Wendall
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- WEN-dul
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #8,906 for boys
Wendall is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “a Vandal”. In 2025 it ranked 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).
What does Wendall mean?
Germanic: variant of Wendell, from Germanic Wendel
“a Vandal”
Wendell is familiar through Oliver Wendell Holmes, the American poet, and his son, the Supreme Court justice.
Is Wendall a girl's or a boy's name?
Wendall is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Wendall in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,906among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 210,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the US were named Wendall, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,497th. Its busiest year was 1958, with 55 boys. It first appears in the records in 1904.
Half of all the boys named Wendall in the US since 1880 were born between 1938 and 1974, the years shaded on the chart below.
Wendall in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #8,906 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 10 | #7,497 |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 11 | #7,132 |
| 2017 | 12 | #6,681 |
| 2016 | 10 | #7,600 |
| 2015 | 10 | #7,486 |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,043 |
| 2013 | 17 | #5,167 |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 11 | #7,231 |
| 2008 | 10 | #7,693 |
| 2007 | 10 | #7,586 |
| 2006 | 9 | #7,992 |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
| 2004 | 9 | #7,530 |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,636 |
| 2001 | 11 | #6,006 |
| 2000 | 12 | #5,581 |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 13 | #4,663 |
| 1996 | 13 | #4,606 |
| 1995 | 13 | #4,502 |
| 1994 | 19 | #3,463 |
| 1993 | 17 | #3,655 |
| 1992 | 8 | #6,120 |
| 1991 | 11 | #4,752 |
| 1990 | 17 | #3,461 |
| 1989 | 16 | #3,440 |
| 1988 | 18 | #2,956 |
| 1987 | 23 | #2,396 |
| 1986 | 12 | #3,649 |
| 1985 | 25 | #2,170 |
| 1984 | 15 | #2,955 |
| 1983 | 15 | #2,911 |
| 1982 | 14 | #3,107 |
| 1981 | 16 | #2,777 |
| 1980 | 17 | #2,728 |
| 1979 | 15 | #2,896 |
| 1978 | 12 | #3,214 |
| 1977 | 19 | #2,361 |
| 1976 | 24 | #1,998 |
| 1975 | 20 | #2,204 |
| 1974 | 19 | #2,197 |
| 1973 | 25 | #1,782 |
| 1972 | 36 | #1,418 |
| 1971 | 30 | #1,596 |
| 1970 | 29 | #1,581 |
| 1969 | 32 | #1,414 |
| 1968 | 32 | #1,366 |
| 1967 | 49 | #1,043 |
| 1966 | 47 | #1,073 |
| 1965 | 36 | #1,271 |
| 1964 | 45 | #1,146 |
| 1963 | 45 | #1,150 |
| 1962 | 48 | #1,107 |
| 1961 | 49 | #1,120 |
| 1960 | 42 | #1,209 |
| 1959 | 43 | #1,181 |
| 1958 | 55 | #1,025 |
| 1957 | 43 | #1,184 |
| 1956 | 40 | #1,202 |
| 1955 | 39 | #1,197 |
| 1954 | 32 | #1,332 |
| 1953 | 25 | #1,507 |
| 1952 | 43 | #1,110 |
| 1951 | 27 | #1,429 |
| 1950 | 27 | #1,394 |
| 1949 | 18 | #1,753 |
| 1948 | 24 | #1,486 |
| 1947 | 30 | #1,335 |
| 1946 | 27 | #1,354 |
| 1945 | 22 | #1,405 |
| 1944 | 14 | #1,889 |
| 1943 | 26 | #1,367 |
| 1942 | 29 | #1,298 |
| 1941 | 20 | #1,532 |
| 1940 | 24 | #1,368 |
| 1939 | 25 | #1,323 |
| 1938 | 27 | #1,275 |
| 1937 | 20 | #1,528 |
| 1936 | 26 | #1,296 |
| 1935 | 32 | #1,165 |
| 1934 | 37 | #1,077 |
| 1933 | 19 | #1,586 |
| 1932 | 29 | #1,254 |
| 1931 | 25 | #1,394 |
| 1930 | 27 | #1,399 |
| 1929 | 35 | #1,173 |
| 1928 | 27 | #1,413 |
| 1927 | 38 | #1,163 |
| 1926 | 32 | #1,278 |
| 1925 | 36 | #1,184 |
| 1924 | 28 | #1,414 |
| 1923 | 21 | #1,695 |
| 1922 | 17 | #1,951 |
| 1921 | 29 | #1,390 |
| 1920 | 26 | #1,457 |
| 1919 | 16 | #1,972 |
| 1918 | 17 | #1,904 |
| 1917 | 15 | #1,985 |
| 1916 | 8 | #2,925 |
| 1915 | 13 | #2,069 |
| 1914 | 13 | #1,771 |
| 1913 | 9 | #1,944 |
| 1912 | 7 | #2,044 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,204 |
Names like Wendall
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Wendall: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/wendall, updated 20 October 2026.