Wendell · Shortlist Together

Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Wendell.

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Its story

Popularity since 1913

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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 54 recorded years as a table

Wendell, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1913	14
1920	9
1921	4
1922	7
1923	4
1925	6
1927	7
1928	7
1929	9
1930	6
1931	9
1932	5
1933	6
1935	6
1937	8
1938	5
1940	22
1941	12
1942	10
1943	4
1944	4
1945	8
1946	8
1947	7
1948	6
1949	6
1950	7
1951	5
1952	4
1953	9
1954	12
1955	6
1956	4
1957	7
1958	5
1959	10
1960	5
1961	7
1962	11
1963	7
1964	11
1965	6
1966	4
1967	9
1968	9
1969	9
1972	6
1975	4
1977	3
1978	4
1980	3
1982	4
1983	5
2019	3

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Wendell 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.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2019: 5
Rank in 2019: #15,539
How rare: 1 in 335,673 girls
Since 1913: 567

Wendell was last recorded in 2019. 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 1940, at 22 per million girls born.

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

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