Wavell
The Story of Wavell
Wavell first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1942, with 7 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1942: 7 births, good for #2,940 nationwide. Wavell last appeared in the published SSA data in 1942, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 7 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1940s to the 2020s.
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About the name Wavell
Wavell is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1942 and has accumulated 7 births in the dataset. Wavell's peak popularity came in 1942 when it ranked #2,940. Use the chart and map above to compare Wavell's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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