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How popular is the name Wendy?
Births per year, rank history and how many Wendies are alive today.
Wendy (female), once a common girls' name, is now rarely given to new babies in England and Wales: just 16 in 2025, ranked 1809th. The name peaked in 1964, when around 2,900 babies were given the name, the 23rd most popular that year. It has declined since 1964; the 2025 figure is roughly 1% of its peak. At least 73,000 babies have been named Wendy in England and Wales since 1934. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
The Wendy you are most likely to meet is around 62 years old. Half of all Wendies born in England and Wales are between 59 and 75, and there are at least 64,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly an 18% chance that at least one of them will be called Wendy.
How many babies are named Wendy each year?
Where does Wendy rank among girls' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Wendy most popular?
Wendy peaked in 1964, when around 2,900 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Wendy?
At least 64,000 people named Wendy born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Wendy?
Most living Wendies are between 59 and 75; the most common age is about 62.
Is Wendy becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 1964 peak.