Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Vandell

#16,432 most common boys' name of all time · #42,916 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1946–1999

Rank among boys
#16,432
Rank overall
#42,916 of 105,966
First appeared
1946
Years on the list
15 of 146
All-time
86
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1988 #4,899
Best rank
#3,816 1966
Girls Boys peak 9/yr
19601980

Vandell first appears in 1946. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
1999 — 7 7 #8,052
1993 — 5 5 #9,036
1990 — 5 5 #8,485
1989 — 6 6 #7,248
1988 — 9 9 #4,899
1985 — 5 5 #6,890
1983 — 6 6 #5,788
1978 — 5 5 #6,128
1973 — 5 5 #5,451
1970 — 6 6 #4,501
1966 — 6 6 #3,816
1960 — 5 5 #4,448
1959 — 6 6 #3,915
1956 — 5 5 #4,337
1946 — 5 5 #4,018