Wendy

Girl · recorded 1918–2025

  • #1,341in 2025
  • 1 in 9,741girls in 2025
  • −36%last ten years
  • 1.8×in Georgia

Most popular in 1967. Quieter now: down 36% in ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1918

03,3996,79819181945197219982025

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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 102 recorded years as a table
Wendy, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19184
19216
19237
192713
19284
19297
193015
19318
193210
193310
193410
193526
193664
193775
1938118
1939202
1940222
1941286
1942356
1943326
1944337
1945440
1946485
1947549
1948893
19491,527
19501,769
19511,857
19521,918
19531,922
19542,274
19552,534
19562,421
19572,298
19582,230
19592,823
19603,398
19613,544
19623,548
19633,804
19644,262
19655,938
19665,624
19676,798
19686,528
19696,298
19706,350
19716,048
19725,607
19735,356
19745,154
19755,126
19764,412
19773,760
19783,210
19792,803
19802,494
19812,163
19821,665
19831,429
19841,202
19851,035
1986884
1987780
1988725
1989727
1990736
1991716
1992688
1993696
1994633
1995591
1996553
1997521
1998491
1999507
2000553
2001697
2002673
2003595
2004566
2005488
2006489
2007449
2008364
2009327
2010280
2011238
2012204
2013225
2014201
2015161
2016185
2017133
2018160
2019132
2020121
2021119
2022117
2023110
2024139
2025103

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. Georgia 1.8×
  2. California 1.3×
  3. New York 1.2×
  4. Texas 1.1×
  5. Florida 0.9×

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More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
165
Rank in 2025
#1,341
How rare
1 in 9,741 girls
Since 1918
262,325

Most popular in 1967, at 6,798 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 36% per million girls born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Georgia1.8×29
California1.3×77
New York1.2×34
Texas1.1×60
Florida0.9×27

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