Wendolyn — girls' name

What the Data Says About Wendolyn

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,158 babies named Wendolyn between 1928 and 2023, spanning 96 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Wendolyn currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1966, when 39 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Wendolyn performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 324 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Wendolyn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 29 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Wendolyn in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Wendolyn 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 1,158 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.