Windell is an uncommon boys' name that peaked in 1940 and has since faded.
Windell is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #10,623 for boy births in the United States (and #21,897 across all names), given to 7 babies. Windell was first reported in SSA data in 1914 and peaked in 1941 (117 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | 7 | — | #10,623 |
| 2023 | 6 | 6 | — | #12,171 |
| 2022 | 5 | 5 | — | #14,229 |
| 2021 | 7 | 7 | — | #10,737 |
| 2018 | 6 | 6 | — | #12,072 |
| 2010 | 6 | 6 | — | #12,147 |
| 2008 | 6 | 6 | — | #12,482 |
| 2004 | 12 | 12 | — | #6,502 |
| 2002 | 6 | 6 | — | #10,621 |
| 2001 | 9 | 9 | — | #7,505 |
| 2000 | 11 | 11 | — | #6,299 |
| 1998 | 5 | 5 | — | #11,267 |
| 1997 | 11 | — | — | #5,633 |
| 1996 | 10 | — | — | #5,968 |
| 1995 | 8 | — | — | #6,970 |
| 1994 | 8 | — | — | #6,951 |
| 1993 | 11 | — | — | #5,347 |
| 1992 | 18 | — | — | #3,602 |
| 1991 | 10 | — | — | #5,503 |
| 1990 | 20 | — | — | #3,163 |
| 1989 | 20 | — | — | #3,089 |
| 1988 | 16 | — | — | #3,345 |
| 1987 | 14 | — | — | #3,515 |
| 1986 | 9 | — | — | #4,839 |
| 1985 | 10 | — | — | #4,324 |
| 1984 | 11 | — | — | #3,919 |
| 1983 | 14 | — | — | #3,225 |
| 1982 | 26 | — | — | #2,108 |
| 1981 | 18 | — | — | #2,678 |
| 1980 | 30 | — | — | #1,908 |
| 1979 | 17 | — | — | #2,775 |
| 1978 | 14 | — | — | #3,067 |
| 1977 | 16 | — | — | #2,787 |
| 1976 | 26 | — | — | #1,929 |
| 1975 | 25 | — | — | #1,946 |
| 1974 | 20 | — | — | #2,197 |
| 1973 | 16 | — | — | #2,511 |
| 1972 | 31 | — | — | #1,565 |
| 1971 | 31 | — | — | #1,595 |
| 1970 | 27 | — | — | #1,698 |
| 1969 | 28 | — | — | #1,567 |
| 1968 | 31 | — | — | #1,426 |
| 1967 | 30 | — | — | #1,409 |
| 1966 | 44 | — | #6,553 | #1,236 |
| 1965 | 43 | — | — | #1,162 |
| 1964 | 49 | — | — | #1,095 |
| 1963 | 51 | — | — | #1,080 |
| 1962 | 47 | — | — | #1,136 |
| 1961 | 66 | — | — | #949 |
| 1960 | 63 | — | — | #963 |
| 1959 | 50 | — | — | #1,100 |
| 1958 | 56 | — | — | #1,025 |
| 1957 | 62 | — | — | #970 |
| 1956 | 54 | — | — | #1,031 |
| 1955 | 50 | — | #6,719 | #1,112 |
| 1954 | 55 | — | — | #1,019 |
| 1953 | 56 | — | — | #965 |
| 1952 | 57 | — | — | #952 |
| 1951 | 53 | — | — | #971 |
| 1950 | 53 | — | — | #959 |
| 1949 | 56 | — | — | #934 |
| 1948 | 55 | — | — | #944 |
| 1947 | 46 | — | — | #1,079 |
| 1946 | 50 | — | — | #951 |
| 1945 | 39 | — | — | #1,036 |
| 1944 | 46 | — | — | #962 |
| 1943 | 72 | — | — | #772 |
| 1942 | 77 | — | #5,366 | #759 |
| 1941 | 117 | — | — | #557 |
| 1940 | 121 | — | #5,013 | #549 |
| 1939 | 53 | — | — | #845 |
| 1938 | 45 | — | — | #950 |
| 1937 | 49 | — | — | #894 |
| 1936 | 51 | — | — | #860 |
| 1935 | 24 | — | — | #1,421 |
| 1934 | 39 | — | — | #1,058 |
| 1933 | 41 | — | — | #1,012 |
| 1932 | 37 | — | — | #1,125 |
| 1931 | 33 | — | — | #1,216 |
| 1930 | 32 | — | — | #1,280 |
| 1929 | 32 | — | — | #1,271 |
| 1928 | 19 | — | — | #1,821 |
| 1927 | 32 | — | — | #1,321 |
| 1926 | 39 | — | — | #1,160 |
| 1925 | 35 | — | — | #1,223 |
| 1924 | 32 | — | — | #1,328 |
| 1923 | 32 | — | — | #1,299 |
| 1922 | 23 | — | — | #1,642 |
| 1921 | 25 | — | — | #1,545 |
| 1920 | 25 | — | — | #1,542 |
| 1919 | 21 | — | — | #1,691 |
| 1918 | 19 | — | — | #1,825 |
| 1917 | 8 | — | — | #3,211 |
| 1916 | 8 | — | — | #3,170 |
| 1915 | 12 | — | — | #2,305 |
| 1914 | 11 | — | — | #2,098 |