How Many People Are Named Windel?
An estimated 118 people in the United States have the first name Windel. It is almost exclusively a male name. The average bearer is 71 years old, and Windel peaked in popularity in 1941 with 15 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Windel as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Windel paired with any surname.
Key Insights
- With an average bearer age of 71, Windel is a vintage name most associated with earlier generations. Most living bearers were born before 1965.
Estimated Living Americans
118
About 1 in 2,904,698 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
100.0% confidence
Average Age
71
years old
Peak Year
1941
15 births
Total Registered
234
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Windel
Windel is almost exclusively a male name. Out of 234 total births registered, 100.0% were male.
Windel as a male name
Ranked #7,348 in 1982
5 male births in 1982
Peak: 1941 (15 births)
Windel: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Windel span from the 1920s to the 1980s, covering 7 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1940s, when 58 babies were registered. Windel has declined significantly from its peak in the 1940s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Windel by Decade
How has Windel tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Windel + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Windel as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Windel
Other first names starting with W with a similar number of bearers.
Windel: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Windel?
We estimate approximately 118 people named Windel are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 2,904,698 Americans share this first name.
Is Windel a common name?
Windel is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 67% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 234 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Windel most popular?
Windel reached peak popularity in 1941, when 15 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Windel is approximately 71 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Windel a male name?
Windel is predominantly male. 100.0% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Windel Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Windel Smith, Windel Johnson, Windel Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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