Wardell
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- wor-DEL
- Origin
- English
Wardell is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “watch hill”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Wardell mean?
English: surname from Wardle, an English place name
“watch hill”
Jazz tenor saxophonist Wardell Gray (1921-1955) was a notable bearer.
Is Wardell a girl's or a boy's name?
Wardell is a boys' name.
How popular is Wardell in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1950, with 87 boys. It first appears in the records in 1896.
Half of all the boys named Wardell in the US since 1880 were born between 1933 and 1965, the years shaded on the chart below.
Wardell in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 8 | #8,858 |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 10 | #7,585 |
| 2009 | 12 | #6,798 |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
| 2006 | 14 | #5,777 |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 12 | #6,132 |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 10 | #6,438 |
| 2000 | 10 | #6,309 |
| 1999 | 9 | #6,524 |
| 1998 | 6 | #8,472 |
| 1997 | 14 | #4,446 |
| 1996 | 9 | #5,975 |
| 1995 | 12 | #4,785 |
| 1994 | 16 | #3,905 |
| 1993 | 13 | #4,440 |
| 1992 | 19 | #3,331 |
| 1991 | 14 | #3,998 |
| 1990 | 23 | #2,774 |
| 1989 | 22 | #2,778 |
| 1988 | 30 | #2,085 |
| 1987 | 21 | #2,555 |
| 1986 | 41 | #1,587 |
| 1985 | 23 | #2,292 |
| 1984 | 16 | #2,823 |
| 1983 | 28 | #1,904 |
| 1982 | 28 | #1,928 |
| 1981 | 22 | #2,269 |
| 1980 | 27 | #2,003 |
| 1979 | 28 | #1,903 |
| 1978 | 30 | #1,760 |
| 1977 | 28 | #1,823 |
| 1976 | 36 | #1,501 |
| 1975 | 38 | #1,429 |
| 1974 | 39 | #1,370 |
| 1973 | 35 | #1,435 |
| 1972 | 47 | #1,196 |
| 1971 | 38 | #1,378 |
| 1970 | 36 | #1,395 |
| 1969 | 37 | #1,302 |
| 1968 | 46 | #1,100 |
| 1967 | 34 | #1,286 |
| 1966 | 42 | #1,149 |
| 1965 | 47 | #1,081 |
| 1964 | 48 | #1,095 |
| 1963 | 50 | #1,080 |
| 1962 | 64 | #946 |
| 1961 | 57 | #1,034 |
| 1960 | 71 | #896 |
| 1959 | 79 | #853 |
| 1958 | 80 | #843 |
| 1957 | 67 | #924 |
| 1956 | 86 | #803 |
| 1955 | 82 | #806 |
| 1954 | 71 | #867 |
| 1953 | 68 | #867 |
| 1952 | 84 | #765 |
| 1951 | 75 | #812 |
| 1950 | 87 | #735 |
| 1949 | 84 | #748 |
| 1948 | 80 | #755 |
| 1947 | 66 | #853 |
| 1946 | 63 | #826 |
| 1945 | 66 | #753 |
| 1944 | 61 | #801 |
| 1943 | 65 | #817 |
| 1942 | 66 | #791 |
| 1941 | 64 | #778 |
| 1940 | 61 | #792 |
| 1939 | 51 | #857 |
| 1938 | 41 | #992 |
| 1937 | 52 | #845 |
| 1936 | 49 | #873 |
| 1935 | 71 | #725 |
| 1934 | 70 | #730 |
| 1933 | 60 | #788 |
| 1932 | 64 | #793 |
| 1931 | 43 | #1,015 |
| 1930 | 44 | #1,037 |
| 1929 | 60 | #844 |
| 1928 | 59 | #862 |
| 1927 | 62 | #858 |
| 1926 | 54 | #916 |
| 1925 | 55 | #909 |
| 1924 | 56 | #937 |
| 1923 | 48 | #1,008 |
| 1922 | 53 | #958 |
| 1921 | 52 | #973 |
| 1920 | 50 | #975 |
| 1919 | 51 | #938 |
| 1918 | 51 | #933 |
| 1917 | 40 | #1,033 |
| 1916 | 40 | #1,013 |
| 1915 | 33 | #1,124 |
| 1914 | 18 | #1,441 |
| 1913 | 22 | #1,075 |
| 1912 | 20 | #1,023 |
| 1911 | 11 | #1,037 |
| 1910 | 11 | #980 |
| 1909 | 15 | #714 |
| 1908 | 7 | #1,112 |
| 1907 | 5 | #1,344 |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 9 | #810 |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 9 | #793 |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 6 | #1,161 |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 7 | #899 |
Names like Wardell
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Wardell: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/wardell, updated 20 October 2026.