Waddell is a rare boys' name that was most common in the 1940s and has all but disappeared.
Waddell is a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 1990. Waddell was first reported in SSA data in 1908 and peaked in 1947 (22 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 5 | — | #9,441 |
| 1985 | 9 | — | #4,677 |
| 1983 | 5 | — | #7,300 |
| 1982 | 7 | — | #5,609 |
| 1980 | 5 | — | #7,261 |
| 1979 | 6 | — | #6,031 |
| 1978 | 7 | — | #5,038 |
| 1977 | 6 | — | #5,822 |
| 1976 | 8 | — | #4,402 |
| 1975 | 7 | — | #4,786 |
| 1971 | 7 | — | #4,363 |
| 1970 | 7 | — | #4,218 |
| 1969 | 16 | — | #2,214 |
| 1968 | 5 | — | #4,730 |
| 1966 | 6 | — | #3,931 |
| 1965 | 5 | — | #4,412 |
| 1964 | 8 | — | #3,275 |
| 1963 | 12 | — | #2,535 |
| 1962 | 9 | — | #3,030 |
| 1961 | 11 | — | #2,700 |
| 1960 | 12 | — | #2,531 |
| 1959 | 14 | — | #2,291 |
| 1958 | 13 | — | #2,365 |
| 1957 | 8 | — | #3,249 |
| 1956 | 15 | — | #2,165 |
| 1955 | 11 | — | #2,550 |
| 1954 | 13 | — | #2,315 |
| 1953 | 9 | — | #2,896 |
| 1952 | 10 | — | #2,670 |
| 1951 | 16 | — | #1,968 |
| 1950 | 14 | — | #2,108 |
| 1949 | 15 | — | #2,018 |
| 1948 | 19 | — | #1,756 |
| 1947 | 22 | — | #1,644 |
| 1946 | 14 | — | #2,027 |
| 1945 | 15 | — | #1,848 |
| 1944 | 12 | — | #2,189 |
| 1943 | 9 | — | #2,725 |
| 1942 | 12 | — | #2,263 |
| 1941 | 9 | — | #2,647 |
| 1940 | 8 | — | #2,858 |
| 1939 | 7 | — | #3,100 |
| 1938 | 14 | — | #1,972 |
| 1937 | 14 | — | #1,988 |
| 1936 | 14 | — | #1,958 |
| 1935 | 10 | — | #2,524 |
| 1934 | 15 | — | #1,929 |
| 1933 | 18 | — | #1,703 |
| 1932 | 11 | — | #2,458 |
| 1931 | 11 | — | #2,467 |
| 1930 | 11 | — | #2,604 |
| 1929 | 9 | — | #2,972 |
| 1928 | 11 | — | #2,646 |
| 1927 | 17 | — | #2,028 |
| 1926 | 11 | — | #2,716 |
| 1925 | 16 | — | #2,085 |
| 1924 | 20 | — | #1,837 |
| 1923 | 14 | — | #2,328 |
| 1922 | 17 | — | #2,035 |
| 1921 | 11 | — | #2,796 |
| 1920 | 14 | — | #2,332 |
| 1919 | 17 | — | #1,968 |
| 1918 | 14 | — | #2,256 |
| 1917 | 13 | — | #2,278 |
| 1916 | 7 | — | #3,495 |
| 1915 | 7 | — | #3,374 |
| 1914 | 5 | — | #3,741 |
| 1913 | 5 | — | #3,243 |
| 1912 | 6 | — | #2,527 |
| 1911 | 8 | — | #1,380 |
| 1910 | 7 | — | #1,414 |
| 1908 | 5 | — | #1,578 |