Wendall — #8990 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Wendall

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,425 babies named Wendall between 1904 and 2024, spanning 121 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Wendall currently holds the #8990 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1958, when 55 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Wendall performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 425 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Wendall shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 24 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Georgia and Iowa. In total, SSA state-level files list Wendall in 11 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Wendall 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 2,425 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.