The baby name Wendell appears in baby name data for the United States from 1910 to 2024. It was most popular in 1940 with 2,269 babies given the name.
In the later years of this period, Wendell has become less common than it once was.
| Year | Count |
|---|---|
| 1910 | 28 |
| 1911 | 50 |
| 1912 | 218 |
| 1913 | 249 |
| 1914 | 415 |
| 1915 | 615 |
| 1916 | 662 |
| 1917 | 621 |
| 1918 | 695 |
| 1919 | 650 |
| 1920 | 751 |
| 1921 | 820 |
| 1922 | 830 |
| 1923 | 878 |
| 1924 | 896 |
| 1925 | 954 |
| 1926 | 886 |
| 1927 | 841 |
| 1928 | 877 |
| 1929 | 914 |
| 1930 | 965 |
| 1931 | 854 |
| 1932 | 852 |
| 1933 | 778 |
| 1934 | 831 |
| 1935 | 842 |
| 1936 | 895 |
| 1937 | 773 |
| 1938 | 712 |
| 1939 | 756 |
| 1940 | 2,269 |
| 1941 | 1,544 |
| 1942 | 1,127 |
| 1943 | 994 |
| 1944 | 865 |
| 1945 | 733 |
| 1946 | 662 |
| 1947 | 880 |
| 1948 | 810 |
| 1949 | 939 |
| 1950 | 1,126 |
| 1951 | 1,112 |
| 1952 | 1,137 |
| 1953 | 1,211 |
| 1954 | 1,205 |
| 1955 | 1,372 |
| 1956 | 1,424 |
| 1957 | 1,523 |
| 1958 | 1,669 |
| 1959 | 1,600 |
| 1960 | 1,511 |
| 1961 | 1,550 |
| 1962 | 1,445 |
| 1963 | 1,507 |
| 1964 | 1,298 |
| 1965 | 1,172 |
| 1966 | 931 |
| 1967 | 801 |
| 1968 | 726 |
| 1969 | 690 |
| 1970 | 636 |
| 1971 | 613 |
| 1972 | 475 |
| 1973 | 416 |
| 1974 | 344 |
| 1975 | 287 |
| 1976 | 310 |
| 1977 | 325 |
| 1978 | 327 |
| 1979 | 318 |
| 1980 | 347 |
| 1981 | 281 |
| 1982 | 343 |
| 1983 | 288 |
| 1984 | 212 |
| 1985 | 227 |
| 1986 | 214 |
| 1987 | 206 |
| 1988 | 215 |
| 1989 | 221 |
| 1990 | 229 |
| 1991 | 200 |
| 1992 | 161 |
| 1993 | 178 |
| 1994 | 149 |
| 1995 | 145 |
| 1996 | 77 |
| 1997 | 99 |
| 1998 | 61 |
| 1999 | 56 |
| 2000 | 39 |
| 2001 | 82 |
| 2002 | 78 |
| 2003 | 52 |
| 2004 | 37 |
| 2005 | 39 |
| 2006 | 67 |
| 2007 | 37 |
| 2008 | 44 |
| 2009 | 33 |
| 2010 | 24 |
| 2011 | 6 |
| 2012 | 31 |
| 2013 | 15 |
| 2014 | 47 |
| 2015 | 34 |
| 2016 | 39 |
| 2017 | 31 |
| 2018 | 18 |
| 2019 | 42 |
| 2020 | 24 |
| 2021 | 39 |
| 2022 | 62 |
| 2023 | 35 |
| 2024 | 12 |