Baby name
Wendy
/WEN · dee/
Meaning
“Invented for Peter Pan”
Modern English creation (invented by J.M. Barrie for Peter Pan character, 1904), popularized as a given name only post-1920s.
How it ages.
Wendy boomed 1950-1980 in English-speaking countries and is now dated as a boomer-generation marker; minimal Gen-Z adoption.
The cultural moment.
United States and UK saw Wendy climb to top-20 1960-1975, then sharp decline post-1990; cultural marker of 1960s-70s generation.