Wendell
#484 most common boys' name of all time · #1,046 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1880–2025
Rank among boys
#484
Rank overall
#1,046 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
145 of 146
All-time
54,330
Since 2016
814
Peak year
1940 #114
Best rank
#114 1940
Girls
Boys
peak 1,650/yr
Wendell is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 67 | 67 | #2,147 |
| 2024 | — | 74 | 74 | #2,042 |
| 2023 | — | 101 | 101 | #1,683 |
| 2022 | — | 96 | 96 | #1,739 |
| 2021 | — | 84 | 84 | #1,842 |
| 2020 | — | 67 | 67 | #2,095 |
| 2019 | 5 | 78 | 83 | #1,901 |
| 2018 | — | 76 | 76 | #1,940 |
| 2017 | — | 76 | 76 | #1,898 |
| 2016 | — | 90 | 90 | #1,727 |
| 2015 | — | 76 | 76 | #1,915 |
| 2014 | — | 79 | 79 | #1,857 |
| 2013 | — | 71 | 71 | #1,944 |
| 2012 | — | 72 | 72 | #1,960 |
| 2011 | — | 52 | 52 | #2,404 |
| 2010 | — | 61 | 61 | #2,169 |
| 2009 | — | 73 | 73 | #1,944 |
| 2008 | — | 88 | 88 | #1,723 |
| 2007 | — | 79 | 79 | #1,831 |
| 2006 | — | 96 | 96 | #1,545 |
| 2005 | — | 84 | 84 | #1,622 |
| 2004 | — | 93 | 93 | #1,469 |
| 2003 | — | 90 | 90 | #1,451 |
| 2002 | — | 108 | 108 | #1,259 |
| 2001 | — | 94 | 94 | #1,358 |
| 2000 | — | 99 | 99 | #1,303 |
| 1999 | — | 114 | 114 | #1,150 |
| 1998 | — | 104 | 104 | #1,190 |
| 1997 | — | 117 | 117 | #1,083 |
| 1996 | — | 120 | 120 | #1,025 |
| 1995 | — | 160 | 160 | #858 |
| 1994 | — | 153 | 153 | #868 |
| 1993 | — | 186 | 186 | #768 |
| 1992 | — | 186 | 186 | #766 |
| 1991 | — | 193 | 193 | #731 |
| 1990 | — | 222 | 222 | #680 |
| 1989 | — | 229 | 229 | #662 |
| 1988 | — | 239 | 239 | #614 |
| 1987 | — | 213 | 213 | #625 |
| 1986 | — | 233 | 233 | #582 |
| 1985 | — | 248 | 248 | #560 |
| 1984 | — | 257 | 257 | #538 |
| 1983 | 8 | 277 | 285 | #506 |
| 1982 | 7 | 303 | 310 | #488 |
| 1981 | — | 299 | 299 | #484 |
| 1980 | 5 | 317 | 322 | #471 |
| 1979 | — | 279 | 279 | #499 |
| 1978 | 6 | 319 | 325 | #445 |
| 1977 | 5 | 289 | 294 | #474 |
| 1976 | — | 283 | 283 | #468 |
| 1975 | 6 | 323 | 329 | #439 |
| 1974 | — | 329 | 329 | #437 |
| 1973 | — | 389 | 389 | #393 |
| 1972 | 9 | 432 | 441 | #379 |
| 1971 | — | 534 | 534 | #346 |
| 1970 | — | 537 | 537 | #350 |
| 1969 | 15 | 561 | 576 | #327 |
| 1968 | 15 | 615 | 630 | #303 |
| 1967 | 15 | 666 | 681 | #279 |
| 1966 | 7 | 716 | 723 | #276 |
| 1965 | 10 | 862 | 872 | #254 |
| 1964 | 20 | 1,014 | 1,034 | #241 |
| 1963 | 13 | 1,075 | 1,088 | #228 |
| 1962 | 21 | 1,092 | 1,113 | #233 |
| 1961 | 14 | 1,220 | 1,234 | #227 |
| 1960 | 11 | 1,147 | 1,158 | #238 |
| 1959 | 21 | 1,201 | 1,222 | #228 |
| 1958 | 11 | 1,188 | 1,199 | #221 |
| 1957 | 14 | 1,113 | 1,127 | #227 |
| 1956 | 9 | 1,013 | 1,022 | #229 |
| 1955 | 12 | 966 | 978 | #229 |
| 1954 | 23 | 945 | 968 | #229 |
| 1953 | 16 | 886 | 902 | #227 |
| 1952 | 7 | 879 | 886 | #225 |
| 1951 | 9 | 871 | 880 | #221 |
| 1950 | 12 | 842 | 854 | #218 |
| 1949 | 11 | 712 | 723 | #244 |
| 1948 | 11 | 676 | 687 | #247 |
| 1947 | 12 | 716 | 728 | #246 |
| 1946 | 12 | 613 | 625 | #252 |
| 1945 | 10 | 587 | 597 | #229 |
| 1944 | 5 | 697 | 702 | #209 |
| 1943 | 6 | 812 | 818 | #199 |
| 1942 | 13 | 846 | 859 | #187 |
| 1941 | 15 | 1,094 | 1,109 | #157 |
| 1940 | 25 | 1,625 | 1,650 | #114 |
| 1939 | — | 596 | 596 | #205 |
| 1938 | 6 | 580 | 586 | #212 |
| 1937 | 9 | 583 | 592 | #206 |
| 1936 | — | 629 | 629 | #196 |
| 1935 | 6 | 655 | 661 | #194 |
| 1934 | — | 618 | 618 | #199 |
| 1933 | 6 | 593 | 599 | #200 |
| 1932 | 5 | 650 | 655 | #197 |
| 1931 | 10 | 641 | 651 | #203 |
| 1930 | 7 | 672 | 679 | #202 |
| 1929 | 10 | 639 | 649 | #206 |
| 1928 | 8 | 658 | 666 | #206 |
| 1927 | 8 | 626 | 634 | #213 |
| 1926 | — | 640 | 640 | #216 |
| 1925 | 7 | 682 | 689 | #205 |
| 1924 | — | 633 | 633 | #214 |
| 1923 | 5 | 617 | 622 | #210 |
| 1922 | 9 | 600 | 609 | #221 |
| 1921 | 5 | 587 | 592 | #227 |
| 1920 | 11 | 544 | 555 | #232 |
| 1919 | — | 473 | 473 | #242 |
| 1918 | — | 519 | 519 | #232 |
| 1917 | — | 466 | 466 | #234 |
| 1916 | — | 515 | 515 | #213 |
| 1915 | — | 490 | 490 | #213 |
| 1914 | — | 350 | 350 | #227 |
| 1913 | 9 | 243 | 252 | #242 |
| 1912 | — | 212 | 212 | #242 |
| 1911 | — | 94 | 94 | #270 |
| 1910 | — | 69 | 69 | #301 |
| 1909 | — | 50 | 50 | #329 |
| 1908 | — | 63 | 63 | #271 |
| 1907 | — | 42 | 42 | #329 |
| 1906 | — | 40 | 40 | #329 |
| 1905 | — | 31 | 31 | #381 |
| 1904 | — | 32 | 32 | #357 |
| 1903 | — | 22 | 22 | #448 |
| 1902 | — | 38 | 38 | #316 |
| 1901 | — | 18 | 18 | #463 |
| 1900 | — | 30 | 30 | #418 |
| 1899 | — | 22 | 22 | #400 |
| 1898 | — | 23 | 23 | #416 |
| 1897 | — | 24 | 24 | #391 |
| 1896 | — | 18 | 18 | #499 |
| 1895 | — | 23 | 23 | #412 |
| 1894 | — | 21 | 21 | #417 |
| 1893 | — | 11 | 11 | #643 |
| 1892 | — | 21 | 21 | #421 |
| 1891 | — | 8 | 8 | #744 |
| 1890 | — | 11 | 11 | #625 |
| 1889 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,018 |
| 1888 | — | 17 | 17 | #483 |
| 1887 | — | 8 | 8 | #727 |
| 1886 | — | 12 | 12 | #572 |
| 1885 | — | 9 | 9 | #680 |
| 1884 | — | 11 | 11 | #610 |
| 1883 | — | 7 | 7 | #766 |
| 1881 | — | 8 | 8 | #685 |
| 1880 | — | 6 | 6 | #904 |