Wendy
#1,341 for girls in 2025, 165 births · Last seen for boys in 2011 at #12,287
Given to girls 99.6% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1970 · 11,100 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 26 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 262,325since 1918
Wendy over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
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 | #1,341 | 165 | — | |
| 2024 | #1,095 | 225 | — | |
| 2023 | #1,300 | 176 | — | |
| 2022 | #1,251 | 192 | — | |
| 2021 | #1,211 | 196 | — | |
| 2020 | #1,183 | 196 | — | |
| 2019 | #1,103 | 222 | — | |
| 2018 | #968 | 273 | — | |
| 2017 | #1,098 | 230 | — | |
| 2016 | #858 | 328 | — | |
| 2015 | #941 | 288 | — | |
| 2014 | #780 | 359 | — | |
| 2013 | #707 | 395 | — | |
| 2012 | #768 | 359 | — | |
| 2011 | #674 | 419 | #12,287 | 5 |
| 2010 | #589 | 498 | — | |
| 2009 | #503 | 600 | — | |
| 2008 | #460 | 688 | — | |
| 2007 | #381 | 864 | — | |
| 2006 | #355 | 930 | #12,055 | 5 |
| 2005 | #350 | 901 | — | |
| 2004 | #307 | 1,039 | #8,927 | 7 |
| 2003 | #286 | 1,087 | #9,581 | 6 |
| 2002 | #261 | 1,209 | — | |
| 2001 | #253 | 1,255 | #7,536 | 8 |
| 2000 | #316 | 1,004 | #6,839 | 9 |
| 1999 | #337 | 899 | #8,704 | 6 |
| 1998 | #339 | 867 | — | |
| 1997 | #321 | 907 | #8,110 | 6 |
| 1996 | #297 | 969 | #5,535 | 10 |
| 1995 | #265 | 1,039 | #6,407 | 8 |
| 1994 | #244 | 1,131 | #6,372 | 8 |
| 1993 | #218 | 1,259 | #4,227 | 14 |
| 1992 | #222 | 1,269 | — | |
| 1991 | #216 | 1,343 | #2,753 | 24 |
| 1990 | #206 | 1,397 | #3,607 | 16 |
| 1989 | #198 | 1,341 | #3,205 | 18 |
| 1988 | #202 | 1,292 | #4,450 | 10 |
| 1987 | #200 | 1,356 | #3,201 | 15 |
| 1986 | #177 | 1,517 | #2,360 | 23 |
| 1985 | #161 | 1,781 | #3,070 | 15 |
| 1984 | #146 | 2,024 | #4,973 | 7 |
| 1983 | #125 | 2,388 | #3,630 | 11 |
| 1982 | #105 | 2,820 | #2,831 | 16 |
| 1981 | #90 | 3,608 | #2,138 | 24 |
| 1980 | #75 | 4,141 | #2,536 | 19 |
| 1979 | #64 | 4,500 | #1,991 | 26 |
| 1978 | #56 | 4,918 | #2,568 | 17 |
| 1977 | #49 | 5,764 | #1,823 | 28 |
| 1976 | #39 | 6,464 | #1,781 | 28 |
| 1975 | #33 | 7,473 | #1,658 | 30 |
| 1974 | #32 | 7,564 | #1,692 | 28 |
| 1973 | #29 | 7,810 | #1,612 | 29 |
| 1972 | #29 | 8,529 | #1,453 | 34 |
| 1971 | #29 | 10,063 | #1,466 | 34 |
| 1970 | #28 | 11,100 | #1,278 | 42 |
| 1969 | #29 | 10,624 | #1,570 | 27 |
| 1968 | #31 | 10,709 | #1,544 | 26 |
| 1967 | #32 | 11,223 | #1,253 | 36 |
| 1966 | #41 | 9,516 | #1,345 | 32 |
| 1965 | #39 | 10,481 | #1,559 | 25 |
| 1964 | #55 | 8,076 | #1,655 | 23 |
| 1963 | #60 | 7,333 | #1,744 | 21 |
| 1962 | #64 | 6,977 | #1,669 | 23 |
| 1961 | #61 | 7,154 | #2,148 | 15 |
| 1960 | #63 | 6,870 | #1,772 | 21 |
| 1959 | #83 | 5,712 | #2,295 | 13 |
| 1958 | #107 | 4,485 | #1,953 | 17 |
| 1957 | #101 | 4,700 | #1,952 | 17 |
| 1956 | #95 | 4,861 | #2,263 | 13 |
| 1955 | #90 | 4,955 | #2,302 | 12 |
| 1954 | #95 | 4,415 | #2,942 | 8 |
| 1953 | #110 | 3,616 | #2,391 | 11 |
| 1952 | #105 | 3,556 | #3,373 | 6 |
| 1951 | #109 | 3,345 | #3,714 | 5 |
| 1950 | #114 | 3,030 | #2,580 | 9 |
| 1949 | #122 | 2,612 | — | |
| 1948 | #182 | 1,517 | — | |
| 1947 | #241 | 974 | #3,733 | 5 |
| 1946 | #262 | 762 | — | |
| 1945 | #290 | 575 | — | |
| 1944 | #319 | 447 | — | |
| 1943 | #331 | 455 | — | |
| 1942 | #317 | 481 | — | |
| 1941 | #358 | 346 | — | |
| 1940 | #427 | 254 | — | |
| 1939 | #450 | 222 | — | |
| 1938 | #602 | 130 | — | |
| 1937 | #761 | 80 | — | |
| 1936 | #818 | 67 | — | |
| 1935 | #1,418 | 27 | — | |
| 1934 | #2,741 | 10 | — | |
| 1933 | #2,688 | 10 | — | |
| 1932 | #2,644 | 11 | — | |
| 1931 | #2,972 | 9 | — | |
| 1930 | #2,023 | 17 | — | |
| 1929 | #3,394 | 8 | — | |
| 1928 | #4,725 | 5 | — | |
| 1927 | #2,256 | 16 | — | |
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| 1923 | #3,350 | 9 | — | |
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| 1921 | #4,023 | 7 | — | |
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| 1918 | #4,809 | 5 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Wendy! It came in at #4,809, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1918–1920, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Wendy is popular in 1950
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Utah#48 · 1 in 194
- Connecticut#48 · 1 in 210
- Minnesota#50 · 1 in 214
- Washington#54 · 1 in 225
- Wisconsin#62 · 1 in 288
Best ever in a state: #3 in Utah, 1965.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Connecticut | #48 | 83 | 1 in 210 |
| Utah | #48 | 44 | 1 in 194 |
| Minnesota | #50 | 155 | 1 in 214 |
| Washington | #54 | 110 | 1 in 225 |
| Wisconsin | #62 | 128 | 1 in 288 |
| Massachusetts | #63 | 149 | 1 in 296 |
| New York | #65 | 525 | 1 in 272 |
| Rhode Island | #74 | 24 | 1 in 304 |
| California | #76 | 347 | 1 in 327 |
| District of Columbia | #79 | 35 | 1 in 337 |
| Illinois | #81 | 235 | 1 in 370 |
| Michigan | #81 | 205 | 1 in 357 |
| New Jersey | #83 | 121 | 1 in 356 |
| New Hampshire | #85 | 14 | 1 in 345 |
| Vermont | #96 | 9 | 1 in 386 |
| Hawaii | #104 | 15 | 1 in 355 |
| Pennsylvania | #105 | 212 | 1 in 482 |
| Iowa | #106 | 53 | 1 in 523 |
| Idaho | #108 | 14 | 1 in 434 |
| Ohio | #108 | 146 | 1 in 583 |
| Oregon | #117 | 29 | 1 in 521 |
| South Dakota | #119 | 13 | 1 in 555 |
| Maryland | #121 | 38 | 1 in 600 |
| Maine | #122 | 17 | 1 in 524 |
| Delaware | #127 | 5 | 1 in 603 |
| Indiana | #134 | 53 | 1 in 790 |
| North Dakota | #160 | 8 | 1 in 850 |
| Colorado | #161 | 19 | 1 in 765 |
| Montana | #161 | 8 | 1 in 739 |
| Arizona | #193 | 11 | 1 in 820 |
| Florida | #204 | 25 | 1 in 1,131 |
| Kansas | #206 | 12 | 1 in 1,495 |
| New Mexico | #209 | 9 | 1 in 1,006 |
| Nebraska | #224 | 7 | 1 in 1,893 |
| Missouri | #225 | 21 | 1 in 1,874 |
| Virginia | #230 | 22 | 1 in 1,590 |
| Louisiana | #349 | 13 | 1 in 2,615 |
| Kentucky | #385 | 8 | 1 in 4,194 |
| North Carolina | #387 | 12 | 1 in 4,023 |
| Georgia | #398 | 10 | 1 in 4,185 |
| Alabama | #401 | 9 | 1 in 4,091 |
| Texas | #435 | 27 | 1 in 3,545 |
| Tennessee | #463 | 6 | 1 in 6,116 |
| South Carolina | #472 | 5 | 1 in 5,524 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| Mississippi | — | — | — |
| Nevada | — | — | — |
| Oklahoma | — | — | — |
| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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 Wendy
- 246 spots since 2024 (#1,095 → #1,341)
- 158 spots since 2020 (#1,183 → #1,341)
- 400 spots since 2015 (#941 → #1,341)
- Biggest jump: 600 spots in 1936 (#1,418 → #818)
- Biggest drop: 240 spots in 2017 (#858 → #1,098)
- Debuted 1918
- Peaked 1970 at #28 (11,100 births)
- Births halved by 1978, 8 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 26 yrs · run 1959–1981
- Top 1,000: 82 yrs · run 1936–2016
- Highest: 1 in 147 girls born in 1967 were named Wendy (0.68%)
- Latest: 1 in 9,741 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #28 in 1970, was only 1 in 157 (0.63%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 33.9% of all girls named Wendy (88,963) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 5 | #4,809 (1918) | #4,809 |
| 1920s | 45 | #2,256 (1927) | #3,550 |
| 1930s | 583 | #450 (1939) | #1,712 |
| 1940s | 8,423 | #122 (1949) | #285 |
| 1950s | 42,675 | #83 (1959) | #101 |
| 1960s | 88,963 | #29 (1969) | #48 |
| 1970s | 74,185 | #28 (1970) | #39 |
| 1980s | 22,268 | #75 (1980) | #148 |
| 1990s | 11,080 | #206 (1990) | #267 |
| 2000s | 9,577 | #253 (2001) | #347 |
| 2010s | 3,371 | #589 (2010) | #849 |
| 2020s | 1,150 | #1,095 (2024) | #1,230 |
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.
Wendy in 1950
Top girls' names in 1950
Top boys' names in 1950
More about 1950
girls
1,713,054 girls got a published name in 1950; 1 in 565 of them was named Wendy, which outranked 98.1% of the 6,109 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,790,262 boys got a published name in 1950; 1 in 198,918 of them was named Wendy, which outranked 38.5% of the 4,196 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,438Worley10
- #2,438York10
- #2,438Zan10
- #2,580Wendy9
- #2,580Abbott9
- #2,580Abelino9
- #2,580Adolf9
- #2,770Abdul8
- #2,770Adalberto8
- #2,770Adell8
Tied with 189 names at #2,580; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.