Wendel — #9005 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Wendel

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,142 babies named Wendel between 1911 and 2024, spanning 114 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Wendel currently holds the #9005 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1940, when 45 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Wendel performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 344 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Wendel shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 80 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Wendel in 9 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Wendel 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 2,142 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.