Unisex name · since 1891
Wadie
96 babies named Wadie in U.S. Social Security records since 1891, with the highest year being 1918. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #27,613 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 96
- born since 1891
- 1910s
- peak decade
Wadie is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 96 have been recorded since 1891.
Social Security Administration records show Wadie recorded 96 times among girls since 1891, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1910s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1891 to 1940.
- #27,613 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 96 born since 1891
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Wadie ranks #27,613 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 96 born since 1891, peaking in the 1910s.
- #27,613 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 96
- born since 1891
- 1910s
- peak decade
Wadie's 96 recorded births place it above 61.82% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Wadie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Wadie's full recorded timeline at 1920, 48% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 52% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1891, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1918 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Wadie popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1891–1940
- Peak year (1918)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 50 years of records
Wadie popularity over time - boys
90 total births recorded since 1917 (Wadie as boys' name)
Wadie by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (39 births, 41% of the file).
1910s was Wadie's strongest decade.
39 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Wadie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1890s 11
1890s
11 births
- 1910s
1910s
39 births
- 1920s
1920s
23 births
- 1930s
1930s
16 births
- 1940s 7
1940s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 39 births (41% of all-time use).
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What to do with Wadie's data
- Wadie's decade-level peak was the 1910s (39 total births); usage has since declined to 7 in the 1940s -- 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 Wadie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1918)
Similar record span (~49 yrs)
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, 1891–1940 (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 Wadie 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.