Girls' name · since 1979
Waheedah
7 babies named Waheedah in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 1979. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #58,689 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 7
- born since 1979
- 1970s
- peak decade
7 girls have been named Waheedah since 1979, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Waheedah has been recorded 7 times among girls since 1979, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1970s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1979 to 1979.
- #58,689 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 7 born since 1979
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Waheedah ranks #58,689 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 7 born since 1979, peaking in the 1970s.
- #58,689 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 7
- born since 1979
- 1970s
- peak decade
Waheedah's 7 recorded births place it above 18.78% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Waheedah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–1979
- Peak year (1979)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 1 years of records
Waheedah by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (7 births, 100% of the file).
1970s was Waheedah's strongest decade.
7 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Waheedah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 7 births (100% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Waheedah: 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, 1979–1979 (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 Waheedah 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.