Girls' name · since 1953
Wandalyn
34 babies named Wandalyn in U.S. Social Security records since 1953, with the highest year being 1960. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #39,685 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 34
- born since 1953
- 1960s
- peak decade
34 girls have been named Wandalyn since 1953, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Wandalyn recorded 34 times among girls since 1953, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1960s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1953 to 1968.
- #39,685 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 34 born since 1953
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Wandalyn ranks #39,685 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 34 born since 1953, peaking in the 1960s.
- #39,685 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 34
- born since 1953
- 1960s
- peak decade
Wandalyn's 34 recorded births place it above 45.11% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Wandalyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Wandalyn's full recorded timeline at 1961, 47% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 53% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1959, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1960 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Wandalyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1953–1968
- Peak year (1960)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 16 years of records
Wandalyn by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (23 births, 68% of the file).
1960s was Wandalyn's strongest decade.
23 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 68% of all-time use.
Wandalyn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s
1950s
11 births
- 1960s
1960s
23 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 23 births (68% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Wandalyn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1960)
Similar record span (~15 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1953–1968 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Wandalyn draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.