Wandy — girls' name
100 babies named Wandy in U.S. Social Security records since 1955, with the highest year being 1972. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
46% of everyone ever named Wandy was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Wandy in 1972 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Wandy
The Social Security Administration has registered 100 babies named Wandy between 1955 and 1990, spanning 36 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Wandy currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1990. The name reached its historical peak in 1972, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Wandy performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 46 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Wandy shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Wandy in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 100 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Wandy at a glance
Last recorded 1990Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Wandy popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–1955
- Peak year (1972)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 36 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1990.
100 total births across 36 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1972 with 8 births in a single year.
Wandy by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 46 births that decade — 46% of Wandy's all-time total
Wandy decade highlights
- Peak decade 46 births
- Runner-up 29 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Wandy's strongest decade
46 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 46% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1955–1990 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.