Wendolyn
Wendolyn is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 196639 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1928
- 1,158people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,158 girls have been named Wendolyn in the United States since 1928, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1966, with 39 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 39 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1967, and the 1960s alone account for 28%.
By decade
| Decade | girls named Wendolyn | |
|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 5 | |
| 1930s | 15 | |
| 1940s | 69 | |
| 1950s | 254 | |
| 1960s | 324 | |
| 1970s | 218 | |
| 1980s | 110 | |
| 1990s | 86 | |
| 2000s | 56 | |
| 2010s | 7 | |
| 2020s | 14 |
In 1966, its biggest year
Wendolyn was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1966 were Lisa, Kimberly, Mary, Michelle and Karen. See all of 1966.
Names that rose and fell with Wendolyn
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Martipeak 1969
- Carlapeak 1962
- Lynettepeak 1965
- Lynnettepeak 1964
- Lanettepeak 1964
- Renaypeak 1960
- Lynettapeak 1970
- Linnettepeak 1971
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.