Wendel
Wendel is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 8 births. Its best rank was 965th, in 1940.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 80.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 194045 births
- Best rank
- #965in 1940
- Since 1911
- 2,142people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,142 boys have been named Wendel in the United States since 1911, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1940, with 45 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1952, and the 1950s alone account for 16%. It has spent 1 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Wendel | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 140 | |
| 1920s | 243 | |
| 1930s | 294 | |
| 1940s | 297 | |
| 1950s | 344 | |
| 1960s | 266 | |
| 1970s | 218 | |
| 1980s | 131 | |
| 1990s | 71 | |
| 2000s | 55 | |
| 2010s | 50 | |
| 2020s | 33 |
In 1940, its biggest year
Wendel was the 965th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1940 were James, Robert, John, William and Richard. See all of 1940.
Names that rose and fell with Wendel
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Delwinpeak 1935
- Deltonpeak 1933
- Johnneypeak 1947
- Allynpeak 1946
- Carlispeak 1946
- Lennispeak 1948
- Curtisspeak 1959
- Bernellpeak 1923
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.