Masculine dossier · first seen 1896

Wardell

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Wardell
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Decline Gradual decline from 1950

Peak era

1950

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Below reporting floor

Generation

Boomer

1896Peak 19502024

Peak year

1950

Decline from peak

100%

2024

All-time

4,290

Wardell is past its period of maximum cultural dominance, but it has not disappeared. Unlike names that burn out quickly, it still carries enough usage to remain cross-generational rather than purely nostalgic.

Your name peaked in 1950, when 87 boys were named Wardell.

No boys were recorded with this name in 2024 — at least not five of them (the SSA's reporting floor).

Down 100% from its peak.

All told, about 4,290 Americans have been named Wardell and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1896.

Rarity scoreStatistical floor

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryGradual decline from 1950

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