Wendi — #9614 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Wendi

The Social Security Administration has registered 14,522 babies named Wendi between 1943 and 2024, spanning 82 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Wendi currently holds the #9614 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1970, when 844 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Wendi performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 5,946 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Wendi shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 1,818 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Wendi in 45 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Wendi 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 14,522 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.