Recorded 1915–1935 Girls' name Peak 1918 117 births

Wahneta — girls' name

117 babies named Wahneta in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 1918. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1910s331920s631930s21
1920s
Peak decade

54% of everyone ever named Wahneta was born in this single decade.

1918
Single peak year

13 babies were named Wahneta in 1918 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Wahneta

The Social Security Administration has registered 117 babies named Wahneta between 1915 and 1935, spanning 21 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Wahneta currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1935. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 13 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Wahneta performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 63 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Wahneta shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Wahneta 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 117 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.

Wahneta at a glance

Last recorded 1935

Total births

117

Since 1915

21 years of records

Peak year

1918

13 births that year

Strongest decade: 1920s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 1935

Active since

1915

Recorded for 21 years

Last year on file: 1935

Wahneta popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1935–1915

Last recorded 1935
Peak year (1918)
13
Annual births at peak — across 21 years of records
468101214 19351930192719241922192019181915 7

Wahneta by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1920s
Peak decade
1920s
63 births that decade — 54% of Wahneta's all-time total
1910s331920s631930s21

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Wahneta?
117 babies have been named Wahneta since 1915. It was last recorded in 1935. The peak year was 1918 with 13 births.
When was Wahneta most popular?
Wahneta was most popular in the 1920s decade with 63 total births. The single peak year was 1918.
How long has the name Wahneta been used?
Wahneta has been recorded in Social Security data since 1915, spanning 21 years of data through 1935.
What names are similar to Wahneta?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Wahneeta, Waheedah, Wahnetta, Wahnita. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 1915–1935 (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.