Wende — girls' name

What the Data Says About Wende

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,377 babies named Wende between 1943 and 1990, spanning 48 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Wende currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1990. The name reached its historical peak in 1967, when 139 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Wende performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 595 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Wende shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 183 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Wende in 15 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Wende 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 1,377 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.