NameTrends.U.S. Baby Name Data

Wendy Boys

The U.S. popularity history of Wendy: every year it appeared on the national list since 1947, with 951 recorded births in total. All figures come from official Social Security card application data.

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Total recorded births
951
Peak year
1970 #1296
Years on the list
55
10-year trend
-72.2%

In the 1970s ·

Popularity history

1947–2011

YearBirthsRank
198918#3323
199016#3770
199124#2824
199314#4440
19948#6948
19958#6968
199610#5966
19976#9219
19996#9860
20009#7382
20018#8307
20036#10841
20047#9897
20065#13937
20115#14239

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

Where {name} was most used in 1970

State-level records for this name and year are not published (names with fewer than 5 births in a state are suppressed).

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