Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Wendel” in the USA?

Number of people named “Wendel” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Wendel” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Wendel” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Wendel” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Wendel” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Wendel” by birth year

This chart shows how “Wendel” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1911 5 0.000007761 5 -100%
1912 9 0.000009109 9 -100%
1913 12 0.000010553 12 -100%
1914 14 0.000009885 14 -100%
1915 23 0.000012552 23 -100%
1916 22 0.000011373 22 -100%
1917 16 0.000007973 16 -100%
1918 22 0.000010133 22 -100%
1919 17 0.000008056 17 -100%
1920 19 0.000008397 19 -100%
1921 15 0.000006425 15 -100%
1922 32 0.000013979 32 -100%
1923 21 0.000009121 21 -100%
1924 26 0.000010917 26 -100%
1925 24 0.000010286 24 -100%
1926 35 0.000015245 35 -100%
1927 28 0.000012072 28 -100%
1928 20 0.000008846 20 -100%
1929 23 0.000010492 23 -100%
1930 30 0.000013494 30 -100%
1931 30 0.000014256 30 -100%
1932 36 0.000017051 36 -100%
1933 28 0.000014004 28 -100%
1934 25 0.000012038 25 -100%
1935 22 0.000010527 22 -100%
1936 39 0.000018772 39 -100%
1937 23 0.000010795 23 -100%
1938 33 0.000014915 33 -100%
1939 28 0.000012707 28 -100%
1940 45 0.000019542 45 -100%
1941 36 0.000014776 36 -100%
1942 33 0.00001208 33 -100%
1943 35 0.0000124 35 -100%
1944 24 0.000008922 24 -100%
1945 19 0.000007162 19 -100%
1946 26 0.000008137 26 -100%
1947 29 0.00000805 29 -100%
1948 24 0.000006951 24 -100%
1949 26 0.000007461 26 -100%
1950 38 0.000010847 38 -100%
1951 33 0.000008958 33 -100%
1952 37 0.000009742 37 -100%
1953 32 0.000008304 32 -100%
1954 24 0.000006029 24 -100%
1955 37 0.000009215 37 -100%
1956 32 0.000007761 32 -100%
1957 25 0.000005949 25 -100%
1958 41 0.000009918 41 -100%
1959 45 0.000010823 45 -100%
1960 30 0.000007222 30 -100%
1961 33 0.000007967 33 -100%
1962 26 0.000006443 26 -100%
1963 37 0.000009348 37 -100%
1964 23 0.000005916 23 -100%
1965 24 0.00000662 24 -100%
1966 25 0.000007193 25 -100%
1967 23 0.000006775 23 -100%
1968 21 0.000006216 21 -100%
1969 24 0.000006906 24 -100%
1970 38 0.000010536 38 -100%
1971 31 0.000009032 31 -100%
1972 27 0.000008591 27 -100%
1973 22 0.000007292 22 -100%
1974 20 0.000006579 20 -100%
1975 20 0.000006624 20 -100%
1976 16 0.000005273 16 -100%
1977 19 0.000005981 19 -100%
1978 12 0.000003781 12 -100%
1979 13 0.000003907 13 -100%
1980 21 0.000006097 21 -100%
1981 13 0.000003758 13 -100%
1982 11 0.000003136 11 -100%
1983 10 0.000002887 10 -100%
1984 9 0.00000258 9 -100%
1985 14 0.000003923 14 -100%
1986 11 0.000003092 11 -100%
1987 13 0.000003605 13 -100%
1988 14 0.000003789 14 -100%
1989 15 0.000003902 15 -100%
1990 7 0.000001771 7 -100%
1991 10 0.000002567 10 -100%
1993 11 0.000002918 11 -100%
1994 5 0.000001345 5 -100%
1995 9 0.000002458 9 -100%
1996 11 0.000003016 11 -100%
1998 12 0.000003262 12 -100%
1999 6 0.000001624 6 -100%
2001 6 0.000001603 6 -100%
2002 7 0.000001873 7 -100%
2004 7 0.000001832 7 -100%
2005 8 0.000002081 8 -100%
2006 5 0.000001264 5 -100%
2007 6 0.000001501 6 -100%
2008 10 0.000002544 10 -100%
2009 6 0.000001571 6 -100%
2010 6 0.000001623 6 -100%
2011 11 0.000003007 11 -100%
2012 8 0.000002187 8 -100%
2014 8 0.000002158 8 -100%
2016 6 0.000001635 6 -100%
2018 5 0.000001422 5 -100%
2019 6 0.000001729 6 -100%
2021 11 0.000003247 11 -100%
2022 7 0.000002069 7 -100%
2023 7 0.000002114 7 -100%
2024 8 0.000002403 8 -100%

Explore other names

These names are alphabetically near to Wendel:

  1. Wendal
  2. Wendall
  3. Wendalyn
  4. Wende
  5. Wendee
  6. Wendel (this page)
  7. Wendelin
  8. Wendeline
  9. Wendell
  10. Wendella
  11. Wendellyn