# Wendi (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/wendi/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 14,522 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 14,522 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

A spelling variant of Wendy.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 34 | 4,471 |
| 2008 | 26 | 5,565 |
| 2009 | 18 | 7,323 |
| 2010 | 15 | 8,259 |
| 2011 | 8 | 13,288 |
| 2012 | 15 | 8,195 |
| 2013 | 15 | 8,122 |
| 2014 | 9 | 11,883 |
| 2015 | 6 | 16,305 |
| 2016 | 8 | 12,815 |
| 2018 | 6 | 15,580 |
| 2019 | 6 | 15,444 |
| 2020 | 7 | 13,392 |
| 2021 | 6 | 15,134 |
| 2024 | 10 | 10,222 |

## People named Wendi

- Wendi McLendon-Covey, American actress
- Wendi Murdoch, Chinese-American businesswoman (1968-)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.