Boys' name · since 2008
Waden
46 babies named Waden in U.S. Social Security records since 2008, with the highest year being 2012. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #22,836 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 46
- born since 2008
- 2010s
- peak decade
Waden sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 46 recorded since 2008.
Waden has 46 recorded births among boys since 2008, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2008 to 2023.
- #22,836 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 46 born since 2008
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Waden ranks #22,836 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 46 born since 2008, peaking in the 2010s.
- #22,836 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 46
- born since 2008
- 2010s
- peak decade
Waden's 46 recorded births place it above 49.76% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Waden's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Waden's full recorded timeline at 2016, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2008, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2012 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Waden popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–2023
- Peak year (2012)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 16 years of records
Waden by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (31 births, 67% of the file).
2010s was Waden's strongest decade.
31 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 67% of all-time use.
Waden births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
31 births
- 2020s 10
2020s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 31 births (67% of all-time use).
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- Waden's decade-level peak was the 2010s (31 total births); usage has since declined to 10 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Waden: 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, 2008–2023 (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 Waden 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.