girls:
369 births since 1946
#5347 (6th percentile)
boys:
190 births since 1912
#4396 (4th percentile)
overall:
559 births since 1912
#7180 (7th percentile)
The name Wendelin is the #7,180 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 559 recorded births since 1912. This represents the 7.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 7.2% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,347 (6.4% percentile) for all time with 369 births since 1946. For boys, it ranks #4,396 (4.1% percentile) for all time with 190 births since 1912.
Wendelin first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1912 (1912 for boys and 1946 for girls). Birth data for Wendelin is available in 49 out of the 65 years between 1912 and 1976 (27 years for girls and 22 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Wendelin has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (66.0% of all recorded births). In 1976, 100.0% of babies named Wendelin were girls. Interestingly, until around 1946, the name was more popular for boys (100.0% boys from 1912 to 1945), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (100.0% girls from 1946 to 1976).
For girls, Wendelin reached its peak popularity in 1954, achieving the 3.5% percentile (ranked #698) with 15 births per million. The name was most common in 1954, with 15 births per million (ranked 3.5% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1976.
For boys, Wendelin reached its peak popularity in 1919, achieving the 1.7% percentile (ranked #526) with 14 births per million. The name was most common in 1919, with 14 births per million (ranked 1.7% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1941.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Wendelin".
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Our model is 100.0% confident that Wendelin is pronounced as WEHN-duh-lihn, which has 3 syllables.
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