Wendy
Rank in 2025
#1341
recorded as girls
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
165
girls 165
Peak year
1967
11,223 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
263,276
since 1918
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Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Wendy was most popular in 1967, when 11,223 babies recorded as girls got the name (6.8 per 1,000). In 2025, 165 babies were named Wendy, ranking #1341 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's about the same.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 165 | 1341 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 225 | 1095 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 176 | 1300 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 192 | 1251 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 196 | 1211 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 196 | 1183 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 222 | 1103 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 273 | 968 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 230 | 1098 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 328 | 858 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 288 | 941 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 359 | 780 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 395 | 707 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 359 | 768 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 419 | 674 | 5 | 12287 |
| 2010 | 498 | 589 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 600 | 503 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 688 | 460 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 864 | 381 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 930 | 355 | 5 | 12055 |
| 2005 | 901 | 350 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 1,039 | 307 | 7 | 8927 |
| 2003 | 1,087 | 286 | 6 | 9581 |
| 2002 | 1,209 | 261 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 1,255 | 253 | 8 | 7536 |
| 2000 | 1,004 | 316 | 9 | 6839 |
| 1999 | 899 | 337 | 6 | 8704 |
| 1998 | 867 | 339 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 907 | 321 | 6 | 8110 |
| 1996 | 969 | 297 | 10 | 5535 |
| 1995 | 1,039 | 265 | 8 | 6407 |
| 1994 | 1,131 | 244 | 8 | 6372 |
| 1993 | 1,259 | 218 | 14 | 4227 |
| 1992 | 1,269 | 222 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 1,343 | 216 | 24 | 2753 |
| 1990 | 1,397 | 206 | 16 | 3607 |
| 1989 | 1,341 | 198 | 18 | 3205 |
| 1988 | 1,292 | 202 | 10 | 4450 |
| 1987 | 1,356 | 200 | 15 | 3201 |
| 1986 | 1,517 | 177 | 23 | 2360 |
| 1985 | 1,781 | 161 | 15 | 3070 |
| 1984 | 2,024 | 146 | 7 | 4973 |
| 1983 | 2,388 | 125 | 11 | 3630 |
| 1982 | 2,820 | 105 | 16 | 2831 |
| 1981 | 3,608 | 90 | 24 | 2138 |
| 1980 | 4,141 | 75 | 19 | 2536 |
| 1979 | 4,500 | 64 | 26 | 1991 |
| 1978 | 4,918 | 56 | 17 | 2568 |
| 1977 | 5,764 | 49 | 28 | 1823 |
| 1976 | 6,464 | 39 | 28 | 1781 |
| 1975 | 7,473 | 33 | 30 | 1658 |
| 1974 | 7,564 | 32 | 28 | 1692 |
| 1973 | 7,810 | 29 | 29 | 1612 |
| 1972 | 8,529 | 29 | 34 | 1453 |
| 1971 | 10,063 | 29 | 34 | 1466 |
| 1970 | 11,100 | 28 | 42 | 1278 |
| 1969 | 10,624 | 29 | 27 | 1570 |
| 1968 | 10,709 | 31 | 26 | 1544 |
| 1967 | 11,223 | 32 | 36 | 1253 |
| 1966 | 9,516 | 41 | 32 | 1345 |
| 1965 | 10,481 | 39 | 25 | 1559 |
| 1964 | 8,076 | 55 | 23 | 1655 |
| 1963 | 7,333 | 60 | 21 | 1744 |
| 1962 | 6,977 | 64 | 23 | 1669 |
| 1961 | 7,154 | 61 | 15 | 2148 |
| 1960 | 6,870 | 63 | 21 | 1772 |
| 1959 | 5,712 | 83 | 13 | 2295 |
| 1958 | 4,485 | 107 | 17 | 1953 |
| 1957 | 4,700 | 101 | 17 | 1952 |
| 1956 | 4,861 | 95 | 13 | 2263 |
| 1955 | 4,955 | 90 | 12 | 2302 |
| 1954 | 4,415 | 95 | 8 | 2942 |
| 1953 | 3,616 | 110 | 11 | 2391 |
| 1952 | 3,556 | 105 | 6 | 3373 |
| 1951 | 3,345 | 109 | 5 | 3714 |
| 1950 | 3,030 | 114 | 9 | 2580 |
| 1949 | 2,612 | 122 | <5 | — |
| 1948 | 1,517 | 182 | <5 | — |
| 1947 | 974 | 241 | 5 | 3733 |
| 1946 | 762 | 262 | <5 | — |
| 1945 | 575 | 290 | <5 | — |
| 1944 | 447 | 319 | <5 | — |
| 1943 | 455 | 331 | <5 | — |
| 1942 | 481 | 317 | <5 | — |
| 1941 | 346 | 358 | <5 | — |
| 1940 | 254 | 427 | <5 | — |
| 1939 | 222 | 450 | <5 | — |
| 1938 | 130 | 602 | <5 | — |
| 1937 | 80 | 761 | <5 | — |
| 1936 | 67 | 818 | <5 | — |
| 1935 | 27 | 1418 | <5 | — |
| 1934 | 10 | 2741 | <5 | — |
| 1933 | 10 | 2688 | <5 | — |
| 1932 | 11 | 2644 | <5 | — |
| 1931 | 9 | 2972 | <5 | — |
| 1930 | 17 | 2023 | <5 | — |
| 1929 | 8 | 3394 | <5 | — |
| 1928 | 5 | 4725 | <5 | — |
| 1927 | 16 | 2256 | <5 | — |
| 1926 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1925 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1924 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1923 | 9 | 3350 | <5 | — |
| 1922 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1921 | 7 | 4023 | <5 | — |
| 1920 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1919 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1918 | 5 | 4809 | <5 | — |
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Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 100% · boys <1% across all years