Windell
Recorded 1914–2025 · United States
Windell was most popular in 1940, when 121 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,134 that year. In 2025 it ranked #20,040, with 7 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 3,027 people named Windell.
Windell over time
How old is the name Windell?
Windell first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1914, which makes it about 111 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 96 of the 112 years since.
How many people are named Windell?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 3,027 American births named Windell between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 1,650 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Windell in 2025?
7 American babies were named Windell in 2025, ranking #20,040 that year.
Is Windell getting more or less popular?
Windell is new. It was not recorded at all a decade ago and averaged 6 births a year across 2021–2025.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Is Windell a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Windell is a boy’s name — 0.7% of the 3,027 Americans given it were girls and 99.3% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Windell?
Roughly 1,650 Americans named Windell are alive today — 55% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 65 years old, and half are between 51 and 75.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Where Windell is most concentrated
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org