Wendell is an established boys' name that peaked in 1940 and has since faded.
Wendell is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #2,165 for boy births in the United States (and #4,620 across all names), given to 67 babies. Wendell first appears in 1880 and peaked in 1940 (1,625 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 67 | 67 | — | #2,165 |
| 2024 | 74 | 74 | — | #2,056 |
| 2023 | 101 | 101 | — | #1,692 |
| 2022 | 96 | 96 | — | #1,749 |
| 2021 | 84 | 84 | — | #1,852 |
| 2020 | 67 | 67 | — | #2,112 |
| 2019 | 83 | 83 | #17,847 | #1,914 |
| 2018 | 76 | 76 | — | #1,958 |
| 2017 | 76 | 76 | — | #1,916 |
| 2016 | 90 | 90 | — | #1,738 |
| 2015 | 76 | 76 | — | #1,929 |
| 2014 | 79 | 79 | — | #1,872 |
| 2013 | 71 | 76 | — | #1,963 |
| 2012 | 72 | 72 | — | #1,981 |
| 2011 | 52 | 52 | — | #2,436 |
| 2010 | 61 | 61 | — | #2,186 |
| 2009 | 73 | 73 | — | #1,958 |
| 2008 | 88 | 88 | — | #1,735 |
| 2007 | 79 | 79 | — | #1,847 |
| 2006 | 96 | 96 | — | #1,550 |
| 2005 | 84 | 92 | — | #1,634 |
| 2004 | 93 | 98 | — | #1,476 |
| 2003 | 90 | 90 | — | #1,465 |
| 2002 | 108 | 108 | — | #1,266 |
| 2001 | 94 | 100 | — | #1,366 |
| 2000 | 99 | 106 | — | #1,313 |
| 1999 | 114 | 114 | — | #1,156 |
| 1998 | 104 | 104 | — | #1,196 |
| 1997 | 117 | — | — | #1,087 |
| 1996 | 120 | — | — | #1,029 |
| 1995 | 160 | — | — | #859 |
| 1994 | 153 | — | — | #871 |
| 1993 | 186 | — | — | #769 |
| 1992 | 186 | — | — | #768 |
| 1991 | 193 | — | — | #736 |
| 1990 | 222 | — | — | #680 |
| 1989 | 229 | — | — | #663 |
| 1988 | 239 | — | — | #616 |
| 1987 | 213 | — | — | #627 |
| 1986 | 233 | — | — | #584 |
| 1985 | 248 | — | — | #562 |
| 1984 | 257 | — | — | #539 |
| 1983 | 285 | — | #8,033 | #506 |
| 1982 | 310 | — | #9,218 | #488 |
| 1981 | 299 | — | — | #485 |
| 1980 | 322 | — | #12,116 | #474 |
| 1979 | 279 | — | — | #499 |
| 1978 | 325 | — | #9,728 | #445 |
| 1977 | 294 | — | #11,301 | #474 |
| 1976 | 283 | — | — | #468 |
| 1975 | 329 | — | #9,043 | #442 |
| 1974 | 329 | — | — | #437 |
| 1973 | 389 | — | — | #393 |
| 1972 | 441 | — | #5,950 | #379 |
| 1971 | 534 | — | — | #346 |
| 1970 | 537 | — | — | #350 |
| 1969 | 576 | — | #3,772 | #327 |
| 1968 | 630 | — | #3,606 | #303 |
| 1967 | 681 | — | #3,478 | #279 |
| 1966 | 723 | — | #5,803 | #276 |
| 1965 | 872 | — | #4,486 | #254 |
| 1964 | 1,034 | — | #2,912 | #242 |
| 1963 | 1,088 | — | #3,798 | #228 |
| 1962 | 1,113 | — | #2,739 | #233 |
| 1961 | 1,234 | — | #3,601 | #227 |
| 1960 | 1,158 | — | #4,173 | #238 |
| 1959 | 1,222 | — | #2,595 | #228 |
| 1958 | 1,199 | — | #3,918 | #221 |
| 1957 | 1,127 | — | #3,301 | #227 |
| 1956 | 1,022 | — | #4,461 | #230 |
| 1955 | 978 | — | #3,569 | #229 |
| 1954 | 968 | — | #2,292 | #229 |
| 1953 | 902 | — | #2,807 | #227 |
| 1952 | 886 | — | #4,898 | #225 |
| 1951 | 880 | — | #4,006 | #221 |
| 1950 | 854 | — | #3,230 | #218 |
| 1949 | 723 | — | #3,391 | #244 |
| 1948 | 687 | — | #3,343 | #247 |
| 1947 | 728 | — | #3,235 | #246 |
| 1946 | 625 | — | #3,027 | #252 |
| 1945 | 597 | — | #3,127 | #229 |
| 1944 | 702 | — | #5,228 | #209 |
| 1943 | 818 | — | #4,682 | #199 |
| 1942 | 859 | — | #2,657 | #187 |
| 1941 | 1,109 | — | #2,268 | #157 |
| 1940 | 1,650 | — | #1,589 | #114 |
| 1939 | 596 | — | — | #206 |
| 1938 | 586 | — | #4,330 | #212 |
| 1937 | 592 | — | #3,140 | #206 |
| 1936 | 629 | — | — | #196 |
| 1935 | 661 | — | #4,189 | #194 |
| 1934 | 618 | — | — | #199 |
| 1933 | 599 | — | #4,207 | #200 |
| 1932 | 655 | — | #5,075 | #197 |
| 1931 | 651 | — | #2,966 | #203 |
| 1930 | 679 | — | #4,029 | #202 |
| 1929 | 649 | — | #3,131 | #206 |
| 1928 | 666 | — | #3,736 | #206 |
| 1927 | 634 | — | #3,861 | #213 |
| 1926 | 640 | — | — | #216 |
| 1925 | 689 | — | #4,417 | #205 |
| 1924 | 633 | — | — | #214 |
| 1923 | 622 | — | #5,720 | #210 |
| 1922 | 609 | — | #3,650 | #221 |
| 1921 | 592 | — | #5,841 | #227 |
| 1920 | 555 | — | #3,087 | #232 |
| 1919 | 473 | — | — | #242 |
| 1918 | 519 | — | — | #232 |
| 1917 | 466 | — | — | #235 |
| 1916 | 515 | — | — | #213 |
| 1915 | 490 | — | — | #213 |
| 1914 | 350 | — | — | #227 |
| 1913 | 252 | — | #2,323 | #243 |
| 1912 | 212 | — | — | #242 |
| 1911 | 94 | — | — | #270 |
| 1910 | 69 | — | — | #301 |
| 1909 | 50 | — | — | #329 |
| 1908 | 63 | — | — | #271 |
| 1907 | 42 | — | — | #330 |
| 1906 | 40 | — | — | #329 |
| 1905 | 31 | — | — | #383 |
| 1904 | 32 | — | — | #359 |
| 1903 | 22 | — | — | #450 |
| 1902 | 38 | — | — | #316 |
| 1901 | 18 | — | — | #465 |
| 1900 | 30 | — | — | #418 |
| 1899 | 22 | — | — | #401 |
| 1898 | 23 | — | — | #416 |
| 1897 | 24 | — | — | #391 |
| 1896 | 18 | — | — | #498 |
| 1895 | 23 | — | — | #413 |
| 1894 | 21 | — | — | #418 |
| 1893 | 11 | — | — | #648 |
| 1892 | 21 | — | — | #421 |
| 1891 | 8 | — | — | #763 |
| 1890 | 11 | — | — | #628 |
| 1889 | 5 | — | — | #1,108 |
| 1888 | 17 | — | — | #481 |
| 1887 | 8 | — | — | #748 |
| 1886 | 12 | — | — | #574 |
| 1885 | 9 | — | — | #695 |
| 1884 | 11 | — | — | #608 |
| 1883 | 7 | — | — | #796 |
| 1881 | 8 | — | — | #702 |
| 1880 | 6 | — | — | #904 |