Wendi
Last seen for girls in 2024 at #9,556
- Peak · girls
- 1971 · 839 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 14,522since 1943
Wendi over time
Rank among girls' names. Wendi has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | #9,556 | 10 |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | #13,464 | 6 |
| 2020 | #12,142 | 7 |
| 2019 | #13,799 | 6 |
| 2018 | #13,793 | 6 |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | #11,781 | 8 |
| 2015 | #14,482 | 6 |
| 2014 | #10,955 | 9 |
| 2013 | #7,748 | 15 |
| 2012 | #7,804 | 15 |
| 2011 | #12,153 | 8 |
| 2010 | #7,880 | 15 |
| 2009 | #7,066 | 18 |
| 2008 | #5,434 | 26 |
| 2007 | #4,380 | 34 |
| 2006 | #3,669 | 42 |
| 2005 | #4,029 | 35 |
| 2004 | #3,265 | 46 |
| 2003 | #3,412 | 42 |
| 2002 | #3,283 | 42 |
| 2001 | #2,924 | 49 |
| 2000 | #3,453 | 38 |
| 1999 | #3,718 | 32 |
| 1998 | #2,929 | 44 |
| 1997 | #4,660 | 22 |
| 1996 | #3,028 | 39 |
| 1995 | #2,687 | 45 |
| 1994 | #2,381 | 54 |
| 1993 | #1,942 | 72 |
| 1992 | #1,798 | 80 |
| 1991 | #1,689 | 87 |
| 1990 | #1,568 | 97 |
| 1989 | #1,373 | 110 |
| 1988 | #1,280 | 114 |
| 1987 | #1,349 | 101 |
| 1986 | #1,163 | 122 |
| 1985 | #907 | 174 |
| 1984 | #905 | 165 |
| 1983 | #783 | 204 |
| 1982 | #618 | 291 |
| 1981 | #565 | 329 |
| 1980 | #535 | 353 |
| 1979 | #517 | 374 |
| 1978 | #476 | 409 |
| 1977 | #447 | 458 |
| 1976 | #425 | 475 |
| 1975 | #368 | 563 |
| 1974 | #339 | 642 |
| 1973 | #344 | 636 |
| 1972 | #330 | 706 |
| 1971 | #316 | 839 |
| 1970 | #320 | 844 |
| 1969 | #332 | 732 |
| 1968 | #327 | 707 |
| 1967 | #347 | 666 |
| 1966 | #418 | 500 |
| 1965 | #440 | 458 |
| 1964 | #498 | 386 |
| 1963 | #561 | 305 |
| 1962 | #637 | 252 |
| 1961 | #640 | 253 |
| 1960 | #648 | 243 |
| 1959 | #826 | 154 |
| 1958 | #861 | 140 |
| 1957 | #855 | 141 |
| 1956 | #927 | 119 |
| 1955 | #1,071 | 89 |
| 1954 | #1,102 | 80 |
| 1953 | #1,172 | 68 |
| 1952 | #1,185 | 64 |
| 1951 | #1,362 | 47 |
| 1950 | #1,411 | 42 |
| 1949 | #1,437 | 41 |
| 1948 | #2,126 | 21 |
| 1947 | #2,898 | 13 |
| 1946 | #2,228 | 18 |
| 1945 | #4,025 | 6 |
| 1944 | #4,054 | 6 |
| 1943 | #3,801 | 7 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Wendi! It came in at #3,801, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2017, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Wendi is popular in 1982
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Nebraska#285 · 1 in 1,793
- Iowa#308 · 1 in 2,352
- Arizona#330 · 1 in 1,833
- Kentucky#337 · 1 in 2,639
- Missouri#343 · 1 in 2,476
Best ever in a state: #128 in Utah, 1970.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nebraska | #285 | 6 | 1 in 1,793 |
| Iowa | #308 | 8 | 1 in 2,352 |
| Arizona | #330 | 11 | 1 in 1,833 |
| Kentucky | #337 | 9 | 1 in 2,639 |
| Missouri | #343 | 13 | 1 in 2,476 |
| Utah | #397 | 6 | 1 in 2,733 |
| Alabama | #403 | 8 | 1 in 2,733 |
| Virginia | #459 | 8 | 1 in 3,850 |
| Oklahoma | #465 | 7 | 1 in 3,225 |
| Tennessee | #468 | 7 | 1 in 4,008 |
| Maryland | #473 | 6 | 1 in 3,715 |
| Texas | #484 | 39 | 1 in 3,331 |
| Washington | #495 | 8 | 1 in 3,440 |
| Louisiana | #511 | 9 | 1 in 3,520 |
| Colorado | #571 | 5 | 1 in 4,410 |
| Ohio | #598 | 11 | 1 in 6,497 |
| Florida | #627 | 11 | 1 in 5,155 |
| Michigan | #678 | 8 | 1 in 7,201 |
| North Carolina | #715 | 5 | 1 in 6,840 |
| Pennsylvania | #719 | 9 | 1 in 7,767 |
| California | #736 | 30 | 1 in 6,191 |
| Georgia | #772 | 5 | 1 in 6,975 |
| Illinois | #801 | 10 | 1 in 7,443 |
| New York | #1,284 | 7 | 1 in 14,678 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls 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 Wendi
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
- Biggest jump: 178 spots in 1960 (#826 → #648)
- Biggest drop: 256 spots in 1986 (#907 → #1,163)
- Debuted 1943
- Peaked 1971 at #316 (839 births)
- Births halved by 1978, 7 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 30 yrs · run 1956–1985
- Highest: 1 in 1,983 girls born in 1971 were named Wendi (0.05%)
- Latest: 1 in 162,019 girls born in 2024 (0.00%)
- 40.9% of all girls named Wendi (5,946) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 112 | #1,437 (1949) | #2,938 |
| 1950s | 944 | #826 (1959) | #1,077 |
| 1960s | 4,502 | #327 (1968) | #485 |
| 1970s | 5,946 | #316 (1971) | #388 |
| 1980s | 1,963 | #535 (1980) | #948 |
| 1990s | 572 | #1,568 (1990) | #2,640 |
| 2000s | 372 | #2,924 (2001) | #4,092 |
| 2010s | 88 | #7,748 (2013) | #11,155 |
| 2020s | 23 | #9,556 (2024) | #11,721 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Wendi in 1982
Top girls' names in 1982
More about 1982
girls
1,693,325 girls got a published name in 1982; 1 in 5,819 of them was named Wendi, which outranked 95.0% of the 12,332 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).