Wendolyn · Shortlist Together

Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1928

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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 73 recorded years as a table

Wendolyn, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1928	4
1932	5
1936	5
1938	5
1940	4
1943	6
1944	5
1945	5
1946	3
1947	8
1948	7
1949	8
1950	11
1951	12
1952	10
1953	15
1954	15
1955	15
1956	8
1957	15
1958	15
1959	15
1960	17
1961	16
1962	19
1963	12
1964	19
1965	17
1966	23
1967	20
1968	18
1969	17
1970	18
1971	19
1972	16
1973	18
1974	18
1975	8
1976	14
1977	7
1978	12
1979	11
1980	13
1981	10
1982	9
1983	7
1984	4
1985	5
1986	3
1987	3
1988	4
1989	6
1990	6
1991	4
1992	7
1993	3
1994	6
1995	6
1996	6
1997	6
1999	4
2000	3
2001	5
2003	4
2004	5
2005	4
2006	3
2007	4
2009	3
2014	4
2022	4
2023	4
2025	5

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Wendolyn 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

More like Wendolyn

The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025: 8
Rank in 2025: #10,917
How rare: 1 in 200,908 girls
Since 1928: 1,166

Most popular in 1966, at 23 per million girls born.

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

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