Wendell
Wendell is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 73 births. Its best rank was 114th, in 1940.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 730.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 19401,625 births
- Best rank
- #114in 1940
- Since 1880
- 53,696people given the name
The story in the numbers
53,696 boys have been named Wendell in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1940, with 1,625 births — 0.14% of all boys recorded that year.
The name has all but left use: 73 births in 2024, against 1,625 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1952, and the 1950s alone account for 18%. It has spent 114 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Wendell | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 83 | |
| 1890s | 182 | |
| 1900s | 366 | |
| 1910s | 3,431 | |
| 1920s | 6,226 | |
| 1930s | 6,217 | |
| 1940s | 8,378 | |
| 1950s | 9,905 | |
| 1960s | 8,967 | |
| 1970s | 3,715 | |
| 1980s | 2,616 | |
| 1990s | 1,555 | |
| 2000s | 904 | |
| 2010s | 731 | |
| 2020s | 420 |
In 1940, its biggest year
Wendell was the 114th 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 Wendell
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Jeromepeak 1954
- Curtisspeak 1959
- Wardellpeak 1950
- Girardpeak 1926
- Robertpeak 1947
- Glenpeak 1957
- Lorenpeak 1955
- Rayfordpeak 1937
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.