Wendie
Last seen for girls in 2010 at #14,959
- Peak · girls
- 1951 · 66 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,200since 1938
Wendie over time
Rank among girls' names. Wendie 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
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| 2010 | #14,959 | 6 |
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| 2003 | #15,784 | 5 |
| 2002 | #12,187 | 7 |
| 2001 | #15,352 | 5 |
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| 1996 | #13,518 | 5 |
| 1995 | #10,514 | 7 |
| 1994 | #10,569 | 7 |
| 1993 | #11,780 | 6 |
| 1992 | #8,065 | 10 |
| 1991 | #8,588 | 9 |
| 1990 | #5,835 | 15 |
| 1989 | #5,836 | 14 |
| 1988 | #4,653 | 18 |
| 1987 | #5,923 | 12 |
| 1986 | #5,188 | 14 |
| 1985 | #3,852 | 21 |
| 1984 | #5,899 | 11 |
| 1983 | #2,721 | 32 |
| 1982 | #2,770 | 33 |
| 1981 | #2,009 | 52 |
| 1980 | #2,537 | 37 |
| 1979 | #2,147 | 46 |
| 1978 | #2,431 | 36 |
| 1977 | #2,341 | 38 |
| 1976 | #1,840 | 50 |
| 1975 | #1,963 | 45 |
| 1974 | #1,646 | 56 |
| 1973 | #1,714 | 52 |
| 1972 | #1,313 | 77 |
| 1971 | #1,473 | 69 |
| 1970 | #1,247 | 89 |
| 1969 | #1,517 | 61 |
| 1968 | #1,210 | 81 |
| 1967 | #1,227 | 75 |
| 1966 | #1,335 | 66 |
| 1965 | #1,463 | 57 |
| 1964 | #1,578 | 52 |
| 1963 | #1,565 | 52 |
| 1962 | #1,598 | 50 |
| 1961 | #1,435 | 60 |
| 1960 | #1,523 | 53 |
| 1959 | #1,794 | 38 |
| 1958 | #1,448 | 54 |
| 1957 | #1,458 | 53 |
| 1956 | #1,480 | 51 |
| 1955 | #1,463 | 48 |
| 1954 | #1,623 | 39 |
| 1953 | #1,332 | 53 |
| 1952 | #1,269 | 56 |
| 1951 | #1,151 | 66 |
| 1950 | #1,294 | 50 |
| 1949 | #1,543 | 36 |
| 1948 | #1,499 | 38 |
| 1947 | #1,993 | 24 |
| 1946 | #2,024 | 21 |
| 1945 | #3,388 | 8 |
| 1944 | #1,967 | 19 |
| 1943 | #2,151 | 17 |
| 1942 | #2,117 | 17 |
| 1941 | #3,030 | 9 |
| 1940 | — | |
| 1939 | #3,429 | 7 |
| 1938 | #4,342 | 5 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Wendie! It came in at #4,342, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1940, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Wendie is popular in 1946
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- California#913 · 1 in 16,548
- New York#918 · 1 in 26,506
Best ever in a state: #237 in Montana, 1962.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| California | #913 | 6 | 1 in 16,548 |
| New York | #918 | 5 | 1 in 26,506 |
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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 Wendie
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2010
- Debuted 1938
- Peaked 1951 at #1,151 (66 births)
- Births halved by 1982, 31 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 19,642 girls born in 1970 were named Wendie (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 296,266 girls born in 2010 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,151 in 1951, was only 1 in 27,286 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 27.6% of all girls named Wendie (607) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 12 | #3,429 (1939) | #3,886 |
| 1940s | 189 | #1,499 (1948) | #2,190 |
| 1950s | 508 | #1,151 (1951) | #1,431 |
| 1960s | 607 | #1,210 (1968) | #1,445 |
| 1970s | 558 | #1,247 (1970) | #1,812 |
| 1980s | 244 | #2,009 (1981) | #4,139 |
| 1990s | 59 | #5,835 (1990) | #9,838 |
| 2000s | 17 | #12,187 (2002) | #14,441 |
| 2010s | 6 | #14,959 (2010) | #14,959 |
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.
Wendie in 1946
Top girls' names in 1946
More about 1946
girls
1,571,305 girls got a published name in 1946; 1 in 74,824 of them was named Wendie, which outranked 64.4% of the 5,686 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,970Vernia22
- #1,970Vonna22
- #1,970Wylene22
- #2,024Wendie21
- #2,024Adriana21
- #2,024Alane21
- #2,024Alecia21
- #2,094Alethia20
- #2,094Ara20
- #2,094Armandina20
Tied with 69 names at #2,024; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.