Wenda

Girl · recorded 1935–1982

  • 1982last recorded
  • 1956best year

Most popular in 1956.

Last recorded in 1982. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1935

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 47 recorded years as a table
Wenda, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19357
19366
19378
193814
193911
194010
194118
194211
19436
19446
19458
194610
194715
194818
194920
195020
195119
195218
195315
195420
195516
195621
195721
195813
195916
196018
196119
196218
196318
196421
196516
196620
196712
196815
196912
197013
19718
19728
19738
19748
19758
19763
19785
19793
19804
19813
19823

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Wenda isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1982
5
Rank in 1982
#10,517
How rare
1 in 338,665 girls
Since 1935
1,001

Wenda was last recorded in 1982. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1956, at 21 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Wenda doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.