Windell
Last seen for girls in 1966 at #5,809 · #9,714 for boys in 2025, 7 births
Given to boys 99.3% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1940 · 116 births
- Debut · boys
- 11 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,006since 1914
Windell over time
Rank among boys' names. Windell has never cracked the top 500 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #9,714 | 7 | |
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | #10,821 | 6 | |
| 2022 | — | #12,330 | 5 | |
| 2021 | — | #9,714 | 7 | |
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | #10,760 | 6 | |
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | #10,766 | 6 | |
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | — | #11,037 | 6 | |
| 2007 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | — | — | ||
| 2005 | — | — | ||
| 2004 | — | #6,138 | 12 | |
| 2003 | — | — | ||
| 2002 | — | #9,392 | 6 | |
| 2001 | — | #6,935 | 9 | |
| 2000 | — | #5,920 | 11 | |
| 1999 | — | — | ||
| 1998 | — | #9,631 | 5 | |
| 1997 | — | #5,288 | 11 | |
| 1996 | — | #5,535 | 10 | |
| 1995 | — | #6,407 | 8 | |
| 1994 | — | #6,372 | 8 | |
| 1993 | — | #5,002 | 11 | |
| 1992 | — | #3,459 | 18 | |
| 1991 | — | #5,096 | 10 | |
| 1990 | — | #3,058 | 20 | |
| 1989 | — | #2,989 | 20 | |
| 1988 | — | #3,203 | 16 | |
| 1987 | — | #3,339 | 14 | |
| 1986 | — | #4,457 | 9 | |
| 1985 | — | #4,052 | 10 | |
| 1984 | — | #3,701 | 11 | |
| 1983 | — | #3,071 | 14 | |
| 1982 | — | #2,059 | 26 | |
| 1981 | — | #2,569 | 18 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,852 | 30 | |
| 1979 | — | #2,669 | 17 | |
| 1978 | — | #2,929 | 14 | |
| 1977 | — | #2,665 | 16 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,873 | 26 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,884 | 25 | |
| 1974 | — | #2,129 | 20 | |
| 1973 | — | #2,405 | 16 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,535 | 31 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,560 | 31 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,658 | 27 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,526 | 28 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,393 | 31 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,388 | 30 | |
| 1966 | #5,809 | 6 | #1,216 | 38 |
| 1965 | — | #1,144 | 43 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,082 | 49 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,069 | 51 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,121 | 47 | |
| 1961 | — | #940 | 66 | |
| 1960 | — | #951 | 63 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,090 | 50 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,018 | 56 | |
| 1957 | — | #966 | 62 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,019 | 54 | |
| 1955 | #5,828 | 5 | #1,105 | 45 |
| 1954 | — | #1,007 | 55 | |
| 1953 | — | #959 | 56 | |
| 1952 | — | #939 | 57 | |
| 1951 | — | #963 | 53 | |
| 1950 | — | #948 | 53 | |
| 1949 | — | #923 | 56 | |
| 1948 | — | #933 | 55 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,064 | 46 | |
| 1946 | — | #944 | 50 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,016 | 39 | |
| 1944 | — | #949 | 46 | |
| 1943 | — | #768 | 72 | |
| 1942 | #4,622 | 5 | #755 | 72 |
| 1941 | — | #553 | 117 | |
| 1940 | #4,349 | 5 | #545 | 116 |
| 1939 | — | #836 | 53 | |
| 1938 | — | #939 | 45 | |
| 1937 | — | #880 | 49 | |
| 1936 | — | #853 | 51 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,390 | 24 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,038 | 39 | |
| 1933 | — | #995 | 41 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,110 | 37 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,194 | 33 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,259 | 32 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,237 | 32 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,760 | 19 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,293 | 32 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,144 | 39 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,201 | 35 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,287 | 32 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,275 | 32 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,591 | 23 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,509 | 25 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,505 | 25 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,624 | 21 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,767 | 19 | |
| 1917 | — | #2,956 | 8 | |
| 1916 | — | #2,926 | 8 | |
| 1915 | — | #2,184 | 12 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,975 | 11 | |
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| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Windell! It came in at #1,975, and was given to 11 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1998–1999, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Windell is popular in 1940
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Alabama#207 · 1 in 1,517
- Tennessee#239 · 1 in 2,326
- Arkansas#246 · 1 in 1,925
- Kentucky#251 · 1 in 2,380
- West Virginia#303 · 1 in 3,229
Best ever in a state: #207 in Alabama, 1940.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | #207 | 19 | 1 in 1,517 |
| Tennessee | #239 | 12 | 1 in 2,326 |
| Arkansas | #246 | 10 | 1 in 1,925 |
| Kentucky | #251 | 12 | 1 in 2,380 |
| West Virginia | #303 | 6 | 1 in 3,229 |
| South Carolina | #340 | 6 | 1 in 3,536 |
| Georgia | #346 | 8 | 1 in 3,893 |
| Mississippi | #349 | 6 | 1 in 3,633 |
| North Carolina | #371 | 8 | 1 in 4,624 |
| Texas | #491 | 13 | 1 in 4,787 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Windell
- Biggest jump: 537 spots in 1936 (#1,390 → #853)
- Biggest drop: 202 spots in 1942 (#553 → #755)
- Debuted 1914
- Peaked 1940 at #545 (116 births)
- Births halved by 1944, 4 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 20 yrs · run 1936–1944
- Highest: 1 in 9,993 boys born in 1940 were named Windell (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 244,011 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 22.3% of all boys named Windell (669) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 79 | #1,624 (1919) | #2,239 |
| 1920s | 294 | #1,144 (1926) | #1,380 |
| 1930s | 404 | #836 (1939) | #1,049 |
| 1940s | 669 | #545 (1940) | #845 |
| 1950s | 541 | #939 (1952) | #1,001 |
| 1960s | 446 | #940 (1961) | #1,183 |
| 1970s | 223 | #1,535 (1972) | #2,131 |
| 1980s | 168 | #1,852 (1980) | #3,129 |
| 1990s | 101 | #3,058 (1990) | #5,539 |
| 2000s | 44 | #5,920 (2000) | #7,884 |
| 2010s | 12 | #10,760 (2018) | #10,763 |
| 2020s | 25 | #9,714 (2021) | #10,645 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Windell in 1940
Top girls' names in 1940
Top boys' names in 1940
More about 1940
girls
1,143,528 girls got a published name in 1940; 1 in 228,706 of them was named Windell, which outranked 13.5% of the 5,028 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 679 names at #4,349; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,159,172 boys got a published name in 1940; 1 in 9,993 of them was named Windell, which outranked 86.2% of the 3,937 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #541Rafael118
- #541Sherwood118
- #544Lyman117
- #545Windell116
- #545Alden116
- #545Andre116
- #545Bernie116
- #550Barton115
- #550Betty115
- #550Hiram115
Tied with 4 names at #545; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.