Girls' name · since 1954
Wendye
Wendye has 28 recorded births since 1954 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1970 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #42,015 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 28
- born since 1954
- 1960s
- peak decade
28 girls have been named Wendye since 1954, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Wendye has 28 recorded births among girls since 1954, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1954 to 1970.
- #42,015 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 28 born since 1954
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Wendye ranks #42,015 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 28 born since 1954, peaking in the 1960s.
- #42,015 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 28
- born since 1954
- 1960s
- peak decade
Wendye's 28 recorded births place it above 41.88% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Wendye's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Wendye's full recorded timeline at 1966, 61% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 39% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1962, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1970 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Wendye popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1954–1970
- Peak year (1970)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 17 years of records
Wendye by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (15 births, 54% of the file).
1960s was Wendye's strongest decade.
15 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 54% of all-time use.
Wendye births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s
1950s
6 births
- 1960s
1960s
15 births
- 1970s
1970s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 15 births (54% of all-time use).
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What to do with Wendye's data
- Wendye's usage has stayed within range of its 1960s decade-level peak (15 total births) through the 1970s (7) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Wendye: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1970)
Similar record span (~16 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1954–1970 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Wendye draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.