# Wenzel (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/wenzel/  
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 | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 147 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 147 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## 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, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1921 | 13 | 2,499 |
| 1923 | 5 | 4,873 |
| 1924 | 5 | 4,941 |
| 1925 | 9 | 3,147 |
| 1926 | 6 | 4,175 |
| 1928 | 12 | 2,521 |
| 1929 | 6 | 3,947 |
| 1930 | 5 | 4,528 |
| 1932 | 5 | 4,265 |
| 1934 | 9 | 2,739 |
| 1937 | 5 | 4,000 |
| 1941 | 6 | 3,496 |
| 1943 | 5 | 4,023 |
| 1952 | 7 | 3,364 |
| 2022 | 5 | 14,218 |

## People named Wenzel

- Prince Joseph Wenzel of Liechtenstein, eldest child of Alois, Hereditary Prince of Liechtenstein, and Duchess Sophie in Bavaria
- Wenzel Müller, composer (1759-1835)
- Wenzel von Wurm, Austro-Hungarian general
- Wenzel Robert von Gallenberg, Austrian composer and theatre director (1783-1839)
- Wenzel Jaksch, Czech Sudeten German Socialdemocrat politician (1896-1966)
- Wenzel Jamnitzer, German artist (1508-1585)
- Johann Wenzel Peter, Austrian painter (1745–1829)
- Wenzel Fuchs, clarinetist
- Ludwig Wenzel Lachnith, Czech hornist and composer
- Wenzel Hablik, German artist (1881-1934)
- Wenzel Gruber, Austrian anatomist (1814–1890)
- Wenzel Messenhauser, Austrian author (1811–1848)

## 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.