Wandell
UnisexBoys' nameGirls' nameMeaning not yet documented
Wandell has been given to 87 babies in the U.S. since 1923. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1923, with 8 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 94% boys, 6% girls all-time.
Babies named Wandell, 1980
1 in 574,000
Wandell over time, 1880–2025
Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
Girls or boys — Wandell over time
In 1980, Wandell went to 0% girls and 100% boys.
A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.
How common is Wandell?
Wandell had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1980, the last year it was published.
- Among all babies, 1980
- 1 in 574,000
- 6 of 3,444,198 births
- Among boys only
- 1 in 297,000
- <0.01% of boys
- Rank, 1980
- Unranked
- Fewer than 5 uses
- Coin-flip room size
- 397,891 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Wandell sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 1980 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 397,891 children born in 1980 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Wandell. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Wandells were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Wandell was born before 1944 — so the typical Wandell is around 81 today.
- Biggest decade
- 1920s
- 39.0% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 32.9%
- Spread across generations
- Recorded since 1950
- 38
- People you could plausibly meet
1920s — 39.0% of all recorded uses (32).
Is Wandell rising or falling?
Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.
- Rank vs 1 year ago
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- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- New entry
- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 10 years ago
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- Not ranked then
- Births vs 10 years ago
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- Not published both years
- Share of its own peak
- 0%
- Peak was 1923 (8)
- Years since peak
- 102
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Shifting
- 18.5% average annual change
Spellings of Wandell
Wandell is not the most common spelling — Randall is, with 65.2% against Wandell's 0.03%.
Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.
Wandell by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a boy's name
Names similar to Wandell
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Wandell
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.