Wendell Boy
How popular is Wendell?
#2,145 boy name in 2025
67 baby boys were named Wendell in the US in 2025, making it the 2145th most popular boy name.
Wendell popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #2,145 for boys (▼ 103 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 67 boys |
| 10-year trend | Steady (-12% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,910 in 2015, #2,094 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1940 (1,625 boys) |
| Highest rank | #114 in 1940 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 99% boys, 1% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Wendell counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Wendell family of names ranked #1,643 for boys in 2025 (#1,551 the year before), with 80 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Wendell is most popular
Babies named Wendell per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Minnesota: 0.2 per 1,000 (20 boys)
- Georgia: 0.1 per 1,000 (16 boys)
- Tennessee: 0.1 per 1,000 (11 boys)
- Kentucky: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 boys)
- South Carolina: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 boys)
Wendell by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 83 | #464 |
| 1890s | 182 | #384 |
| 1900s | 366 | #269 |
| 1910s | 3,431 | #213 |
| 1920s | 6,226 | #205 |
| 1930s | 6,217 | #194 |
| 1940s | 8,378 | #114 |
| 1950s | 9,904 | #218 |
| 1960s | 8,968 | #227 |
| 1970s | 3,714 | #346 |
| 1980s | 2,615 | #470 |
| 1990s | 1,555 | #677 |
| 2000s | 904 | #1,255 |
| 2010s | 731 | #1,724 |
| 2020s | 489 | #1,681 |
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Questions
- Is Wendell a boy or girl name?
- Wendell is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 99% of babies named Wendell were boys.
- How popular is the name Wendell?
- 67 baby boys were named Wendell in the US in 2025, making it the 2145th most popular boy name.
- When was Wendell most popular?
- Wendell peaked in 1940, when 1,625 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #114 in 1940.
- How many people are named Wendell?
- 54,330 babies have been named Wendell in the US since 1880. We estimate about 28,946 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 64.
- Where is Wendell most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Wendell was most common in Minnesota, at 0.2 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.