Wendy
#159 most common girls' name of all time · #305 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1918–2025
Rank among girls
#159
Rank overall
#305 of 105,966
First appeared
1918
Years on the list
102 of 146
All-time
263,276
Since 2016
2,203
Peak year
1967 #32
Best rank
#28 1970
Girls
Boys
peak 11,259/yr
Wendy first appears in 1918. 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 | 165 | — | 165 | #1,343 |
| 2024 | 225 | — | 225 | #1,096 |
| 2023 | 176 | — | 176 | #1,300 |
| 2022 | 192 | — | 192 | #1,252 |
| 2021 | 196 | — | 196 | #1,211 |
| 2020 | 196 | — | 196 | #1,184 |
| 2019 | 222 | — | 222 | #1,106 |
| 2018 | 273 | — | 273 | #969 |
| 2017 | 230 | — | 230 | #1,101 |
| 2016 | 328 | — | 328 | #858 |
| 2015 | 288 | — | 288 | #942 |
| 2014 | 359 | — | 359 | #782 |
| 2013 | 395 | — | 395 | #708 |
| 2012 | 359 | — | 359 | #768 |
| 2011 | 419 | 5 | 424 | #675 |
| 2010 | 498 | — | 498 | #591 |
| 2009 | 600 | — | 600 | #504 |
| 2008 | 688 | — | 688 | #461 |
| 2007 | 864 | — | 864 | #381 |
| 2006 | 930 | 5 | 935 | #355 |
| 2005 | 901 | — | 901 | #350 |
| 2004 | 1,039 | 7 | 1,046 | #307 |
| 2003 | 1,087 | 6 | 1,093 | #286 |
| 2002 | 1,209 | — | 1,209 | #261 |
| 2001 | 1,255 | 8 | 1,263 | #253 |
| 2000 | 1,004 | 9 | 1,013 | #316 |
| 1999 | 899 | 6 | 905 | #337 |
| 1998 | 867 | — | 867 | #339 |
| 1997 | 907 | 6 | 913 | #321 |
| 1996 | 969 | 10 | 979 | #297 |
| 1995 | 1,039 | 8 | 1,047 | #265 |
| 1994 | 1,131 | 8 | 1,139 | #246 |
| 1993 | 1,259 | 14 | 1,273 | #219 |
| 1992 | 1,269 | — | 1,269 | #222 |
| 1991 | 1,343 | 24 | 1,367 | #216 |
| 1990 | 1,397 | 16 | 1,413 | #206 |
| 1989 | 1,341 | 18 | 1,359 | #198 |
| 1988 | 1,292 | 10 | 1,302 | #203 |
| 1987 | 1,356 | 15 | 1,371 | #200 |
| 1986 | 1,517 | 23 | 1,540 | #177 |
| 1985 | 1,781 | 15 | 1,796 | #162 |
| 1984 | 2,024 | 7 | 2,031 | #146 |
| 1983 | 2,388 | 11 | 2,399 | #125 |
| 1982 | 2,820 | 16 | 2,836 | #105 |
| 1981 | 3,608 | 24 | 3,632 | #90 |
| 1980 | 4,141 | 19 | 4,160 | #75 |
| 1979 | 4,500 | 26 | 4,526 | #64 |
| 1978 | 4,918 | 17 | 4,935 | #56 |
| 1977 | 5,764 | 28 | 5,792 | #49 |
| 1976 | 6,464 | 28 | 6,492 | #39 |
| 1975 | 7,473 | 30 | 7,503 | #33 |
| 1974 | 7,564 | 28 | 7,592 | #32 |
| 1973 | 7,810 | 29 | 7,839 | #29 |
| 1972 | 8,529 | 34 | 8,563 | #29 |
| 1971 | 10,063 | 34 | 10,097 | #29 |
| 1970 | 11,100 | 42 | 11,142 | #28 |
| 1969 | 10,624 | 27 | 10,651 | #29 |
| 1968 | 10,709 | 26 | 10,735 | #31 |
| 1967 | 11,223 | 36 | 11,259 | #32 |
| 1966 | 9,516 | 32 | 9,548 | #41 |
| 1965 | 10,481 | 25 | 10,506 | #39 |
| 1964 | 8,076 | 23 | 8,099 | #55 |
| 1963 | 7,333 | 21 | 7,354 | #60 |
| 1962 | 6,977 | 23 | 7,000 | #64 |
| 1961 | 7,154 | 15 | 7,169 | #61 |
| 1960 | 6,870 | 21 | 6,891 | #63 |
| 1959 | 5,712 | 13 | 5,725 | #83 |
| 1958 | 4,485 | 17 | 4,502 | #107 |
| 1957 | 4,700 | 17 | 4,717 | #101 |
| 1956 | 4,861 | 13 | 4,874 | #95 |
| 1955 | 4,955 | 12 | 4,967 | #90 |
| 1954 | 4,415 | 8 | 4,423 | #95 |
| 1953 | 3,616 | 11 | 3,627 | #110 |
| 1952 | 3,556 | 6 | 3,562 | #105 |
| 1951 | 3,345 | 5 | 3,350 | #110 |
| 1950 | 3,030 | 9 | 3,039 | #114 |
| 1949 | 2,612 | — | 2,612 | #122 |
| 1948 | 1,517 | — | 1,517 | #182 |
| 1947 | 974 | 5 | 979 | #241 |
| 1946 | 762 | — | 762 | #262 |
| 1945 | 575 | — | 575 | #290 |
| 1944 | 447 | — | 447 | #321 |
| 1943 | 455 | — | 455 | #331 |
| 1942 | 481 | — | 481 | #317 |
| 1941 | 346 | — | 346 | #359 |
| 1940 | 254 | — | 254 | #428 |
| 1939 | 222 | — | 222 | #451 |
| 1938 | 130 | — | 130 | #602 |
| 1937 | 80 | — | 80 | #767 |
| 1936 | 67 | — | 67 | #826 |
| 1935 | 27 | — | 27 | #1,446 |
| 1934 | 10 | — | 10 | #2,893 |
| 1933 | 10 | — | 10 | #2,839 |
| 1932 | 11 | — | 11 | #2,807 |
| 1931 | 9 | — | 9 | #3,185 |
| 1930 | 17 | — | 17 | #2,107 |
| 1929 | 8 | — | 8 | #3,631 |
| 1928 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,205 |
| 1927 | 16 | — | 16 | #2,336 |
| 1923 | 9 | — | 9 | #3,624 |
| 1921 | 7 | — | 7 | #4,405 |
| 1918 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,582 |