Wardell is an uncommon boys' name that peaked in 1950 and has since faded.
Wardell is predominantly a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2020. Wardell first appears in 1896 and peaked in 1950 (87 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 5 | 5 | — | #13,940 |
| 2019 | 6 | 6 | — | #12,055 |
| 2016 | 6 | 6 | — | #12,096 |
| 2015 | 6 | 6 | — | #12,014 |
| 2013 | 7 | 7 | — | #10,670 |
| 2012 | 8 | 8 | — | #9,665 |
| 2011 | 5 | 5 | — | #14,237 |
| 2010 | 10 | 10 | — | #8,101 |
| 2009 | 12 | 12 | — | #7,211 |
| 2008 | 6 | 6 | — | #12,472 |
| 2007 | 6 | 6 | — | #12,286 |
| 2006 | 14 | 14 | — | #6,076 |
| 2005 | 5 | 5 | — | #13,272 |
| 2004 | 12 | 12 | — | #6,501 |
| 2003 | 8 | 8 | — | #8,600 |
| 2002 | 6 | 6 | — | #10,612 |
| 2001 | 10 | 10 | — | #6,913 |
| 2000 | 10 | 10 | — | #6,811 |
| 1999 | 9 | 9 | — | #7,110 |
| 1998 | 6 | 6 | — | #9,595 |
| 1997 | 14 | — | — | #4,658 |
| 1996 | 9 | — | — | #6,477 |
| 1995 | 12 | — | — | #5,111 |
| 1994 | 16 | — | — | #4,086 |
| 1993 | 13 | — | — | #4,686 |
| 1992 | 19 | — | — | #3,456 |
| 1991 | 14 | — | — | #4,218 |
| 1990 | 23 | — | — | #2,863 |
| 1989 | 22 | — | — | #2,896 |
| 1988 | 30 | — | — | #2,140 |
| 1987 | 21 | — | — | #2,636 |
| 1986 | 41 | — | — | #1,616 |
| 1985 | 23 | — | — | #2,354 |
| 1984 | 16 | — | — | #2,951 |
| 1983 | 28 | — | — | #1,953 |
| 1982 | 28 | — | — | #1,997 |
| 1981 | 22 | — | — | #2,336 |
| 1980 | 27 | — | — | #2,054 |
| 1979 | 28 | — | — | #1,941 |
| 1978 | 30 | — | — | #1,792 |
| 1977 | 28 | — | — | #1,854 |
| 1976 | 36 | — | — | #1,538 |
| 1975 | 38 | — | — | #1,452 |
| 1974 | 39 | — | — | #1,386 |
| 1973 | 35 | — | — | #1,462 |
| 1972 | 47 | — | — | #1,209 |
| 1971 | 38 | — | — | #1,399 |
| 1970 | 36 | — | — | #1,415 |
| 1969 | 37 | — | — | #1,325 |
| 1968 | 46 | — | — | #1,117 |
| 1967 | 34 | — | — | #1,311 |
| 1966 | 42 | — | — | #1,162 |
| 1965 | 47 | — | — | #1,091 |
| 1964 | 48 | — | — | #1,113 |
| 1963 | 50 | — | — | #1,092 |
| 1962 | 64 | — | — | #952 |
| 1961 | 57 | — | — | #1,041 |
| 1960 | 71 | — | — | #903 |
| 1959 | 79 | — | — | #862 |
| 1958 | 80 | — | — | #849 |
| 1957 | 67 | — | — | #927 |
| 1956 | 86 | — | — | #808 |
| 1955 | 82 | — | — | #811 |
| 1954 | 71 | — | — | #875 |
| 1953 | 68 | — | — | #876 |
| 1952 | 84 | — | — | #768 |
| 1951 | 75 | — | — | #819 |
| 1950 | 87 | — | — | #740 |
| 1949 | 84 | — | — | #752 |
| 1948 | 80 | — | — | #759 |
| 1947 | 66 | — | — | #860 |
| 1946 | 63 | — | — | #837 |
| 1945 | 66 | — | — | #759 |
| 1944 | 66 | — | #5,226 | #809 |
| 1943 | 65 | — | — | #822 |
| 1942 | 74 | — | #3,727 | #794 |
| 1941 | 64 | — | — | #785 |
| 1940 | 61 | — | — | #800 |
| 1939 | 51 | — | — | #866 |
| 1938 | 41 | — | — | #1,007 |
| 1937 | 52 | — | — | #857 |
| 1936 | 49 | — | — | #881 |
| 1935 | 71 | — | — | #730 |
| 1934 | 70 | — | — | #732 |
| 1933 | 60 | — | — | #798 |
| 1932 | 64 | — | — | #801 |
| 1931 | 43 | — | — | #1,029 |
| 1930 | 44 | — | — | #1,051 |
| 1929 | 65 | — | #5,257 | #857 |
| 1928 | 59 | — | — | #870 |
| 1927 | 62 | — | — | #865 |
| 1926 | 54 | — | — | #930 |
| 1925 | 60 | — | #5,745 | #914 |
| 1924 | 56 | — | — | #943 |
| 1923 | 48 | — | — | #1,023 |
| 1922 | 58 | — | #5,765 | #973 |
| 1921 | 52 | — | — | #980 |
| 1920 | 50 | — | — | #984 |
| 1919 | 51 | — | — | #948 |
| 1918 | 59 | — | #3,857 | #941 |
| 1917 | 40 | — | — | #1,061 |
| 1916 | 40 | — | — | #1,027 |
| 1915 | 33 | — | — | #1,138 |
| 1914 | 18 | — | — | #1,488 |
| 1913 | 22 | — | — | #1,109 |
| 1912 | 20 | — | — | #1,055 |
| 1911 | 11 | — | — | #1,115 |
| 1910 | 11 | — | — | #1,040 |
| 1909 | 15 | — | — | #753 |
| 1908 | 7 | — | — | #1,212 |
| 1907 | 5 | — | — | #1,541 |
| 1904 | 9 | — | — | #871 |
| 1902 | 9 | — | — | #860 |
| 1900 | 6 | — | — | #1,296 |
| 1896 | 7 | — | — | #977 |