Wendelyn — girls' name

What the Data Says About Wendelyn

The Social Security Administration has registered 397 babies named Wendelyn between 1941 and 1986, spanning 46 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Wendelyn currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1986. The name reached its historical peak in 1954, when 24 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Wendelyn performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 143 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Wendelyn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Wisconsin, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Wendelyn in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Wendelyn 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 397 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.