Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Wendy

Gender

Male

Origin

Unknown
Teutonic

Syllables

2

Themes

  • Literary

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Wendy

Famous People

Talk show host Wendy Williams, Singer Wendy Wilson

Celebrity Babies

Daughter of Brian Wilson, Daughter of Nolan Ryan, Daughter of Bryan McFadden

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 1970 (rank #1279, 42 births); most recent 2011 (rank #12264, 5 births)
  • Girls: peak in 1967 (rank #32, 11,224 births); most recent 2025 (rank #1341, 165 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
2025–165
2024–224
2023–176
2022–192
2021–196
2020–196
2019–222
2018–273
2017–230
2016–328

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Girls: peak in 1997 (rank #820, 27 births); most recent 2025 (rank #1809, 16 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearGirls
202516
20249
202315
202216
202112
202021
201913
201815
201711
201616

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Boys: peak in 1989 (rank #569, 38 births); most recent 2022 (rank #5010, 3 births)
  • Girls: peak in 1994 (rank #71, 1,122 births); most recent 2023 (rank #462, 114 births)
Births by year in France
YearBoysGirls
2023–114
20223132
20215141
20204176
201910199
2018–202
2017–186
20167253
20153261
20147263

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Girls: peak in 1977 (rank #108, 71 births); most recent 2022 (rank #497, 7 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearGirls
2025–
2024–
2023–
20227
2021–
20203
20195
20184
20174
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Scotland

  • Girls: peak in 1974 (rank #35, 290 births); most recent 2024 (rank #541, 5 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearGirls
2025–
20245
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
20163

Top girl names · Top boy names in Scotland (2025)

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Northern Ireland

  • Girls: peak in 1998 (rank #351, 3 births)
Births by year in Northern Ireland
YearGirls
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Northern Ireland (2025)

Source: Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA), Baby Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1997 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Girls: peak in 1955 (rank #8, 297 births); most recent 2021 (rank #665, 5 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearGirls
2023–
2022–
20215
2020–
20195
2018–
2017–
2016–
2015–
20145

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence