 2023, spanning 110 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Windell currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1941, when 117 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Windell performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 669 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Windell shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 349 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Alabama and Kentucky. In total, SSA state-level files list Windell in 15 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Windell 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 2,998 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.