Wynell — girls' name
1,027 babies named Wynell in U.S. Social Security records since 1913, with the highest year being 1932. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
33% of everyone ever named Wynell was born in this single decade.
41 babies were named Wynell in 1932 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Wynell
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,027 babies named Wynell between 1913 and 1976, spanning 64 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Wynell currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1976. The name reached its historical peak in 1932, when 41 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Wynell performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 335 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Wynell shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Alabama, which accounts for 176 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Wynell in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Wynell 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 1,027 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.
Wynell at a glance
Last recorded 1976Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Wynell popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1976–1913
- Peak year (1932)
- 41
- Annual births at peak — across 64 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1976.
1,027 total births across 64 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1932 with 41 births in a single year.
Wynell popularity over time — boys
6 total births recorded since 1977 (Wynell as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Wynell accounts for 1% of total recorded use across both genders.
Wynell by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1930s
- 335 births that decade — 33% of Wynell's all-time total
Wynell decade highlights
- Peak decade 335 births
- Runner-up 244 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1930s was Wynell's strongest decade
335 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 33% of all-time use.
Wynell by state
Where Wynell concentrates geographically — total births since 1913
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Alabama | | 176 | 17.1% |
| #2 | Texas | | 157 | 15.3% |
| #3 | Georgia | | 153 | 14.9% |
| #4 | Florida | | 6 | 0.6% |
| #5 | Tennessee | | 5 | 0.5% |
176 of 1,027 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Alabama 17.1% of nationwide
- Texas 15.3% of nationwide
- Georgia 14.9% of nationwide
- Florida 0.6% of nationwide
- Tennessee 0.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 5 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Alabama accounts for 17.1% 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, 1913–1976 (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.