Wendelyn
Last seen for girls in 1986 at #10,912
- Peak · girls
- 1954 · 24 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 397since 1941
Wendelyn over time
Rank among girls' names. Wendelyn has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1986 | #10,912 | 5 |
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| 1983 | #9,015 | 6 |
| 1982 | #6,371 | 10 |
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| 1980 | #10,392 | 5 |
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| 1978 | #9,750 | 5 |
| 1977 | #9,652 | 5 |
| 1976 | #6,048 | 9 |
| 1975 | #5,984 | 9 |
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| 1973 | #4,586 | 12 |
| 1972 | #5,109 | 10 |
| 1971 | #5,136 | 10 |
| 1970 | #3,110 | 21 |
| 1969 | #3,958 | 13 |
| 1968 | #3,057 | 18 |
| 1967 | #3,085 | 17 |
| 1966 | #3,040 | 17 |
| 1965 | #3,952 | 11 |
| 1964 | #4,096 | 11 |
| 1963 | #3,635 | 13 |
| 1962 | #3,033 | 17 |
| 1961 | #3,608 | 13 |
| 1960 | #3,512 | 13 |
| 1959 | #4,625 | 8 |
| 1958 | #3,925 | 10 |
| 1957 | #4,536 | 8 |
| 1956 | #3,910 | 10 |
| 1955 | #4,069 | 9 |
| 1954 | #2,186 | 24 |
| 1953 | #3,687 | 10 |
| 1952 | #3,372 | 11 |
| 1951 | #3,106 | 12 |
| 1950 | #2,781 | 14 |
| 1949 | #3,892 | 8 |
| 1948 | #3,350 | 10 |
| 1947 | #4,007 | 8 |
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| 1941 | #4,420 | 5 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Wendelyn! It came in at #4,420, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1941–1946, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Wendelyn is popular in 1962
No state had 5 or more girls named Wendelyn in 1962, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Wendelyn
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1986
- Debuted 1941
- Peaked 1954 at #2,186 (24 births)
- Births halved by 1955, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 80,913 girls born in 1954 were named Wendelyn (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 343,109 girls born in 1986 (0.00%)
- 36.0% of all girls named Wendelyn (143) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 31 | #3,350 (1948) | #3,917 |
| 1950s | 116 | #2,186 (1954) | #3,620 |
| 1960s | 143 | #3,033 (1962) | #3,498 |
| 1970s | 81 | #3,110 (1970) | #6,172 |
| 1980s | 26 | #6,371 (1982) | #9,173 |
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.
Wendelyn in 1962
Top girls' names in 1962
More about 1962
girls
1,966,603 girls got a published name in 1962; 1 in 115,683 of them was named Wendelyn, which outranked 60.0% of the 7,584 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,922Vienna18
- #2,922Waynette18
- #2,922Wylene18
- #3,033Wendelyn17
- #3,033Abbey17
- #3,033Adell17
- #3,033Adonna17
- #3,161Adelle16
- #3,161Adena16
- #3,161Alica16
Tied with 127 names at #3,033; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.