Wendall
Wendall is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 8 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 80.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 195855 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1904
- 2,425people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,425 boys have been named Wendall in the United States since 1904, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1958, with 55 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1958, and the 1960s alone account for 18%.
By decade
| Decade | boys named Wendall | |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 5 | |
| 1910s | 98 | |
| 1920s | 289 | |
| 1930s | 267 | |
| 1940s | 234 | |
| 1950s | 374 | |
| 1960s | 425 | |
| 1970s | 229 | |
| 1980s | 171 | |
| 1990s | 121 | |
| 2000s | 94 | |
| 2010s | 83 | |
| 2020s | 35 |
In 1958, its biggest year
Wendall was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1958 were Michael, David, James, Robert and John. See all of 1958.
Names that rose and fell with Wendall
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Teddypeak 1949
- Jamepeak 1957
- Kenithpeak 1963
- Waymondpeak 1953
- Nielpeak 1958
- Doranpeak 1954
- Parnellpeak 1963
- Deltonpeak 1933
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.