Wadsworth — boys' name
76 babies named Wadsworth in U.S. Social Security records since 1913, with the highest year being 1921. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
49% of everyone ever named Wadsworth was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Wadsworth in 1921 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Wadsworth
The Social Security Administration has registered 76 babies named Wadsworth between 1913 and 1944, spanning 32 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Wadsworth currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1944. The name reached its historical peak in 1921, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Wadsworth performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 37 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Wadsworth shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Wadsworth 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 76 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.
Wadsworth at a glance
Last recorded 1944Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Wadsworth popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1944–1913
- Peak year (1921)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 32 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1944.
76 total births across 32 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1921 with 9 births in a single year.
Wadsworth by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1910s
- 37 births that decade — 49% of Wadsworth's all-time total
Wadsworth decade highlights
- Peak decade 37 births
- Runner-up 34 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1910s was Wadsworth's strongest decade
37 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 49% of all-time use.
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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, 1913–1944 (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.