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Wendelin

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Literal meaning not recorded

Wendelin has been given to 559 babies in the U.S. since 1946. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1954, with 30 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 66% girls, 34% boys all-time.

Babies named Wendelin, 1976

1 in 379,000

Wendelin over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Wendelin over time

In 1976, Wendelin went to 100% girls and 0% boys.

19121976

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Wendelin: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Wendelin means

Wendelin is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Wendelin is used in German.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 369 girls were recorded with the name Wendelin between 1946 and 1976. Its highest annual count was 30 in 1954; its best national rank was #1,947 in 1954.

In the United States, 190 boys were recorded with the name Wendelin between 1912 and 1941. Its highest annual count was 14 in 1919; its best national rank was #2,262 in 1919.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Wendelin?

Wendelin had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1976, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1976
1 in 379,000
8 of 3,034,007 births
Among girls only
1 in 183,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 1976
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
262,878 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Wendelin sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1976 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 262,878 children born in 1976 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Wendelin. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Wendelins were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Wendelin was born before 1957 — so the typical Wendelin is around 68 today.

Median birth year
1957
About 68 years old
Biggest decade
1950s
56.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
82.9%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
346
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1950s — 56.1% of all recorded uses (207).

Is Wendelin rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
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Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
—
Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
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Not published both years
Share of its own peak
0%
Peak was 1954 (30)
Years since peak
71
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
35.2% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,947
1954

Spellings of Wendelin

Wendelin is not the most common spelling — Wendolyn is, with 55.5% against Wendelin's 17.6%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Wendelin is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Wendelin was most concentrated in Missouri — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 716,077 across all states with data.

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Missouri1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Wendelin has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Wendelin is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Wendelin was most concentrated in North Dakota — about 1 in 33,333 boys, against 1 in 180,867 across all states with data. It was least common in Minnesota (1 in —).

03 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1North Dakota1 in 33,333
  2. 2Minnesota1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Wendelin has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Wendelin around the world

Where Wendelin ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • France
    1900–1936
    #798
    in 1936

Popularity data from Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.

Wendelin by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#1,947
1954
Peak year
1954
30 that year
First recorded
1946
Last recorded
1976
All-time count
369
Count in 2025
Under 5

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#2,262
1919
Peak year
1919
14 that year
First recorded
1912
Last recorded
1941
All-time count
190
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Wendelin

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

WendolynWendelynGracelinZeppelinYosselinMaydelinAnyelinJosselinLaurelinEmberlinWenonahBraelinNaydelinYakelinWendellAngelinMakaylinJackelinYaquelinYarelinEmmalinRoselinSherlinSheylin

Sibling names for Wendelin

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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