boys:
316 births since 1915
#4270 (7th percentile)
overall:
316 births since 1915
#7423 (4th percentile)
The name Wadell is the #7,423 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 316 recorded births since 1915. This represents the 4.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 4.1% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,270 (6.8% percentile) for all time with 316 births since 1915.
Wadell first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1915 (first recorded for boys in 1915). Birth data for Wadell is available in 44 out of the 81 years between 1915 and 1995. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For boys, Wadell reached its peak popularity in 1932, achieving the 1.7% percentile (ranked #521) with 13 births per million. The name was most common in 1932, with 13 births per million (ranked 1.7% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1995.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Wadell".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Wadell. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 73.0% confident that Wadell is pronounced as wuh-DEHL, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is wah-DEHL, at 18.9% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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