Wendee
Last seen for girls in 1993 at #13,442
- Peak · girls
- 1971 · 49 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 790since 1948
Wendee over time
Rank among girls' names. Wendee has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
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| 1993 | #13,442 | 5 |
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| 1991 | #11,509 | 6 |
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| 1989 | #12,362 | 5 |
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| 1987 | #8,778 | 7 |
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| 1984 | #6,291 | 10 |
| 1983 | #4,686 | 15 |
| 1982 | #10,517 | 5 |
| 1981 | #4,532 | 16 |
| 1980 | #5,245 | 13 |
| 1979 | #5,092 | 13 |
| 1978 | #3,777 | 19 |
| 1977 | #2,909 | 27 |
| 1976 | #2,334 | 35 |
| 1975 | #3,404 | 20 |
| 1974 | #2,348 | 33 |
| 1973 | #2,506 | 29 |
| 1972 | #1,989 | 40 |
| 1971 | #1,805 | 49 |
| 1970 | #1,952 | 43 |
| 1969 | #2,023 | 38 |
| 1968 | #2,024 | 35 |
| 1967 | #1,947 | 36 |
| 1966 | #2,586 | 22 |
| 1965 | #2,204 | 29 |
| 1964 | #2,040 | 34 |
| 1963 | #2,960 | 18 |
| 1962 | #2,814 | 19 |
| 1961 | #2,299 | 27 |
| 1960 | #2,820 | 19 |
| 1959 | #4,031 | 10 |
| 1958 | #4,520 | 8 |
| 1957 | #3,930 | 10 |
| 1956 | #3,186 | 14 |
| 1955 | #3,225 | 13 |
| 1954 | #3,718 | 10 |
| 1953 | #3,106 | 13 |
| 1952 | #4,908 | 6 |
| 1951 | #4,011 | 8 |
| 1950 | #2,781 | 14 |
| 1949 | #3,612 | 9 |
| 1948 | #3,883 | 8 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Wendee! It came in at #3,883, and was given to 8 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1985–1986, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Wendee is popular in 1971
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Utah#328 · 1 in 1,798
- Michigan#728 · 1 in 8,626
- California#1,646 · 1 in 24,733
Best ever in a state: #328 in Utah, 1971.
Show every state
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| Utah | #328 | 6 | 1 in 1,798 |
| Michigan | #728 | 8 | 1 in 8,626 |
| California | #1,646 | 6 | 1 in 24,733 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Wendee
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1993
- Debuted 1948
- Peaked 1971 at #1,805 (49 births)
- Births halved by 1975, 4 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 33,956 girls born in 1971 were named Wendee (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 361,814 girls born in 1993 (0.00%)
- 39.0% of all girls named Wendee (308) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1940s | 17 | #3,612 (1949) | #3,748 |
| 1950s | 106 | #2,781 (1950) | #3,742 |
| 1960s | 277 | #1,947 (1967) | #2,372 |
| 1970s | 308 | #1,805 (1971) | #2,812 |
| 1980s | 71 | #4,532 (1981) | #7,487 |
| 1990s | 11 | #11,509 (1991) | #12,476 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Wendee in 1971
Top girls' names in 1971
More about 1971
girls
1,663,823 girls got a published name in 1971; 1 in 33,956 of them was named Wendee, which outranked 81.3% of the 9,645 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,772Vida50
- #1,772Yalonda50
- #1,772Zulma50
- #1,805Wendee49
- #1,805Bobbiejo49
- #1,805Bobbijo49
- #1,805Carma49
- #1,828Bernita48
- #1,828Bronwyn48
- #1,828Coreen48
Tied with 22 names at #1,805; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.