Masculine dossier · first seen 1911

Wendel

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Wendel
Creator: Social Security Administration

Resurgent Gaining cultural share

Peak era

1940

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Silent Generation

1911Peak 19402024

Peak year

1940

Decline from peak

82.2%

2024

All-time

2,142

Wendel is accumulating new signal in the present tense. Whether it is a revival or a fresh adoption curve, the name is moving from background noise toward cultural visibility again.

Your name peaked in 1940, when 45 boys were named Wendel.

In 2024, only 8 boys were given the name.

All told, about 2,142 Americans have been named Wendel and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1911.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationSilent Generation

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryGaining cultural share

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