Girls' name · since 1998
Waad
59 babies named Waad in U.S. Social Security records since 1998, with the highest year being 2019. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #33,172 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,474 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 59
- born since 1998
- 2020s
- peak decade
59 babies have been named Waad since 1998, making it today's #12474 girls' name.
Waad has 59 recorded births among girls since 1998, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12474 as of the latest data, more common than 28% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1998 to 2025.
- #33,172 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #12,474 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 59 born since 1998
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Waad ranks #33,172 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,474 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 59 born since 1998, peaking in the 2020s.
- #33,172 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,474 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 59
- born since 1998
- 2020s
- peak decade
Waad's 59 recorded births place it above 54.13% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Waad compares
59 18th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Waad's all-time total is 84% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Waad | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 59 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 8 | 21 | 19,840 |
Waad's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Waad splits its recorded history at 2020: 56% of all births land in the more recent half, 44% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2003 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2019 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Waad popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2025
- Peak year (2019)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Waad by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (33 births, 56% of the file).
2020s was Waad's strongest decade.
33 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 56% of all-time use.
Waad births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 13
1990s
13 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s 8
2010s
8 births
- 2020s
2020s
33 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 33 births (56% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Waad: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1998–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Waad draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.