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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Wendolyn

Wendolyn was the 11865th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 8 babies. Its best year was 1966, when it ranked 1856th with 39 babies. More babies were named Wendolyn in the 1960s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
#11,865 girls
Babies in 2025
8girls
Girls and boys
Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
Peak year
196639 babies
Total since 1880
1,176babies recorded

Wendolyn popularity since 1880

012.52537.550 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.

A few boys are given the name too: 10 since 1932.

YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025#11,8658
2020——
2010——
2000#14,9626
1990#7,28912
1980#3,71822
1970#2,44831
1960#1,98034
1950#2,33919
1940#5,0075
1930——
1920——
1910——
1900——
1890——
1880——

How popular is Wendolyn, counting every spelling?

Wendolyn has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How many kids will share the name Wendolyn?

8 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Wendolyn (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Wendolyn born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 1,057 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Wendolyn.

Chance of another Wendolyn in a class of 20under 1 in 50US, born 2025

Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.

How old are people named Wendolyn?

About 1,000 people born in the US named Wendolyn are alive today, with a median age of 57; half are between 45 and 66. That makes Wendolyn a name most people associate with older generations.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Wendolyn by state

How common Wendolyn was among girls born in each state in 1964–1968, around its peak. In 48 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: fewer than 5 a yearIL–Michigan: fewer than 5 a yearMI–New York: fewer than 5 a yearNY–Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: fewer than 5 a yearOH–Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesCA0.01Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesNC0.03South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: fewer than 5 a yearGA–Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesTX0.03Florida: fewer than 5 a yearFL–
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Wendolyn, girls, 1964–1968. Darker means more common.

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These names rose and fell in step with Wendolyn: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Wendolyn, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Wendolyn

How popular is the name Wendolyn?

Wendolyn was the 11865th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 8 babies. Its best year was 1966, when it ranked 1856th with 39 babies. More babies were named Wendolyn in the 1960s than in any other decade.

Is Wendolyn a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Wendolyn in the US.

Where was Wendolyn most popular?

In 1964–1968, Wendolyn was most common in North Carolina (0.03 per 1,000 girls), followed by Texas and California.