Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Wendall

#2,785 most common boys' name of all time · #6,709 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1904–2025

Rank among boys
#2,785
Rank overall
#6,709 of 105,966
First appeared
1904
Years on the list
113 of 146
All-time
2,439
Since 2016
83
Peak year
1958 #1,035
Best rank
#1,035 1958
Girls Boys peak 55/yr
192019401960198020002020

Wendall first appears in 1904. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 8 8 #8,954
2024 — 8 8 #9,039
2023 — 7 7 #9,799
2022 — 5 5 #12,407
2021 — 5 5 #12,249
2020 — 10 10 #7,536
2019 — 7 7 #9,807
2018 — 11 11 #7,172
2017 — 12 12 #6,719
2016 — 10 10 #7,644
2015 — 10 10 #7,537
2014 — 11 11 #7,083
2013 — 17 17 #5,191
2012 — 5 5 #12,346
2009 — 11 11 #7,269
2008 — 10 10 #7,742
2007 — 10 10 #7,626
2006 — 9 9 #8,032
2005 — 6 6 #10,225
2004 — 9 9 #7,586
2003 — 8 8 #7,898
2002 — 8 8 #7,706
2001 — 11 11 #6,052
2000 — 12 12 #5,618
1999 — 5 5 #10,009
1998 — 5 5 #9,721
1997 — 13 13 #4,700
1996 — 13 13 #4,644
1995 — 13 13 #4,545
1994 — 19 19 #3,483
1993 — 17 17 #3,681
1992 — 8 8 #6,186
1991 — 11 11 #4,806
1990 — 17 17 #3,491
1989 — 16 16 #3,485
1988 — 18 18 #2,977
1987 — 23 23 #2,413
1986 — 12 12 #3,688
1985 — 25 25 #2,180
1984 — 15 15 #2,989
1983 — 15 15 #2,951
1982 — 14 14 #3,152
1981 — 16 16 #2,807
1980 — 17 17 #2,759
1979 — 15 15 #2,922
1978 — 12 12 #3,252
1977 — 19 19 #2,382
1976 — 24 24 #2,017
1975 — 20 20 #2,230
1974 — 19 19 #2,230
1973 — 25 25 #1,791
1972 — 36 36 #1,433
1971 — 30 30 #1,611
1970 — 29 29 #1,596
1969 — 32 32 #1,424
1968 — 32 32 #1,379
1967 6 49 55 #1,053
1966 — 47 47 #1,082
1965 — 36 36 #1,282
1964 — 45 45 #1,153
1963 — 45 45 #1,158
1962 — 48 48 #1,112
1961 — 49 49 #1,127
1960 — 42 42 #1,223
1959 — 43 43 #1,194
1958 — 55 55 #1,035
1957 — 43 43 #1,195
1956 — 40 40 #1,211
1955 — 39 39 #1,216
1954 — 32 32 #1,349
1953 — 25 25 #1,532
1952 — 43 43 #1,126
1951 — 27 27 #1,451
1950 — 27 27 #1,422
1949 — 18 18 #1,791
1948 — 24 24 #1,506
1947 — 30 30 #1,353
1946 — 27 27 #1,371
1945 — 22 22 #1,437
1944 — 14 14 #1,939
1943 — 26 26 #1,391
1942 — 29 29 #1,314
1941 — 20 20 #1,570
1940 — 24 24 #1,389
1939 — 25 25 #1,348
1938 — 27 27 #1,303
1937 — 20 20 #1,566
1936 — 26 26 #1,319
1935 — 32 32 #1,188
1934 — 37 37 #1,088
1933 — 19 19 #1,628
1932 — 29 29 #1,279
1931 — 25 25 #1,416
1930 — 27 27 #1,422
1929 — 35 35 #1,186
1928 — 27 27 #1,435
1927 — 38 38 #1,174
1926 — 32 32 #1,290
1925 — 36 36 #1,197
1924 — 28 28 #1,439
1923 — 21 21 #1,737
1922 — 17 17 #1,999
1921 — 29 29 #1,405
1920 — 26 26 #1,493
1919 — 16 16 #2,028
1918 — 17 17 #1,969
1917 — 15 15 #2,046
1916 — 8 8 #3,007
1915 — 13 13 #2,131
1914 — 13 13 #1,840
1913 — 9 9 #2,031
1912 — 7 7 #2,168
1904 — 5 5 #1,395