Wade — #340 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Wade

The Social Security Administration has registered 75,552 babies named Wade between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Wade currently holds the #340 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1970, when 1,423 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Wade performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 12,865 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Wade shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5,051 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Wade in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Wade 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 75,552 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.