Wendell
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #2,145 for boys
Wendell is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “a Wend”. In 2025 it ranked 2,145th for boys in the US (67 babies).
What does Wendell mean?
Germanic
“a Wend”
A male given name from the Germanic languages transferred back from the surname.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Wendell a girl's or a boy's name?
Wendell is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 67 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Wendell in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,145among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 67about 1 in 25,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 10% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 67 boys in the US were named Wendell, making it the 2,145th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,094th. Its busiest year was 1940, with 1,625 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Wendell than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Wendell in the US since 1880 were born between 1934 and 1964, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 72 boys in the US were given Wendell or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,784, up from #2,145 for this spelling alone.
- Wendell 67
- Wendel 5
Wendell in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 67 | #2,145 |
| 2024 | 74 | #2,042 |
| 2023 | 101 | #1,681 |
| 2022 | 96 | #1,737 |
| 2021 | 84 | #1,840 |
| 2020 | 67 | #2,094 |
| 2019 | 78 | #1,899 |
| 2018 | 76 | #1,936 |
| 2017 | 76 | #1,897 |
| 2016 | 90 | #1,724 |
| 2015 | 76 | #1,910 |
| 2014 | 79 | #1,857 |
| 2013 | 71 | #1,941 |
| 2012 | 72 | #1,958 |
| 2011 | 52 | #2,402 |
| 2010 | 61 | #2,168 |
| 2009 | 73 | #1,941 |
| 2008 | 88 | #1,719 |
| 2007 | 79 | #1,830 |
| 2006 | 96 | #1,543 |
| 2005 | 84 | #1,617 |
| 2004 | 93 | #1,465 |
| 2003 | 90 | #1,449 |
| 2002 | 108 | #1,255 |
| 2001 | 94 | #1,353 |
| 2000 | 99 | #1,297 |
| 1999 | 114 | #1,147 |
| 1998 | 104 | #1,186 |
| 1997 | 117 | #1,081 |
| 1996 | 120 | #1,023 |
| 1995 | 160 | #854 |
| 1994 | 153 | #863 |
| 1993 | 186 | #765 |
| 1992 | 186 | #763 |
| 1991 | 193 | #727 |
| 1990 | 222 | #677 |
| 1989 | 229 | #659 |
| 1988 | 239 | #614 |
| 1987 | 213 | #624 |
| 1986 | 233 | #582 |
| 1985 | 248 | #559 |
| 1984 | 257 | #538 |
| 1983 | 277 | #505 |
| 1982 | 303 | #488 |
| 1981 | 299 | #484 |
| 1980 | 317 | #470 |
| 1979 | 279 | #498 |
| 1978 | 319 | #445 |
| 1977 | 289 | #474 |
| 1976 | 283 | #467 |
| 1975 | 323 | #438 |
| 1974 | 329 | #437 |
| 1973 | 389 | #393 |
| 1972 | 432 | #379 |
| 1971 | 534 | #346 |
| 1970 | 537 | #349 |
| 1969 | 561 | #327 |
| 1968 | 615 | #303 |
| 1967 | 666 | #279 |
| 1966 | 716 | #276 |
| 1965 | 862 | #254 |
| 1964 | 1,014 | #241 |
| 1963 | 1,075 | #228 |
| 1962 | 1,092 | #233 |
| 1961 | 1,220 | #227 |
| 1960 | 1,147 | #238 |
| 1959 | 1,201 | #228 |
| 1958 | 1,188 | #220 |
| 1957 | 1,113 | #227 |
| 1956 | 1,013 | #229 |
| 1955 | 966 | #229 |
| 1954 | 945 | #229 |
| 1953 | 886 | #227 |
| 1952 | 879 | #225 |
| 1951 | 871 | #221 |
| 1950 | 842 | #218 |
| 1949 | 712 | #244 |
| 1948 | 676 | #247 |
| 1947 | 716 | #246 |
| 1946 | 613 | #252 |
| 1945 | 587 | #228 |
| 1944 | 697 | #209 |
| 1943 | 812 | #199 |
| 1942 | 846 | #187 |
| 1941 | 1,094 | #157 |
| 1940 | 1,625 | #114 |
| 1939 | 596 | #205 |
| 1938 | 580 | #211 |
| 1937 | 583 | #206 |
| 1936 | 629 | #196 |
| 1935 | 655 | #194 |
| 1934 | 618 | #199 |
| 1933 | 593 | #200 |
| 1932 | 650 | #197 |
| 1931 | 641 | #203 |
| 1930 | 672 | #202 |
| 1929 | 639 | #206 |
| 1928 | 658 | #206 |
| 1927 | 626 | #213 |
| 1926 | 640 | #216 |
| 1925 | 682 | #205 |
| 1924 | 633 | #214 |
| 1923 | 617 | #210 |
| 1922 | 600 | #221 |
| 1921 | 587 | #227 |
| 1920 | 544 | #232 |
| 1919 | 473 | #242 |
| 1918 | 519 | #232 |
| 1917 | 466 | #233 |
| 1916 | 515 | #213 |
| 1915 | 490 | #213 |
| 1914 | 350 | #227 |
| 1913 | 243 | #240 |
| 1912 | 212 | #242 |
| 1911 | 94 | #267 |
| 1910 | 69 | #299 |
| 1909 | 50 | #325 |
| 1908 | 63 | #269 |
| 1907 | 42 | #328 |
| 1906 | 40 | #323 |
| 1905 | 31 | #370 |
| 1904 | 32 | #354 |
| 1903 | 22 | #430 |
| 1902 | 38 | #312 |
| 1901 | 18 | #453 |
| 1900 | 30 | #413 |
| 1899 | 22 | #394 |
| 1898 | 23 | #409 |
| 1897 | 24 | #384 |
| 1896 | 18 | #481 |
| 1895 | 23 | #399 |
| 1894 | 21 | #412 |
| 1893 | 11 | #615 |
| 1892 | 21 | #415 |
| 1891 | 8 | #699 |
| 1890 | 11 | #603 |
| 1889 | 5 | #973 |
| 1888 | 17 | #464 |
| 1887 | 8 | #679 |
| 1886 | 12 | #540 |
| 1885 | 9 | #641 |
| 1884 | 11 | #570 |
| 1883 | 7 | #720 |
| 1882 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 8 | #653 |
| 1880 | 6 | #809 |
Names like Wendell
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Russell William Richard Robert Walter Raymond Leonard Frederick Marshall Willie Jerry Warren
Other spellings of Wendell
Names related to Wendell
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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, “Wendell: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/wendell, updated 20 October 2026.