Wenonah
Last seen for girls in 2017 at #14,124
- Peak · girls
- 1916 · 26 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 506since 1903
Wenonah over time
Rank among girls' names. Wenonah 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
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | #14,124 | 6 |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | — | |
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| 2003 | — | |
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| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | #12,958 | 5 |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | #10,677 | 5 |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | #8,128 | 7 |
| 1980 | #7,418 | 8 |
| 1979 | #6,189 | 10 |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | #8,444 | 6 |
| 1976 | #9,284 | 5 |
| 1975 | #6,484 | 8 |
| 1974 | #6,258 | 8 |
| 1973 | #6,080 | 8 |
| 1972 | #8,292 | 5 |
| 1971 | #7,388 | 6 |
| 1970 | #4,492 | 12 |
| 1969 | — | |
| 1968 | — | |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | — | |
| 1965 | #6,539 | 5 |
| 1964 | — | |
| 1963 | — | |
| 1962 | #5,293 | 7 |
| 1961 | — | |
| 1960 | — | |
| 1959 | — | |
| 1958 | — | |
| 1957 | #6,086 | 5 |
| 1956 | #4,467 | 8 |
| 1955 | — | |
| 1954 | #3,325 | 12 |
| 1953 | #3,269 | 12 |
| 1952 | #4,908 | 6 |
| 1951 | — | |
| 1950 | — | |
| 1949 | — | |
| 1948 | — | |
| 1947 | #5,295 | 5 |
| 1946 | #4,960 | 5 |
| 1945 | — | |
| 1944 | — | |
| 1943 | #4,691 | 5 |
| 1942 | #4,622 | 5 |
| 1941 | #3,252 | 8 |
| 1940 | #3,863 | 6 |
| 1939 | #3,782 | 6 |
| 1938 | — | |
| 1937 | — | |
| 1936 | #3,103 | 8 |
| 1935 | #3,156 | 8 |
| 1934 | — | |
| 1933 | #3,753 | 6 |
| 1932 | — | |
| 1931 | #4,331 | 5 |
| 1930 | #2,690 | 11 |
| 1929 | #2,098 | 16 |
| 1928 | #2,497 | 13 |
| 1927 | #3,561 | 8 |
| 1926 | #3,046 | 10 |
| 1925 | #2,939 | 11 |
| 1924 | #2,514 | 14 |
| 1923 | #2,587 | 13 |
| 1922 | #3,152 | 10 |
| 1921 | #2,509 | 14 |
| 1920 | #2,590 | 13 |
| 1919 | #2,156 | 16 |
| 1918 | #2,376 | 14 |
| 1917 | #2,100 | 16 |
| 1916 | #1,445 | 26 |
| 1915 | #1,622 | 21 |
| 1914 | #1,740 | 15 |
| 1913 | #2,034 | 10 |
| 1912 | #1,844 | 10 |
| 1911 | #1,792 | 8 |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,957 | 6 |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,951 | 5 |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,792 | 5 |
| 1902 | — | |
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| 1899 | — | |
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| 1885 | — | |
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| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five girls were named Wenonah! It came in at #1,792, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1903–1908, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Wenonah
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2017
- Debuted 1903
- Peaked 1916 at #1,445 (26 births)
- Births halved by 1920, 4 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 40,167 girls born in 1916 were named Wenonah (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 287,744 girls born in 2017 (0.00%)
- 26.9% of all girls named Wenonah (136) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 16 | #1,792 (1903) | #1,900 |
| 1910s | 136 | #1,445 (1916) | #1,901 |
| 1920s | 122 | #2,098 (1929) | #2,749 |
| 1930s | 44 | #2,690 (1930) | #3,469 |
| 1940s | 34 | #3,252 (1941) | #4,447 |
| 1950s | 43 | #3,269 (1953) | #4,411 |
| 1960s | 12 | #5,293 (1962) | #5,916 |
| 1970s | 68 | #4,492 (1970) | #6,990 |
| 1980s | 20 | #7,418 (1980) | #8,741 |
| 1990s | 5 | #12,958 (1990) | #12,958 |
| 2000s | 0 | — | — |
| 2010s | 6 | #14,124 (2017) | #14,124 |
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.
Wenonah in 1916
Top girls' names in 1916
More about 1916
girls
1,044,334 girls got a published name in 1916; 1 in 40,167 of them was named Wenonah, which outranked 72.0% of the 5,161 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,408Tresa27
- #1,408Vashti27
- #1,408Yolande27
- #1,445Wenonah26
- #1,445Allegra26
- #1,445Armella26
- #1,445Beata26
- #1,485Aili25
- #1,485Albena25
- #1,485Angelica25
Tied with 39 names at #1,445; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.