Wendall
Last seen for girls in 1967 at #6,042 · #8,910 for boys in 2025, 8 births
Given to boys 99.8% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1958 · 55 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,433since 1904
Wendall over time
Rank among boys' names. Wendall has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #8,910 | 8 | |
| 2024 | — | #8,987 | 8 | |
| 2023 | — | #9,763 | 7 | |
| 2022 | — | #12,330 | 5 | |
| 2021 | — | #12,146 | 5 | |
| 2020 | — | #7,502 | 10 | |
| 2019 | — | #9,756 | 7 | |
| 2018 | — | #7,136 | 11 | |
| 2017 | — | #6,685 | 12 | |
| 2016 | — | #7,605 | 10 | |
| 2015 | — | #7,491 | 10 | |
| 2014 | — | #7,048 | 11 | |
| 2013 | — | #5,171 | 17 | |
| 2012 | — | #12,274 | 5 | |
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | #7,236 | 11 | |
| 2008 | — | #7,698 | 10 | |
| 2007 | — | #7,590 | 10 | |
| 2006 | — | #7,998 | 9 | |
| 2005 | — | #10,151 | 6 | |
| 2004 | — | #7,536 | 9 | |
| 2003 | — | #7,831 | 8 | |
| 2002 | — | #7,643 | 8 | |
| 2001 | — | #6,013 | 11 | |
| 2000 | — | #5,588 | 12 | |
| 1999 | — | #9,912 | 5 | |
| 1998 | — | #9,631 | 5 | |
| 1997 | — | #4,668 | 13 | |
| 1996 | — | #4,613 | 13 | |
| 1995 | — | #4,508 | 13 | |
| 1994 | — | #3,469 | 19 | |
| 1993 | — | #3,661 | 17 | |
| 1992 | — | #6,128 | 8 | |
| 1991 | — | #4,760 | 11 | |
| 1990 | — | #3,467 | 17 | |
| 1989 | — | #3,446 | 16 | |
| 1988 | — | #2,961 | 18 | |
| 1987 | — | #2,400 | 23 | |
| 1986 | — | #3,653 | 12 | |
| 1985 | — | #2,171 | 25 | |
| 1984 | — | #2,956 | 15 | |
| 1983 | — | #2,912 | 15 | |
| 1982 | — | #3,108 | 14 | |
| 1981 | — | #2,779 | 16 | |
| 1980 | — | #2,729 | 17 | |
| 1979 | — | #2,897 | 15 | |
| 1978 | — | #3,215 | 12 | |
| 1977 | — | #2,361 | 19 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,999 | 24 | |
| 1975 | — | #2,205 | 20 | |
| 1974 | — | #2,199 | 19 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,782 | 25 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,418 | 36 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,597 | 30 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,582 | 29 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,414 | 32 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,366 | 32 | |
| 1967 | #6,042 | 6 | #1,043 | 49 |
| 1966 | — | #1,073 | 47 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,271 | 36 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,147 | 45 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,151 | 45 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,108 | 48 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,121 | 49 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,210 | 42 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,182 | 43 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,026 | 55 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,185 | 43 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,203 | 40 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,198 | 39 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,333 | 32 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,508 | 25 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,111 | 43 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,430 | 27 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,395 | 27 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,754 | 18 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,487 | 24 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,336 | 30 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,355 | 27 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,406 | 22 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,890 | 14 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,368 | 26 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,298 | 29 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,532 | 20 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,368 | 24 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,323 | 25 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,275 | 27 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,528 | 20 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,296 | 26 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,165 | 32 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,077 | 37 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,586 | 19 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,254 | 29 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,394 | 25 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,399 | 27 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,173 | 35 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,413 | 27 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,163 | 38 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,278 | 32 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,184 | 36 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,414 | 28 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,696 | 21 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,952 | 17 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,390 | 29 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,457 | 26 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,973 | 16 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,905 | 17 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,986 | 15 | |
| 1916 | — | #2,926 | 8 | |
| 1915 | — | #2,070 | 13 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,772 | 13 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,945 | 9 | |
| 1912 | — | #2,045 | 7 | |
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | — | — | ||
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | #1,205 | 5 | |
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | — | ||
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| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Wendall! It came in at #1,205, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1904–1911, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Wendall
- 77 spots since 2024 (#8,987 → #8,910)
- 1,408 spots since 2020 (#7,502 → #8,910)
- 1,419 spots since 2015 (#7,491 → #8,910)
- Debuted 1904
- Peaked 1958 at #1,026 (55 births)
- Births halved by 1973, 15 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 25,624 boys born in 1904 were named Wendall (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 213,509 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,026 in 1958, was only 1 in 38,589 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 17.5% of all boys named Wendall (425) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 5 | #1,205 (1904) | #1,205 |
| 1910s | 98 | #1,772 (1914) | #2,078 |
| 1920s | 289 | #1,163 (1927) | #1,412 |
| 1930s | 267 | #1,077 (1934) | #1,330 |
| 1940s | 234 | #1,298 (1942) | #1,479 |
| 1950s | 374 | #1,026 (1958) | #1,257 |
| 1960s | 425 | #1,043 (1967) | #1,190 |
| 1970s | 229 | #1,418 (1972) | #2,126 |
| 1980s | 171 | #2,171 (1985) | #2,912 |
| 1990s | 121 | #3,467 (1990) | #5,482 |
| 2000s | 94 | #5,588 (2000) | #7,528 |
| 2010s | 83 | #5,171 (2013) | #7,896 |
| 2020s | 43 | #7,502 (2020) | #9,940 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Wendall in 1933
Top boys' names in 1933
More about 1933
boys
991,524 boys got a published name in 1933; 1 in 52,185 of them was named Wendall, which outranked 61.8% of the 4,156 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,540Tilman20
- #1,540Veryl20
- #1,540Virgel20
- #1,586Wendall19
- #1,586Adell19
- #1,586Alfonse19
- #1,586Alvan19
- #1,644Adrien18
- #1,644Alf18
- #1,644Alpha18
Tied with 57 names at #1,586; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.