How Many People Are Named Wenda?
people named Wenda are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 436,506 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,001 babies named Wenda in Social Security records from 1935 to 1982, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
43 births
Trend
Last year given
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of WENDY.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Wenda in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Wenda alive today is about 66 years old, and 75% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 59 and 73 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Wenda first appears in the records in 1935 and was given most often in 1956, to 43 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 1982.
Babies given the name each year, 1935 to 1982
🏆 Rank History
Wenda has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,600, in 1949.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #1,600 (1949) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,775 in the 1950s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Wenda alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Wenda were born in Pennsylvania than in any other state: about 20 of those alive today.
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