Wendy — #1096 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Wendy

The Social Security Administration has registered 262,161 babies named Wendy between 1918 and 2024, spanning 107 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Wendy currently holds the #1096 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1967, when 11,222 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Wendy performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 88,964 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Wendy shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 36,062 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Wendy in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Wendy 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 262,161 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.