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.

Wendolyn

#6,330 most common girls' name of all time · #10,678 across all names · 1% male / 99% female · used 1928–2025

Rank among girls
#6,330
Rank overall
#10,678 of 105,966
First appeared
1928
Years on the list
73 of 146
All-time
1,176
Since 2016
22
Peak year
1966 #1,850
Best rank
#1,850 1966
Girls Boys peak 39/yr
19401960198020002020

Wendolyn first appears in 1928. 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 #11,075
2023 7 7 #12,337
2022 7 7 #12,394
2014 7 7 #13,231
2009 5 5 #17,581
2007 7 7 #14,103
2006 5 5 #17,456
2005 8 8 #11,982
2004 9 9 #10,813
2003 7 7 #12,582
2001 9 9 #10,241
2000 6 6 #13,378
1999 7 7 #11,532
1997 10 10 #8,444
1996 10 10 #8,256
1995 10 10 #8,193
1994 10 10 #8,242
1993 6 6 #11,994
1992 13 13 #6,738
1991 8 8 #9,488
1990 12 12 #6,943
1989 11 11 #7,064
1988 7 7 #9,438
1987 5 5 #11,627
1986 6 6 #9,804
1985 9 9 #7,074
1984 6 6 #9,357
1983 12 12 #5,556
1982 16 16 #4,587
1981 16 16 #4,606
1980 22 22 #3,648
1979 18 18 #4,106
1978 19 19 #3,833
1977 11 11 #5,635
1976 20 20 #3,449
1975 11 11 #5,269
1974 26 26 #2,789
1973 26 26 #2,714
1972 24 24 #2,857
1971 32 32 #2,402
1970 31 31 #2,423
1969 29 29 #2,428
1968 30 30 #2,227
1967 33 33 #2,058
1966 39 39 #1,850
1965 30 30 #2,186
1964 36 36 #1,991
1963 24 24 #2,519
1962 37 37 #1,904
1961 32 32 #2,101
1960 34 34 #1,972
1959 30 30 #2,091
1958 30 30 #2,061
1957 31 31 #1,979
1956 16 16 #3,009
1955 30 30 #1,968
1954 29 29 #1,973
1953 28 28 #1,956
1952 19 5 24 #2,479
1951 22 22 #2,169
1950 19 19 #2,318
1949 13 13 #2,963
1948 12 12 #3,100
1947 14 14 #2,863
1946 5 5 #5,422
1945 6 6 #4,370
1944 6 6 #4,426
1943 8 8 #3,728
1940 5 5 #4,877
1938 5 5 #4,829
1936 5 5 #4,739
1932 5 5 10 #5,028
1928 5 5 #5,438