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.

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
18801900192019401960198020002020

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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
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