Wenda — girls' name

What the Data Says About Wenda

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,001 babies named Wenda between 1935 and 1982, spanning 48 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Wenda currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1982. The name reached its historical peak in 1956, when 43 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Wenda performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 343 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Wenda shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 26 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Wenda in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Wenda 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 1,001 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.