Wa — boys' name

What the Data Says About Wa

The Social Security Administration has registered 48 babies named Wa between 1982 and 1996, spanning 15 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Wa currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1996. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 8 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Wa performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 25 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Wa shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Wa in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Wa in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 48 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.