Wendel

#12,008 for boys in 2025, 5 births

Peak · boys
#952
1940 · 45 births
Debut · boys
1911
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
2,147
since 1911

Wendel over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Wendel has never cracked the top 900 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201962peak #952, 1940boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#12,0085
2024#8,9878
2023#9,7637
2022#9,8237
2021#7,08911
2020—
2019#10,8036
2018#12,1565
2017—
2016#10,7446
2015—
2014#8,7818
2013—
2012#8,8648
2011#7,00911
2010#10,7666
2009#10,9946
2008#7,69810
2007#10,9216
2006#12,0555
2005#8,2998
2004#8,9277
2003—
2002#8,4567
2001#9,2436
2000—
1999#8,7046
1998#5,15912
1997—
1996#5,18711
1995#5,9289
1994#8,8005
1993#5,00211
1992—
1991#5,09610
1990#6,4157
1989#3,61815
1988#3,52314
1987#3,52113
1986#3,88211
1985#3,21614
1984#4,2159
1983#3,88410
1982#3,69211
1981#3,22113
1980#2,36721
1979#3,16813
1978#3,21512
1977#2,36119
1976#2,60116
1975#2,20520
1974#2,12920
1973#1,92822
1972#1,68027
1971#1,56031
1970#1,35138
1969#1,68024
1968#1,73121
1967#1,60923
1966#1,54025
1965#1,59524
1964#1,65523
1963#1,27937
1962#1,54626
1961#1,40632
1960#1,43431
1959#1,15645
1958#1,20441
1957#1,58325
1956#1,36232
1955#1,24037
1954#1,55924
1953#1,33132
1952#1,21337
1951#1,27933
1950#1,16838
1949#1,43426
1948#1,48724
1947#1,36329
1946#1,38226
1945#1,53619
1944#1,37024
1943#1,15535
1942#1,21433
1941#1,09136
1940#95245
1939#1,23828
1938#1,12533
1937#1,40323
1936#1,01039
1935#1,45322
1934#1,35725
1933#1,25128
1932#1,12636
1931#1,25330
1930#1,29930
1929#1,52323
1928#1,70720
1927#1,40728
1926#1,21935
1925#1,53424
1924#1,49226
1923#1,69621
1922#1,28232
1921#2,15215
1920#1,82019
1919#1,88217
1918#1,59622
1917#1,90016
1916#1,50522
1915#1,41023
1914#1,68714
1913#1,58012
1912#1,7469
1911#1,7405
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First appearance
1911

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.

See more about Wendel
Momentum · boys
Brand new
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
29 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1911
  • Peaked 1940 at #952 (45 births)
  • Births halved by 1945, 5 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1940
Share of babies · boys
1 in 25,759
  • 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%)
Era · boys
The 1950s
  • 16.0% of all boys named Wendel (344) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s140#1,410 (1915)#1,672
1920s243#1,219 (1926)#1,583
1930s294#1,010 (1936)#1,252
1940s297#952 (1940)#1,298
1950s344#1,156 (1959)#1,310
1960s266#1,279 (1963)#1,548
1970s218#1,351 (1970)#2,220
1980s131#2,367 (1980)#3,514
1990s71#5,002 (1993)#6,286
2000s55#7,698 (2008)#9,574
2010s50#7,009 (2011)#9,875
2020s38#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 1962

boys
#1,546
26 births · 1 in 79,568 boys

Top boys' names in 1962

  1. #1Michael85,059
  2. #2David81,337
  3. #3John78,427
  4. #4James72,555
  5. #5Robert70,199
  6. #6Mark53,520
  7. #7William44,853
  8. #8Richard39,422
  9. #9Thomas36,529
  10. #10Jeffrey33,537
  11. #1,546Wendel26
More about 1962

boys

2,068,772 boys got a published name in 1962; 1 in 79,568 of them was named Wendel, which outranked 66.6% of the 4,631 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Wendel
  1. #1,515Wayman27
  2. #1,515Wynn27
  3. #1,515Zachery27
  4. #1,546Wendel26
  5. #1,546Anastacio26
  6. #1,546Arvin26
  7. #1,546Audrey26
  8. #1,588Addison25
  9. #1,588Aloysius25
  10. #1,588Angus25

Tied with 41 names at #1,546; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1961
Risers
  1. ↑ 490Ritchie#1,262 → #772
  2. ↑ 353King#1,349 → #996
  3. ↑ 338Arlie#1,322 → #984
  4. ↑ 250Robb#1,052 → #802
  5. ↑ 243Pernell#928 → #685
Fallers
  1. ↓ 351Mariano#928 → #1,279
  2. ↓ 349Michal#910 → #1,259
  3. ↓ 337Loran#958 → #1,295
  4. ↓ 292Sid#967 → #1,259
  5. ↓ 275Lorenza#940 → #1,215

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1962 →