Wendy was a very popular girls' name that peaked at #28 in 1970 but is far less common today.
Wendy is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #1,347 for girl births in the United States (and #2,532 across all names), given to 165 babies. Wendy was first reported in SSA data in 1918 and peaked in 1967 (11,223 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 165 | 165 | #1,347 | — |
| 2024 | 225 | 225 | #1,097 | — |
| 2023 | 176 | 176 | #1,301 | — |
| 2022 | 192 | 192 | #1,255 | — |
| 2021 | 196 | 196 | #1,214 | — |
| 2020 | 196 | 196 | #1,188 | — |
| 2019 | 222 | 222 | #1,107 | — |
| 2018 | 273 | 273 | #970 | — |
| 2017 | 230 | 230 | #1,101 | — |
| 2016 | 328 | 328 | #860 | — |
| 2015 | 288 | 288 | #944 | — |
| 2014 | 359 | 359 | #782 | — |
| 2013 | 395 | 395 | #708 | — |
| 2012 | 359 | 359 | #769 | — |
| 2011 | 424 | 424 | #676 | #14,239 |
| 2010 | 498 | 498 | #591 | — |
| 2009 | 600 | 600 | #504 | — |
| 2008 | 688 | 688 | #461 | — |
| 2007 | 864 | 864 | #382 | — |
| 2006 | 935 | 935 | #355 | #13,937 |
| 2005 | 901 | 901 | #350 | — |
| 2004 | 1,046 | 1,046 | #308 | #9,897 |
| 2003 | 1,093 | 1,093 | #286 | #10,841 |
| 2002 | 1,209 | 1,209 | #261 | — |
| 2001 | 1,263 | 1,263 | #253 | #8,307 |
| 2000 | 1,013 | 1,013 | #317 | #7,382 |
| 1999 | 905 | 911 | #337 | #9,860 |
| 1998 | 867 | 867 | #339 | — |
| 1997 | 913 | — | #321 | #9,219 |
| 1996 | 979 | — | #297 | #5,966 |
| 1995 | 1,047 | — | #265 | #6,968 |
| 1994 | 1,139 | — | #246 | #6,948 |
| 1993 | 1,273 | — | #219 | #4,440 |
| 1992 | 1,269 | — | #222 | — |
| 1991 | 1,367 | — | #216 | #2,824 |
| 1990 | 1,413 | — | #206 | #3,770 |
| 1989 | 1,359 | — | #198 | #3,323 |
| 1988 | 1,302 | — | #203 | #4,770 |
| 1987 | 1,371 | — | #200 | #3,332 |
| 1986 | 1,540 | — | #177 | #2,426 |
| 1985 | 1,796 | — | #162 | #3,213 |
| 1984 | 2,031 | — | #146 | #5,536 |
| 1983 | 2,399 | — | #125 | #3,877 |
| 1982 | 2,836 | — | #105 | #2,969 |
| 1981 | 3,632 | — | #90 | #2,202 |
| 1980 | 4,160 | — | #75 | #2,613 |
| 1979 | 4,526 | — | #64 | #2,046 |
| 1978 | 4,935 | — | #56 | #2,664 |
| 1977 | 5,792 | — | #49 | #1,856 |
| 1976 | 6,492 | — | #39 | #1,826 |
| 1975 | 7,503 | — | #33 | #1,702 |
| 1974 | 7,592 | — | #32 | #1,745 |
| 1973 | 7,839 | — | #29 | #1,652 |
| 1972 | 8,563 | — | #29 | #1,471 |
| 1971 | 10,097 | — | #29 | #1,493 |
| 1970 | 11,142 | — | #28 | #1,296 |
| 1969 | 10,651 | — | #29 | #1,602 |
| 1968 | 10,735 | — | #31 | #1,572 |
| 1967 | 11,259 | — | #32 | #1,273 |
| 1966 | 9,548 | — | #41 | #1,371 |
| 1965 | 10,506 | — | #39 | #1,594 |
| 1964 | 8,099 | — | #55 | #1,699 |
| 1963 | 7,354 | — | #60 | #1,791 |
| 1962 | 7,000 | — | #64 | #1,712 |
| 1961 | 7,169 | — | #61 | #2,239 |
| 1960 | 6,891 | — | #63 | #1,810 |
| 1959 | 5,725 | — | #83 | #2,407 |
| 1958 | 4,502 | — | #107 | #2,024 |
| 1957 | 4,717 | — | #101 | #2,016 |
| 1956 | 4,874 | — | #95 | #2,360 |
| 1955 | 4,967 | — | #90 | #2,429 |
| 1954 | 4,423 | — | #95 | #3,168 |
| 1953 | 3,627 | — | #110 | #2,525 |
| 1952 | 3,562 | — | #105 | #3,720 |
| 1951 | 3,350 | — | #110 | #4,236 |
| 1950 | 3,039 | — | #114 | #2,764 |
| 1949 | 2,612 | — | #122 | — |
| 1948 | 1,517 | — | #182 | — |
| 1947 | 979 | — | #241 | #4,248 |
| 1946 | 762 | — | #262 | — |
| 1945 | 575 | — | #290 | — |
| 1944 | 447 | — | #321 | — |
| 1943 | 455 | — | #331 | — |
| 1942 | 481 | — | #317 | — |
| 1941 | 346 | — | #359 | — |
| 1940 | 254 | — | #428 | — |
| 1939 | 222 | — | #451 | — |
| 1938 | 130 | — | #602 | — |
| 1937 | 80 | — | #767 | — |
| 1936 | 67 | — | #826 | — |
| 1935 | 27 | — | #1,447 | — |
| 1934 | 10 | — | #2,919 | — |
| 1933 | 10 | — | #2,865 | — |
| 1932 | 11 | — | #2,825 | — |
| 1931 | 9 | — | #3,219 | — |
| 1930 | 17 | — | #2,106 | — |
| 1929 | 8 | — | #3,674 | — |
| 1928 | 5 | — | #5,415 | — |
| 1927 | 16 | — | #2,336 | — |
| 1923 | 9 | — | #3,631 | — |
| 1921 | 7 | — | #4,445 | — |
| 1918 | 5 | — | #5,562 | — |