Wendyl — boys' name
11 babies named Wendyl in U.S. Social Security records since 1934, with the highest year being 1934. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
55% of everyone ever named Wendyl was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Wendyl in 1934 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Wendyl
The Social Security Administration has registered 11 babies named Wendyl between 1934 and 1944, spanning 11 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Wendyl currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1944. The name reached its historical peak in 1934, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Wendyl performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 6 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Wendyl shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Oklahoma, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Wendyl in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Wendyl 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 11 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.
Wendyl at a glance
Last recorded 1944Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Wendyl popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1944–1934
- Peak year (1934)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 11 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1944.
11 total births across 11 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1934 with 6 births in a single year.
Wendyl by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1930s
- 6 births that decade — 55% of Wendyl's all-time total
Wendyl decade highlights
- Peak decade 6 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1930s was Wendyl's strongest decade
6 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 55% of all-time use.
Wendyl by state
Where Wendyl concentrates geographically — total births since 1934
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Oklahoma | | 10 | 90.9% |
10 of 11 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Oklahoma 90.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Oklahoma accounts for 90.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1934–1944 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.