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.

Wandell*

#16,361 most common boys' name of all time · #42,725 across all names · 94% male / 6% female · used 1923–1980 · notable crossover

Rank among boys
#16,361
Rank overall
#42,725 of 105,966
First appeared
1923
Years on the list
15 of 146
All-time
87
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1923 #3,466
Best rank
#3,088 1944
Girls Boys peak 8/yr
194019601980

Wandell first appears in 1923. 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
1980 — 6 6 #5,756
1974 — 5 5 #5,479
1973 — 5 5 #5,377
1966 — 5 5 #4,261
1958 — 6 6 #3,824
1952 — 5 5 #4,102
1951 — 6 6 #3,634
1944 — 7 7 #3,088
1933 — 5 5 #4,093
1932 5 — 5 —
1929 — 6 6 #3,914
1928 — 5 5 #4,646
1926 — 5 5 #4,726
1925 — 8 8 #3,399
1923 — 8 8 #3,466