Feminine dossier · first seen 1918

Wendy

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

Endangered Down 98% from peak

Peak era

1967

Peak rank proxy

11,222

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Gen X

1918Peak 19672024

Peak year

1967

Decline from peak

98%

2024

224

All-time

262,161

Wendy 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 1967, when 11,222 girls were named Wendy.

In 2024, only 224 girls were given the name.

Down 98% from its peak.

All told, about 262,161 Americans have been named Wendy and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1918.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGen X

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 98% from peak

196711,222 girls named Wendy

2024224 girls named Wendy

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