Wyndell — #12500 US boys' name
342 babies named Wyndell in U.S. Social Security records since 1927, with the highest year being 1971. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 12% of names given to boys today.
27% of everyone ever named Wyndell was born in this single decade.
15 babies were named Wyndell in 1971 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Wyndell
The Social Security Administration has registered 342 babies named Wyndell between 1927 and 2024, spanning 98 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Wyndell currently holds the #12500 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1971, when 15 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Wyndell performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 92 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Wyndell shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 15 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Wyndell in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Wyndell 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 342 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.
Wyndell at a glance
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Current rank
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Wyndell popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1927
- Peak year (1971)
- 15
- Annual births at peak — across 98 years of records
Currently ranks #12500 among boys.
342 total births across 98 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1971 with 15 births in a single year.
Wyndell by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 92 births that decade — 27% of Wyndell's all-time total
Wyndell decade highlights
- Peak decade 92 births
- Runner-up 72 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Wyndell's strongest decade
92 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 27% of all-time use.
Wyndell by state
Where Wyndell concentrates geographically — total births since 1927
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Georgia | | 15 | 4.4% |
15 of 342 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Georgia 4.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Georgia accounts for 4.4% 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, 1927–2024 (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.