Wendelin
Last seen for girls in 1976 at #6,611 · Last seen for boys in 1941 at #3,133
Given to girls 66.0% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1954 · 30 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 369since 1946
Wendelin over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
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| 1976 | #6,611 | 8 | — | |
| 1975 | #7,173 | 7 | — | |
| 1974 | #7,680 | 6 | — | |
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| 1970 | #7,995 | 5 | — | |
| 1969 | #5,974 | 7 | — | |
| 1968 | #4,489 | 10 | — | |
| 1967 | #2,868 | 19 | — | |
| 1966 | #3,740 | 12 | — | |
| 1965 | #3,549 | 13 | — | |
| 1964 | #3,244 | 16 | — | |
| 1963 | #4,272 | 10 | — | |
| 1962 | #5,293 | 7 | — | |
| 1961 | #3,608 | 13 | — | |
| 1960 | #5,696 | 6 | — | |
| 1959 | #3,436 | 13 | — | |
| 1958 | #2,862 | 17 | — | |
| 1957 | #2,926 | 16 | — | |
| 1956 | #3,321 | 13 | — | |
| 1955 | #2,280 | 23 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,909 | 30 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,931 | 28 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,934 | 27 | — | |
| 1951 | #2,116 | 22 | — | |
| 1950 | #2,341 | 18 | — | |
| 1949 | #3,393 | 10 | — | |
| 1948 | #3,883 | 8 | — | |
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| 1946 | #4,960 | 5 | — | |
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| 1941 | — | #3,133 | 6 | |
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| 1939 | — | #3,480 | 5 | |
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| 1934 | — | #3,679 | 5 | |
| 1933 | — | #3,268 | 6 | |
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| 1931 | — | #2,328 | 11 | |
| 1930 | — | #2,178 | 13 | |
| 1929 | — | #3,247 | 7 | |
| 1928 | — | #3,697 | 6 | |
| 1927 | — | #2,912 | 9 | |
| 1926 | — | #3,708 | 6 | |
| 1925 | — | #2,936 | 9 | |
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| 1923 | — | #2,772 | 10 | |
| 1922 | — | #2,630 | 11 | |
| 1921 | — | #2,804 | 10 | |
| 1920 | — | #2,602 | 11 | |
| 1919 | — | #2,152 | 14 | |
| 1918 | — | #2,543 | 11 | |
| 1917 | — | #2,280 | 12 | |
| 1916 | — | #2,926 | 8 | |
| 1915 | — | #2,829 | 8 | |
| 1914 | — | #2,651 | 7 | |
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| 1912 | — | #2,544 | 5 | |
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First appearance
1946
The first year at least five girls were named Wendelin! It came in at #4,960, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1946–1947, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
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Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1976
Rise & fade · girls
8 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1946
- Peaked 1954 at #1,909 (30 births)
- Births halved by 1956, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 64,731
- Highest: 1 in 64,731 girls born in 1954 were named Wendelin (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 183,137 girls born in 1976 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1950s
- 56.1% of all girls named Wendelin (207) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1946
- Mostly boys until 1945, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 23 | #3,393 (1949) | #4,079 |
| 1950s | 207 | #1,909 (1954) | #2,506 |
| 1960s | 113 | #2,868 (1967) | #4,273 |
| 1970s | 26 | #6,611 (1976) | #7,365 |
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.
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