Wendel
#12,008 for boys in 2025, 5 births
- Peak · boys
- 1940 · 45 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,147since 1911
Wendel over time
Rank among boys' names. Wendel has never cracked the top 900 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #12,008 | 5 |
| 2024 | #8,987 | 8 |
| 2023 | #9,763 | 7 |
| 2022 | #9,823 | 7 |
| 2021 | #7,089 | 11 |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | #10,803 | 6 |
| 2018 | #12,156 | 5 |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | #10,744 | 6 |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | #8,781 | 8 |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | #8,864 | 8 |
| 2011 | #7,009 | 11 |
| 2010 | #10,766 | 6 |
| 2009 | #10,994 | 6 |
| 2008 | #7,698 | 10 |
| 2007 | #10,921 | 6 |
| 2006 | #12,055 | 5 |
| 2005 | #8,299 | 8 |
| 2004 | #8,927 | 7 |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | #8,456 | 7 |
| 2001 | #9,243 | 6 |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | #8,704 | 6 |
| 1998 | #5,159 | 12 |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | #5,187 | 11 |
| 1995 | #5,928 | 9 |
| 1994 | #8,800 | 5 |
| 1993 | #5,002 | 11 |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | #5,096 | 10 |
| 1990 | #6,415 | 7 |
| 1989 | #3,618 | 15 |
| 1988 | #3,523 | 14 |
| 1987 | #3,521 | 13 |
| 1986 | #3,882 | 11 |
| 1985 | #3,216 | 14 |
| 1984 | #4,215 | 9 |
| 1983 | #3,884 | 10 |
| 1982 | #3,692 | 11 |
| 1981 | #3,221 | 13 |
| 1980 | #2,367 | 21 |
| 1979 | #3,168 | 13 |
| 1978 | #3,215 | 12 |
| 1977 | #2,361 | 19 |
| 1976 | #2,601 | 16 |
| 1975 | #2,205 | 20 |
| 1974 | #2,129 | 20 |
| 1973 | #1,928 | 22 |
| 1972 | #1,680 | 27 |
| 1971 | #1,560 | 31 |
| 1970 | #1,351 | 38 |
| 1969 | #1,680 | 24 |
| 1968 | #1,731 | 21 |
| 1967 | #1,609 | 23 |
| 1966 | #1,540 | 25 |
| 1965 | #1,595 | 24 |
| 1964 | #1,655 | 23 |
| 1963 | #1,279 | 37 |
| 1962 | #1,546 | 26 |
| 1961 | #1,406 | 32 |
| 1960 | #1,434 | 31 |
| 1959 | #1,156 | 45 |
| 1958 | #1,204 | 41 |
| 1957 | #1,583 | 25 |
| 1956 | #1,362 | 32 |
| 1955 | #1,240 | 37 |
| 1954 | #1,559 | 24 |
| 1953 | #1,331 | 32 |
| 1952 | #1,213 | 37 |
| 1951 | #1,279 | 33 |
| 1950 | #1,168 | 38 |
| 1949 | #1,434 | 26 |
| 1948 | #1,487 | 24 |
| 1947 | #1,363 | 29 |
| 1946 | #1,382 | 26 |
| 1945 | #1,536 | 19 |
| 1944 | #1,370 | 24 |
| 1943 | #1,155 | 35 |
| 1942 | #1,214 | 33 |
| 1941 | #1,091 | 36 |
| 1940 | #952 | 45 |
| 1939 | #1,238 | 28 |
| 1938 | #1,125 | 33 |
| 1937 | #1,403 | 23 |
| 1936 | #1,010 | 39 |
| 1935 | #1,453 | 22 |
| 1934 | #1,357 | 25 |
| 1933 | #1,251 | 28 |
| 1932 | #1,126 | 36 |
| 1931 | #1,253 | 30 |
| 1930 | #1,299 | 30 |
| 1929 | #1,523 | 23 |
| 1928 | #1,707 | 20 |
| 1927 | #1,407 | 28 |
| 1926 | #1,219 | 35 |
| 1925 | #1,534 | 24 |
| 1924 | #1,492 | 26 |
| 1923 | #1,696 | 21 |
| 1922 | #1,282 | 32 |
| 1921 | #2,152 | 15 |
| 1920 | #1,820 | 19 |
| 1919 | #1,882 | 17 |
| 1918 | #1,596 | 22 |
| 1917 | #1,900 | 16 |
| 1916 | #1,505 | 22 |
| 1915 | #1,410 | 23 |
| 1914 | #1,687 | 14 |
| 1913 | #1,580 | 12 |
| 1912 | #1,746 | 9 |
| 1911 | #1,740 | 5 |
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| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five boys were named Wendel! It came in at #1,740, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1992, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Wendel is popular in 1946
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Texas#914 · 1 in 17,826
Best ever in a state: #299 in Wisconsin, 1940.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Texas | #914 | 5 | 1 in 17,826 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Wendel
- 3,021 spots since 2024 (#8,987 → #12,008)
- Biggest jump: 286 spots in 1940 (#1,238 → #952)
- Biggest drop: 139 spots in 1941 (#952 → #1,091)
- Debuted 1911
- Peaked 1940 at #952 (45 births)
- Births halved by 1945, 5 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1940
- Highest: 1 in 25,759 boys born in 1940 were named Wendel (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 341,615 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 16.0% of all boys named Wendel (344) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 140 | #1,410 (1915) | #1,672 |
| 1920s | 243 | #1,219 (1926) | #1,583 |
| 1930s | 294 | #1,010 (1936) | #1,252 |
| 1940s | 297 | #952 (1940) | #1,298 |
| 1950s | 344 | #1,156 (1959) | #1,310 |
| 1960s | 266 | #1,279 (1963) | #1,548 |
| 1970s | 218 | #1,351 (1970) | #2,220 |
| 1980s | 131 | #2,367 (1980) | #3,514 |
| 1990s | 71 | #5,002 (1993) | #6,286 |
| 2000s | 55 | #7,698 (2008) | #9,574 |
| 2010s | 50 | #7,009 (2011) | #9,875 |
| 2020s | 38 | #7,089 (2021) | #9,534 |
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.
Wendel in 1946
Top boys' names in 1946
More about 1946
boys
1,624,023 boys got a published name in 1946; 1 in 62,462 of them was named Wendel, which outranked 65.6% of the 4,018 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,355Verlyn27
- #1,355Vivian27
- #1,355Wendall27
- #1,382Wendel26
- #1,382Armond26
- #1,382Bartholomew26
- #1,382Burnett26
- #1,409Anastacio25
- #1,409Bernice25
- #1,409Berton25
Tied with 26 names at #1,382; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.