How Many People Are Named Wendy?
people named Wendy are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,450 people in the US has this name
Based on 263,276 babies named Wendy in Social Security records from 1918 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
⭐ Uncommon
Peak Year
11,259 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
In the case of the character from J. M. Barrie's play 'Peter Pan' (1904), it was created from the nickname fwendy "friend", given to the author by a young friend. However, the name was used prior to the play (rarely), in which case it could be related to the Welsh name GWENDOLEN and other names beginning with the element gwen meaning "white, fair, blessed". The name only became common after Barrie's play ran.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Wendy in English. Counting Wendy and these spellings together, about 249,031 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Wendy (99.7%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Wendy alive today is about 54 years old, and 58% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 48 and 62 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Wendy first appears in the records in 1918 and was given most often in 1967, to 11,259 babies. In 2025, 165 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1918 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Wendy never made the top 10 girls' names. Its best rank was #28, in 1970, and it was in the top 100 in 26 years between 1954 and 1981. In 2025 it ranked #1,347.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,347 |
| Best rank | #28 (1970) |
| Years in the top 100 | 26 (1954 to 1981) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #48 in the 1960s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Wendy alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Wendy were born in California than in any other state: about 33,042 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Wendy was given 1.9 times as often in Utah, 1.8 times in Hawaii and 1.8 times in Vermont.
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