Wendell Boys

The U.S. popularity history of Wendell: every year it appeared on the national list since 1880, with 53,763 recorded births in total. All figures come from official Social Security card application data.

Total recorded births

53,763

Peak year

1940 #114

Years on the list

145

10-year trend

+9.0%

In the 1940s · Most used in KY in {year}

Popularity history

1880–2025

Year	Births	Rank
2011	52	#2436
2012	72	#1981
2013	71	#1963
2014	79	#1872
2015	76	#1929
2016	90	#1738
2017	76	#1916
2018	76	#1958
2019	78	#1914
2020	67	#2112
2021	84	#1852
2022	96	#1749
2023	101	#1692
2024	74	#2056
2025	67	#2165

Most recent years shown. The full curve above covers every year the name appeared.

Where {name} was most used in 1940

145

Names from the same era

Ned · 1939 Errol · 1941 Gerald · 1942 Mack · 1942 Jerald · 1942 Gail · 1942 Jerold · 1942 Sherwood · 1938 Bobby · 1937 Gene · 1937

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