Wendy

#1,341 for girls in 2025, 165 births · Last seen for boys in 2011 at #12,287
Given to girls 99.6% of the time

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Peak · girls
1970 · 11,100 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
26 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
262,325
since 1918

Wendy over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201989peak #28, 1970girls
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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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1,341165—
2024#1,095225—
2023#1,300176—
2022#1,251192—
2021#1,211196—
2020#1,183196—
2019#1,103222—
2018#968273—
2017#1,098230—
2016#858328—
2015#941288—
2014#780359—
2013#707395—
2012#768359—
2011#674419#12,2875
2010#589498—
2009#503600—
2008#460688—
2007#381864—
2006#355930#12,0555
2005#350901—
2004#3071,039#8,9277
2003#2861,087#9,5816
2002#2611,209—
2001#2531,255#7,5368
2000#3161,004#6,8399
1999#337899#8,7046
1998#339867—
1997#321907#8,1106
1996#297969#5,53510
1995#2651,039#6,4078
1994#2441,131#6,3728
1993#2181,259#4,22714
1992#2221,269—
1991#2161,343#2,75324
1990#2061,397#3,60716
1989#1981,341#3,20518
1988#2021,292#4,45010
1987#2001,356#3,20115
1986#1771,517#2,36023
1985#1611,781#3,07015
1984#1462,024#4,9737
1983#1252,388#3,63011
1982#1052,820#2,83116
1981#903,608#2,13824
1980#754,141#2,53619
1979#644,500#1,99126
1978#564,918#2,56817
1977#495,764#1,82328
1976#396,464#1,78128
1975#337,473#1,65830
1974#327,564#1,69228
1973#297,810#1,61229
1972#298,529#1,45334
1971#2910,063#1,46634
1970#2811,100#1,27842
1969#2910,624#1,57027
1968#3110,709#1,54426
1967#3211,223#1,25336
1966#419,516#1,34532
1965#3910,481#1,55925
1964#558,076#1,65523
1963#607,333#1,74421
1962#646,977#1,66923
1961#617,154#2,14815
1960#636,870#1,77221
1959#835,712#2,29513
1958#1074,485#1,95317
1957#1014,700#1,95217
1956#954,861#2,26313
1955#904,955#2,30212
1954#954,415#2,9428
1953#1103,616#2,39111
1952#1053,556#3,3736
1951#1093,345#3,7145
1950#1143,030#2,5809
1949#1222,612—
1948#1821,517—
1947#241974#3,7335
1946#262762—
1945#290575—
1944#319447—
1943#331455—
1942#317481—
1941#358346—
1940#427254—
1939#450222—
1938#602130—
1937#76180—
1936#81867—
1935#1,41827—
1934#2,74110—
1933#2,68810—
1932#2,64411—
1931#2,9729—
1930#2,02317—
1929#3,3948—
1928#4,7255—
1927#2,25616—
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First appearance
1918

The first year at least five girls were named Wendy! It came in at #4,809, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1918–1920, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Wendy is popular in 1989

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Wendy, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Wendy, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Wendy, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Wendy, so not publishedNHWashington: #283 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 1,638 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Wendy, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Wendy, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Wendy, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #309 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 2,176 girlsMNIllinois: #293 for girls · 41 births · 1 in 1,885 girlsILWisconsin: #282 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,953 girlsWIMichigan: #274 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 1,889 girlsMINew York: #189 for girls · 108 births · 1 in 1,100 girlsNYMassachusetts: #232 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 1,481 girlsMARhode Island: #171 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 893 girlsRIOregon: #236 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,236 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Wendy, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Wendy, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Wendy, so not publishedSDIowa: #306 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,982 girlsIAIndiana: #335 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 2,289 girlsINOhio: #248 for girls · 42 births · 1 in 1,663 girlsOHPennsylvania: #408 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 3,123 girlsPANew Jersey: #237 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 1,548 girlsNJConnecticut: #291 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,912 girlsCTCalifornia: #103 for girls · 471 births · 1 in 518 girlsCAUtah: #318 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,680 girlsUTColorado: #442 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,940 girlsCONebraska: #289 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,824 girlsNEMissouri: #298 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 2,033 girlsMOKentucky: #235 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 1,520 girlsKYWest Virginia: #243 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,466 girlsWVVirginia: #212 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 1,325 girlsVAMaryland: #232 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 1,539 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Wendy, so not publishedDEArizona: #219 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 1,156 girlsAZNew Mexico: #204 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 915 girlsNMKansas: #331 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,018 girlsKSArkansas: #261 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,562 girlsARTennessee: #233 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 1,489 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #276 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 1,849 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #330 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,200 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Wendy, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #252 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,437 girlsOKLouisiana: #422 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,575 girlsLAMississippi: #248 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,245 girlsMSAlabama: #262 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 1,619 girlsALGeorgia: #238 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 1,443 girlsGAHawaii: #269 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,010 girlsHITexas: #228 for girls · 103 births · 1 in 1,295 girlsTXFlorida: #213 for girls · 56 births · 1 in 1,375 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. California#103 · 1 in 518
  2. Rhode Island#171 · 1 in 893
  3. New York#189 · 1 in 1,100
  4. New Mexico#204 · 1 in 915
  5. Virginia#212 · 1 in 1,325

Best ever in a state: #3 in Utah, 1965.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
California#1034711 in 518
Rhode Island#17161 in 893
New York#1891081 in 1,100
New Mexico#204101 in 915
Virginia#212281 in 1,325
Florida#213561 in 1,375
Arizona#219221 in 1,156
Texas#2281031 in 1,295
Maryland#232181 in 1,539
Massachusetts#232261 in 1,481
Tennessee#233201 in 1,489
Kentucky#235141 in 1,520
Oregon#236131 in 1,236
New Jersey#237311 in 1,548
Georgia#238291 in 1,443
West Virginia#24361 in 1,466
Mississippi#248111 in 1,245
Ohio#248421 in 1,663
Oklahoma#252121 in 1,437
Arkansas#26181 in 1,562
Alabama#262141 in 1,619
Hawaii#26951 in 1,010
Michigan#274321 in 1,889
North Carolina#276221 in 1,849
Wisconsin#282151 in 1,953
Washington#283181 in 1,638
Nebraska#28951 in 1,824
Connecticut#291101 in 1,912
Illinois#293411 in 1,885
Missouri#298161 in 2,033
Iowa#30681 in 1,982
Minnesota#309131 in 2,176
Utah#31881 in 1,680
South Carolina#33091 in 2,200
Kansas#33171 in 2,018
Indiana#335151 in 2,289
Pennsylvania#408231 in 3,123
Louisiana#422101 in 2,575
Colorado#44271 in 2,940
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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 Wendy
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 246 spots since 2024 (#1,095 → #1,341)
  • 158 spots since 2020 (#1,183 → #1,341)
  • 400 spots since 2015 (#941 → #1,341)
  • Biggest jump: 600 spots in 1936 (#1,418 → #818)
  • Biggest drop: 240 spots in 2017 (#858 → #1,098)
Rise & fade · girls
52 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1918
  • Peaked 1970 at #28 (11,100 births)
  • Births halved by 1978, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 26 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 26 yrs · run 1959–1981
  • Top 1,000: 82 yrs · run 1936–2016
Share of babies · girls
1 in 147
  • Highest: 1 in 147 girls born in 1967 were named Wendy (0.68%)
  • Latest: 1 in 9,741 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
  • Its best rank, #28 in 1970, was only 1 in 157 (0.63%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1960s
  • 33.9% of all girls named Wendy (88,963) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s5#4,809 (1918)#4,809
1920s45#2,256 (1927)#3,550
1930s583#450 (1939)#1,712
1940s8,423#122 (1949)#285
1950s42,675#83 (1959)#101
1960s88,963#29 (1969)#48
1970s74,185#28 (1970)#39
1980s22,268#75 (1980)#148
1990s11,080#206 (1990)#267
2000s9,577#253 (2001)#347
2010s3,371#589 (2010)#849
2020s1,150#1,095 (2024)#1,230

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.

Wendy in 1989

girls
#198
1,341 births · 1 in 1,375 girls
boys
#3,205
18 births · 1 in 111,163 boys

Top girls' names in 1989

  1. #1Jessica47,887
  2. #2Ashley47,588
  3. #3Brittany37,792
  4. #4Amanda36,834
  5. #5Sarah27,797
  6. #6Samantha24,792
  7. #7Jennifer24,006
  8. #8Stephanie22,766
  9. #9Lauren21,065
  10. #10Elizabeth20,298
  11. #198Wendy1,341

Top boys' names in 1989

  1. #1Michael65,415
  2. #2Christopher53,186
  3. #3Matthew45,375
  4. #4Joshua44,100
  5. #5David35,225
  6. #6Daniel35,007
  7. #7Andrew34,817
  8. #8Justin32,852
  9. #9James32,720
  10. #10Robert30,072
  11. #3,205Wendy18
More about 1989

girls

1,843,552 girls got a published name in 1989; 1 in 1,375 of them was named Wendy, which outranked 98.6% of the 14,550 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Wendy
  1. #195Marie1,377
  2. #196Cassie1,375
  3. #197Jacquelyn1,365
  4. #198Wendy1,341
  5. #199Pamela1,331
  6. #200Ashleigh1,330
  7. #201Tina1,323
Biggest movers since 1988
Risers
  1. ↑ 9,523Audriana#10,386 → #863
  2. ↑ 7,504Martika#8,391 → #887
  3. ↑ 6,932Audrianna#7,691 → #759
  4. ↑ 3,972Elizabet#4,496 → #524
  5. ↑ 1,772Katherin#2,489 → #717
Fallers
  1. ↓ 539Diandra#905 → #1,444
  2. ↓ 524Taja#720 → #1,244
  3. ↓ 455Jonathan#999 → #1,454
  4. ↓ 445Katarina#960 → #1,405
  5. ↓ 397Caryn#816 → #1,213

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

2,000,928 boys got a published name in 1989; 1 in 111,163 of them was named Wendy, which outranked 65.3% of the 9,232 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Wendy
  1. #3,094Valente19
  2. #3,094Zackariah19
  3. #3,094Zebadiah19
  4. #3,205Wendy18
  5. #3,205Abdulrahman18
  6. #3,205Alaric18
  7. #3,205Alastair18
  8. #3,325Adarius17
  9. #3,325Ahren17
  10. #3,325Alonza17

Tied with 119 names at #3,205; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1988
Risers
  1. ↑ 6,314Kiara#7,270 → #956
  2. ↑ 5,870Alexande#6,426 → #556
  3. ↑ 1,111Kwame#1,768 → #657
  4. ↑ 766Kadeem#1,467 → #701
  5. ↑ 684Hakeem#1,270 → #586
Fallers
  1. ↓ 839Long#819 → #1,658
  2. ↓ 337Darell#981 → #1,318
  3. ↓ 294Whitney#890 → #1,184
  4. ↓ 269Trevin#840 → #1,109
  5. ↓ 252Curt#850 → #1,102

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1989 →