Wendel
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- WEN-dul
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Wendel is a boys' name of Germanic origin. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Wendel mean?
Germanic: spelling of Wendell, from an element referring to the Vandals or Wends
A spelling of Wendell, from an old German name element thought to refer to the Vandals or the Wends.
Is Wendel a girl's or a boy's name?
Wendel is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Wendel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #12,003among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 340,000 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, 5 boys in the US were named Wendel, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 1940, with 45 boys. It first appears in the records in 1911.
2025 had fewer boys named Wendel than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Wendel in the US since 1880 were born between 1935 and 1970, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 72 boys in the US were given Wendel or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,784, up from #12,003 for this spelling alone.
- Wendell 67
- Wendel 5
Wendel in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 11 | #7,084 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 8 | #8,858 |
| 2011 | 11 | #7,002 |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 10 | #7,693 |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 12 | #5,153 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 11 | #5,180 |
| 1995 | 9 | #5,922 |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
| 1993 | 11 | #4,995 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 10 | #5,088 |
| 1990 | 7 | #6,408 |
| 1989 | 15 | #3,612 |
| 1988 | 14 | #3,518 |
| 1987 | 13 | #3,516 |
| 1986 | 11 | #3,878 |
| 1985 | 14 | #3,213 |
| 1984 | 9 | #4,212 |
| 1983 | 10 | #3,882 |
| 1982 | 11 | #3,690 |
| 1981 | 13 | #3,219 |
| 1980 | 21 | #2,366 |
| 1979 | 13 | #3,167 |
| 1978 | 12 | #3,214 |
| 1977 | 19 | #2,361 |
| 1976 | 16 | #2,600 |
| 1975 | 20 | #2,204 |
| 1974 | 20 | #2,129 |
| 1973 | 22 | #1,927 |
| 1972 | 27 | #1,680 |
| 1971 | 31 | #1,559 |
| 1970 | 38 | #1,350 |
| 1969 | 24 | #1,679 |
| 1968 | 21 | #1,730 |
| 1967 | 23 | #1,608 |
| 1966 | 25 | #1,539 |
| 1965 | 24 | #1,594 |
| 1964 | 23 | #1,654 |
| 1963 | 37 | #1,278 |
| 1962 | 26 | #1,545 |
| 1961 | 32 | #1,405 |
| 1960 | 31 | #1,433 |
| 1959 | 45 | #1,155 |
| 1958 | 41 | #1,203 |
| 1957 | 25 | #1,582 |
| 1956 | 32 | #1,361 |
| 1955 | 37 | #1,239 |
| 1954 | 24 | #1,558 |
| 1953 | 32 | #1,330 |
| 1952 | 37 | #1,212 |
| 1951 | 33 | #1,278 |
| 1950 | 38 | #1,167 |
| 1949 | 26 | #1,433 |
| 1948 | 24 | #1,486 |
| 1947 | 29 | #1,362 |
| 1946 | 26 | #1,381 |
| 1945 | 19 | #1,535 |
| 1944 | 24 | #1,369 |
| 1943 | 35 | #1,155 |
| 1942 | 33 | #1,214 |
| 1941 | 36 | #1,091 |
| 1940 | 45 | #952 |
| 1939 | 28 | #1,238 |
| 1938 | 33 | #1,125 |
| 1937 | 23 | #1,403 |
| 1936 | 39 | #1,010 |
| 1935 | 22 | #1,453 |
| 1934 | 25 | #1,357 |
| 1933 | 28 | #1,251 |
| 1932 | 36 | #1,126 |
| 1931 | 30 | #1,253 |
| 1930 | 30 | #1,299 |
| 1929 | 23 | #1,523 |
| 1928 | 20 | #1,707 |
| 1927 | 28 | #1,407 |
| 1926 | 35 | #1,219 |
| 1925 | 24 | #1,534 |
| 1924 | 26 | #1,492 |
| 1923 | 21 | #1,695 |
| 1922 | 32 | #1,282 |
| 1921 | 15 | #2,151 |
| 1920 | 19 | #1,820 |
| 1919 | 17 | #1,881 |
| 1918 | 22 | #1,595 |
| 1917 | 16 | #1,899 |
| 1916 | 22 | #1,504 |
| 1915 | 23 | #1,409 |
| 1914 | 14 | #1,686 |
| 1913 | 12 | #1,579 |
| 1912 | 9 | #1,745 |
| 1911 | 5 | #1,739 |
Names like Wendel
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
William Robert Richard Walter Frederick Russell Raymond Leonard Marshall Warren Charles Thomas
Other spellings of Wendel
Names related to Wendel
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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, “Wendel: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/wendel, updated 20 October 2026.