Wendel
#3,013 most common boys' name of all time · #7,289 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1911–2025
Rank among boys
#3,013
Rank overall
#7,289 of 105,966
First appeared
1911
Years on the list
107 of 146
All-time
2,147
Since 2016
55
Peak year
1940 #965
Best rank
#965 1940
Girls
Boys
peak 45/yr
Wendel first appears in 1911. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,087 |
| 2024 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,055 |
| 2023 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2022 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,886 |
| 2021 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,121 |
| 2019 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,883 |
| 2018 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,253 |
| 2016 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,826 |
| 2014 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,843 |
| 2012 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,926 |
| 2011 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,044 |
| 2010 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,849 |
| 2009 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,087 |
| 2008 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,758 |
| 2007 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,994 |
| 2006 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,173 |
| 2005 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,370 |
| 2004 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,014 |
| 2002 | — | 7 | 7 | #8,534 |
| 2001 | — | 6 | 6 | #9,340 |
| 1999 | — | 6 | 6 | #8,796 |
| 1998 | — | 12 | 12 | #5,203 |
| 1996 | — | 11 | 11 | #5,234 |
| 1995 | — | 9 | 9 | #5,974 |
| 1994 | — | 5 | 5 | #8,902 |
| 1993 | — | 11 | 11 | #5,058 |
| 1991 | — | 10 | 10 | #5,155 |
| 1990 | — | 7 | 7 | #6,509 |
| 1989 | — | 15 | 15 | #3,659 |
| 1988 | — | 14 | 14 | #3,556 |
| 1987 | — | 13 | 13 | #3,561 |
| 1986 | — | 11 | 11 | #3,942 |
| 1985 | — | 14 | 14 | #3,259 |
| 1984 | — | 9 | 9 | #4,278 |
| 1983 | — | 10 | 10 | #3,927 |
| 1982 | — | 11 | 11 | #3,759 |
| 1981 | — | 13 | 13 | #3,265 |
| 1980 | — | 21 | 21 | #2,389 |
| 1979 | — | 13 | 13 | #3,223 |
| 1978 | — | 12 | 12 | #3,259 |
| 1977 | — | 19 | 19 | #2,385 |
| 1976 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,631 |
| 1975 | — | 20 | 20 | #2,236 |
| 1974 | — | 20 | 20 | #2,148 |
| 1973 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,950 |
| 1972 | — | 27 | 27 | #1,694 |
| 1971 | — | 31 | 31 | #1,578 |
| 1970 | — | 38 | 38 | #1,363 |
| 1969 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,715 |
| 1968 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,757 |
| 1967 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,630 |
| 1966 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,567 |
| 1965 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,610 |
| 1964 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,681 |
| 1963 | — | 37 | 37 | #1,297 |
| 1962 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,568 |
| 1961 | — | 32 | 32 | #1,431 |
| 1960 | — | 31 | 31 | #1,452 |
| 1959 | — | 45 | 45 | #1,165 |
| 1958 | — | 41 | 41 | #1,216 |
| 1957 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,616 |
| 1956 | — | 32 | 32 | #1,379 |
| 1955 | — | 37 | 37 | #1,250 |
| 1954 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,576 |
| 1953 | — | 32 | 32 | #1,351 |
| 1952 | — | 37 | 37 | #1,221 |
| 1951 | — | 33 | 33 | #1,292 |
| 1950 | — | 38 | 38 | #1,175 |
| 1949 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,456 |
| 1948 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,511 |
| 1947 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,383 |
| 1946 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,402 |
| 1945 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,571 |
| 1944 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,394 |
| 1943 | — | 35 | 35 | #1,169 |
| 1942 | — | 33 | 33 | #1,225 |
| 1941 | — | 36 | 36 | #1,105 |
| 1940 | — | 45 | 45 | #965 |
| 1939 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,265 |
| 1938 | — | 33 | 33 | #1,145 |
| 1937 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,437 |
| 1936 | — | 39 | 39 | #1,027 |
| 1935 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,486 |
| 1934 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,385 |
| 1933 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,274 |
| 1932 | — | 36 | 36 | #1,137 |
| 1931 | — | 30 | 30 | #1,279 |
| 1930 | — | 30 | 30 | #1,325 |
| 1929 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,555 |
| 1928 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,748 |
| 1927 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,430 |
| 1926 | — | 35 | 35 | #1,239 |
| 1925 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,574 |
| 1924 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,529 |
| 1923 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,742 |
| 1922 | — | 32 | 32 | #1,306 |
| 1921 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,225 |
| 1920 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,870 |
| 1919 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,959 |
| 1918 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,641 |
| 1917 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,968 |
| 1916 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,542 |
| 1915 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,450 |
| 1914 | — | 14 | 14 | #1,760 |
| 1913 | — | 12 | 12 | #1,666 |
| 1912 | — | 9 | 9 | #1,861 |
| 1911 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,996 |