How Many People Are Named Wardell?
people named Wardell are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 158,380 people in the US has this name
Based on 4,326 babies named Wardell in Social Security records from 1896 to 2020, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
87 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From a surname which was derived from a place name meaning "watch hill" in Old English.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Wardell (99.7%) were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Wardell alive today is about 59 years old, and 55% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 47 and 73 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Wardell first appears in the records in 1896 and was given most often in 1950, to 87 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2020.
Babies given the name each year, 1896 to 2020
🏆 Rank History
Wardell has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #730, in 1935.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #730 (1935) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #833 in the 1950s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Wardell alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Wardell were born in Mississippi than in any other state: about 171 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Wardell was given 18.4 times as often in Mississippi, 7.1 times in Louisiana and 6.4 times in South Carolina.
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