Waddell
#5,571 most common boys' name of all time · #13,880 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1908–1990
Rank among boys
#5,571
Rank overall
#13,880 of 105,966
First appeared
1908
Years on the list
72 of 146
All-time
780
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1947 #1,634
Best rank
#1,377 1911
Girls
Boys
peak 22/yr
Waddell first appears in 1908. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | — | 5 | 5 | #8,254 |
| 1985 | — | 9 | 9 | #4,405 |
| 1983 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,379 |
| 1982 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,095 |
| 1980 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,380 |
| 1979 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,467 |
| 1978 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,649 |
| 1977 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,235 |
| 1976 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,093 |
| 1975 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,403 |
| 1971 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,066 |
| 1970 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,914 |
| 1969 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,161 |
| 1968 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,266 |
| 1966 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,636 |
| 1965 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,044 |
| 1964 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,120 |
| 1963 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,469 |
| 1962 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,915 |
| 1961 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,603 |
| 1960 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,469 |
| 1959 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,234 |
| 1958 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,313 |
| 1957 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,108 |
| 1956 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,134 |
| 1955 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,493 |
| 1954 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,260 |
| 1953 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,794 |
| 1952 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,597 |
| 1951 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,946 |
| 1950 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,069 |
| 1949 | — | 15 | 15 | #1,990 |
| 1948 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,737 |
| 1947 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,634 |
| 1946 | — | 14 | 14 | #1,998 |
| 1945 | — | 15 | 15 | #1,820 |
| 1944 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,143 |
| 1943 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,647 |
| 1942 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,213 |
| 1941 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,577 |
| 1940 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,749 |
| 1939 | — | 7 | 7 | #2,942 |
| 1938 | — | 14 | 14 | #1,953 |
| 1937 | — | 14 | 14 | #1,958 |
| 1936 | — | 14 | 14 | #1,931 |
| 1935 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,458 |
| 1934 | — | 15 | 15 | #1,904 |
| 1933 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,688 |
| 1932 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,395 |
| 1931 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,403 |
| 1930 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,531 |
| 1929 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,873 |
| 1928 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,575 |
| 1927 | — | 17 | 17 | #2,012 |
| 1926 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,642 |
| 1925 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,056 |
| 1924 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,822 |
| 1923 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,288 |
| 1922 | — | 17 | 17 | #2,004 |
| 1921 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,715 |
| 1920 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,289 |
| 1919 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,949 |
| 1918 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,219 |
| 1917 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,236 |
| 1916 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,276 |
| 1915 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,181 |
| 1914 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,397 |
| 1913 | — | 5 | 5 | #2,984 |
| 1912 | — | 6 | 6 | #2,414 |
| 1911 | — | 8 | 8 | #1,377 |
| 1910 | — | 7 | 7 | #1,412 |
| 1908 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,583 |