Wydell — boys' name

What the Data Says About Wydell

The Social Security Administration has registered 50 babies named Wydell between 1952 and 1993, spanning 42 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Wydell currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1993. The name reached its historical peak in 1973, when 7 babies received it in a single year. Wydell is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 5 additional births since 1931.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Wydell performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 17 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Wydell shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Wydell 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 50 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.