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.

Wydell*

#19,125 most common boys' name of all time · #50,184 across all names · 91% male / 9% female · used 1931–1993 · notable crossover

Rank among boys
#19,125
Rank overall
#50,184 of 105,966
First appeared
1931
Years on the list
10 of 146
All-time
55
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1973 #4,243
Best rank
#3,866 1957
Girls Boys peak 7/yr
194019601980

Wydell first appears in 1931. 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
1993 — 5 5 #9,000
1990 — 5 5 #8,438
1977 — 5 5 #6,175
1973 — 7 7 #4,243
1966 — 5 5 #4,299
1962 — 6 6 #3,891
1959 — 6 6 #3,887
1957 — 6 6 #3,866
1952 — 5 5 #4,140
1931 5 — 5 —