Girls' name · since 1949
Wendalyn
50 babies named Wendalyn in U.S. Social Security records since 1949, with the highest year being 1970. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #35,140 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 50
- born since 1949
- 1970s
- peak decade
Wendalyn sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 50 recorded since 1949.
Wendalyn has 50 recorded births among girls since 1949, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1949 to 1977.
- #35,140 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 50 born since 1949
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Wendalyn ranks #35,140 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 50 born since 1949, peaking in the 1970s.
- #35,140 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 50
- born since 1949
- 1970s
- peak decade
Wendalyn's 50 recorded births place it above 51.4% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Wendalyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Wendalyn's SSA record in two at 1970 and the more recent half accounts for 54% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 46%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1966, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1970 peak of 9, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Wendalyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1949–1977
- Peak year (1970)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
Wendalyn by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (27 births, 54% of the file).
1970s was Wendalyn's strongest decade.
27 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 54% of all-time use.
Wendalyn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 7
1940s
7 births
- 1960s
1960s
16 births
- 1970s
1970s
27 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 27 births (54% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Wendalyn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1970)
Similar record span (~28 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, 1949–1977 (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 Wendalyn 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.