Girls' name · since 1942
Wadine
Wadine has 10 recorded births since 1942 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1942 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #56,850 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 10
- born since 1942
- 1940s
- peak decade
Wadine sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 10 recorded since 1942.
Wadine has 10 recorded births among girls since 1942, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1940s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1942 to 1948.
- #56,850 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 10 born since 1942
- 1940s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Wadine ranks #56,850 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 10 born since 1942, peaking in the 1940s.
- #56,850 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 10
- born since 1942
- 1940s
- peak decade
Wadine's 10 recorded births place it above 21.24% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Wadine's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Wadine splits its recorded history at 1948: 50% of all births land in the more recent half, 50% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1942 (5 births).
Wadine popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1942–1948
- Peak year (1942)
- 5
- Annual births at peak, across 7 years of records
Wadine by decade
1940s is the heaviest window (10 births, 100% of the file).
1940s was Wadine's strongest decade.
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Wadine births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s
1940s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1940s at 10 births (100% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Wadine: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1942)
Similar record span (~6 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, 1942–1948 (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 Wadine 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.