Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Wendell

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

Endangered Down 95.5% from peak

Peak era

1940

Peak rank proxy

1,625

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Silent Generation

1880Peak 19402024

Peak year

1940

Decline from peak

95.5%

2024

All-time

53,696

Wendell once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1940, when 1,625 boys were named Wendell.

In 2024, only 73 boys were given the name.

Down 95.5% from its peak.

All told, about 53,696 Americans have been named Wendell and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationSilent Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 95.5% from peak

19401,625 boys named Wendell

202473 boys named Wendell

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