Wacey — #4347 US boys' name
375 babies named Wacey in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 1990. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 69% of names given to boys today.
32% of everyone ever named Wacey was born in this single decade.
24 babies were named Wacey in 1990 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Wacey
The Social Security Administration has registered 375 babies named Wacey between 1979 and 2024, spanning 46 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Wacey currently holds the #4347 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 24 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Wacey performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 121 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Wacey shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 16 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New Mexico and Arizona. In total, SSA state-level files list Wacey in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Wacey 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 375 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.
Wacey at a glance
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Current rank
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Wacey popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1979
- Peak year (1990)
- 24
- Annual births at peak — across 46 years of records
Currently ranks #4347 among boys.
375 total births across 46 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1990 with 24 births in a single year.
Wacey by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 121 births that decade — 32% of Wacey's all-time total
Wacey decade highlights
- Peak decade 121 births
- Runner-up 106 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Wacey's strongest decade
121 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 32% of all-time use.
Wacey by state
Where Wacey concentrates geographically — total births since 1979
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 16 | 4.3% |
| #2 | New Mexico | | 15 | 4.0% |
| #3 | Arizona | | 10 | 2.7% |
| #4 | Colorado | | 5 | 1.3% |
16 of 375 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 4.3% of nationwide
- New Mexico 4.0% of nationwide
- Arizona 2.7% of nationwide
- Colorado 1.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 4 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 4.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1979–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.