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.
54% of everyone ever named Wahneta was born in this single decade.
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 1935Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Wahneta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1935–1915
- Peak year (1918)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 21 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1935.
117 total births across 21 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1918 with 13 births in a single year.
Wahneta by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 63 births that decade — 54% of Wahneta's all-time total
Wahneta decade highlights
- Peak decade 63 births
- Runner-up 33 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Wahneta's strongest decade
63 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 54% 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, 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.