WENDY is ranked as the 210th most popular given name in the United States with an
estimated population of 319,468.
This name is in the 99th percentile, this means that nearly 0%
of all the first names are more popular.
There are 100.19 people named WENDY for every 100,000 Americans.
This name is most often used as a first name, 99% of the time.
Based on the analysis of 100 years worth of data from the Social Security Administration's
(SSA)
Baby Names database, the estimated population of people named WENDY is 245,080.
The SSA data also shows that WENDY is used as a girl's name 100% of the time.
The race and Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name
WENDY is
76.0% White,
7.2% Hispanic origin,
10.9% Black,
3.7% Asian or Pacific Islander,
1.4% Two or More Races,
and 0.6% American Indian or Alaskan Native.
These figures should be considered only as a rough estimate.
The purpose of this graph is to compare the name's specific race and
Hispanic origin distribution to the distribution
in the general population of the US.
The vertical blue bars represent the race distribution of people that have the name.
The yellow horizontal lines represent the race distribution of the general population.
The amount by which the blue bars extend past the yellow horizontal lines determines
how likely a person with the name will be part of a given race or Hispanic origin group.
On this basis, the people with the name WENDY have a higher likelyhood of being White and a lower likelyhood of being Hispanic origin.
Ethnic and Cultural Name Categories
The first name WENDY is included in the following name categories:
US feminine baby name - Social Security Administration
English feminine given name
Common US feminine given name - Census Bureau Data
Common US surname - Census Bureau Data
Race & Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name WENDY
The state with the most people named
WENDY is
California where
48,214 people have this name.
Maine is the state where you are most
likely to meet a person named WENDY, as
228.22 in every 100,000
Mainers
have this name.
Highest percentile rank of any state for this name is
99th, this rank was reached in the states of
California.
Maine is the state with the biggest
positive difference between the actual state population and the
projected state population based on the national average.
(where the blue bar extends past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
0 more
people than projected.
The state with the biggest negative difference is
Oklahoma
(where the blue bar does not extend past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
1 fewer
people than projected.
Midwest States
State stats for the first name WENDY
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Illinois
5,583
43.34
99.2%
Indiana
2,890
43.81
98.6%
Iowa
3,734
120.16
99.3%
Kansas
1,160
39.96
97.2%
Michigan
13,424
135.46
99.8%
Minnesota
8,761
160.55
99.7%
Missouri
1,236
41.3
97.8%
Nebraska
696
37.01
96.2%
North Dakota
322
43.5
92.2%
Ohio
5,070
43.73
99.1%
South Dakota
336
39.39
92.3%
Wisconsin
10,070
174.9
99.7%
West States
State stats for the first name WENDY
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Alaska
446
60.53
93.7%
Arizona
3,900
57.94
98.7%
California
48,214
124.25
99.9%
Colorado
3,329
62.16
98.8%
Hawaii
1,812
127.66
99.3%
Idaho
960
58.76
97.0%
Montana
620
60.54
95.3%
Nevada
1,752
61.7
98.2%
New Mexico
1,113
53.37
96.7%
Oregon
2,791
70.3
98.6%
Utah
2,170
73.73
98.3%
Washington
11,191
158.48
99.7%
Wyoming
308
52.68
92.8%
Northeast States
State stats for the first name WENDY
Shown are the top 20 most likely full names that have WENDY as a first name.
The length of the bars represents an estimate of the the number of people with the name expressed as
a percentage of all the people named WENDY.
The most popular full name is WENDY Smith.
0.88% of all the people named WENDY
have this family name.
There are 26657 last
names associated with this first name.
Top 20 Last Names
paired with the first name WENDY