first name
WENDELL
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 28,292 people named Wendell, 60.1% reported their origin as White, 30.9% as Black and 2.9% as two or more races. 99% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Wendell peaked in 1940, when 1,650 babies got the name.
At least 54,330 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Wendell by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1940s, when it ranked #437. The largest share of babies named Wendell, 33.9%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Wendell is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Wendell has been most common in Vermont (4×), Hawaii (3.5×), and Kentucky (3.2×), and least common in Connecticut (0.12×).
48,666 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Wendell
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Wendell, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Wendell ranks #9,317 of 156,621, with 3,353 people. See Wendell as a last name
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