Girls' name · since 1943
Wende
1,377 babies named Wende in U.S. Social Security records since 1943, with the highest year being 1967. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #6,031 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 1,377
- born since 1943
- 1960s
- peak decade
Wende is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 1,377 have been recorded since 1943.
Wende has 1,377 recorded births among girls since 1943, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1943 to 1990.
- #6,031 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 1,377 born since 1943
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Wende ranks #6,031 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 1,377 born since 1943, peaking in the 1960s.
- #6,031 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 1,377
- born since 1943
- 1960s
- peak decade
Wende's 1,377 recorded births place it above 91.66% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
15 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
Wende's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Wende's SSA record in two at 1965 and the more recent half accounts for 58% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 42%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1981, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1967 peak of 139, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Wende popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1943–1990
- Peak year (1967)
- 139
- Annual births at peak, across 48 years of records
Wende by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (595 births, 43% of the file).
1960s was Wende's strongest decade.
595 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Wende births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 71
1940s
71 births
- 1950s
1950s
314 births
- 1960s
1960s
595 births
- 1970s
1970s
343 births
- 1980s 49
1980s
49 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 595 births (43% of all-time use).
How Wende compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Wende's total volume
Wende by state
Where Wende concentrates geographically, total births since 1943
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 183 | 13.3% |
| #2 | California | | 100 | 7.3% |
| #3 | Texas | | 46 | 3.3% |
| #4 | Pennsylvania | | 22 | 1.6% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 16 | 1.2% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 14 | 1.0% |
| #7 | Florida | | 10 | 0.7% |
| #8 | Georgia | | 7 | 0.5% |
183 of 1,377 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 15 reporting states.
Wende appears in 15 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Wende's data
- Wende's decade-level peak was the 1960s (595 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Wendes (183 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Wende: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1967)
Similar record span (~47 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, 1943–1990 (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 Wende 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.