How Many People Are Named Waddell?
people named Waddell are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,116,943 people in the US has this name
Based on 780 babies named Waddell in Social Security records from 1908 to 1990, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
22 births
Trend
Last year given
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Waddell in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Waddell alive today is about 66 years old, and 69% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 56 and 76 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Waddell first appears in the records in 1908 and was given most often in 1947, to 22 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 1990.
Babies given the name each year, 1908 to 1990
🏆 Rank History
Waddell has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,379, in 1911.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #1,379 (1911) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,235 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Waddell alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Waddell were born in North Carolina than in any other state: about 21 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Waddell was given about 24.5 times as often in North Carolina.
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