How Many People Are Named Wendelin?
people named Wendelin are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,102,531 people in the US has this name
Based on 559 babies named Wendelin in Social Security records from 1912 to 1976, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
30 births
Trend
Last year given
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Old diminutive of Germanic names beginning with the element Wandal (see WENDEL). Saint Wendelin was a 6th-century hermit of Trier in Germany.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Wendelin, 98% were girls and 2.1% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Wendelin alive today is about 67 years old, and 78% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 60 and 72 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Wendelin first appears in the records in 1912 and was given most often in 1954, to 30 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 1976.
Babies given the name each year, 1912 to 1976
🏆 Rank History
Wendelin has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,947, in 1954. Among boys, its best rank was #2,262, in 1919.
| Girls | Boys | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #1,947 (1954) | #2,262 (1919) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,422 in the 1950s | #3,175 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Wendelin alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Wendelin were born in Missouri than in any other state: about 4 of those alive today.
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