NameTides

Wendy

Wendy was the #1,341 girls' name in the US in 2025 (165 babies), and #1,809 in England & Wales and #1,429 in Canada.

Wendy as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Wendy as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSEngland & Wales
Wendy as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.5101880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales publishes its top 100 only, so it appears in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSW
2025#1,341 (165)#1,809 (16)———#1,429 (17)—
2024#1,095 (225)#2,772 (9)#541 (5)——#1,348 (18)—
2023#1,300 (176)#1,863 (15)———#1,203 (20)—
2022#1,251 (192)#1,767 (16)——#502 (7)#1,252 (19)—
2021#1,211 (196)#2,201 (12)———#947 (29)—
2020#1,183 (196)#1,449 (21)——#834 (3)#1,087 (23)—
2019#1,103 (222)#2,040 (13)——#621 (5)#895 (30)—
2018#968 (273)#1,887 (15)——#734 (4)#863 (32)—
2017#1,098 (230)#2,341 (11)——#734 (4)#1,230 (20)—
2016#858 (328)#1,834 (16)#798 (3)——#1,230 (20)—
2015#941 (288)#1,279 (26)———#1,584 (14)—
2014#780 (359)#2,314 (11)#603 (5)——#1,035 (25)—
2013#707 (395)#1,774 (16)——#894 (3)#1,599 (14)—
2012#768 (359)#1,809 (16)——#907 (3)#1,055 (24)—
2011#674 (419)#1,608 (18)———#1,361 (17)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1967 at #32.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1918.

How common is it?

about 1 in 9,700 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 9,700uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 16,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 8,800uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Wendy is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 8,900 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 6,900 to 1 in 11,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Wendy by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #612WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #811WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #1,405ILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,235NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #1,035OHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,409CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #1,180VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #909AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #813TNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #984GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,406TXFlorida: #1,243FL
Wendy (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#6696

Wendy (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
WendyCanadaGirls#1,42917
WendyEngland & WalesGirls#1,80916
WendyIrelandGirls—too few
WendyNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
WendyNSWGirls—too few
WendyScotlandGirls—too few
WendyUSGirls#1,341165
WendyUSBoys—too few