Girls' name · since 1915
Waive
26 babies named Waive in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 1915. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #42,964 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 26
- born since 1915
- 1910s
- peak decade
Waive is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 26 have been recorded since 1915.
Waive has 26 recorded births among girls since 1915, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1910s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1915 to 1921.
- #42,964 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 26 born since 1915
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Waive ranks #42,964 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 26 born since 1915, peaking in the 1910s.
- #42,964 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 26
- born since 1915
- 1910s
- peak decade
Waive's 26 recorded births place it above 40.56% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Waive's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Waive's SSA record in two at 1918 and the more recent half accounts for 38% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 62%, consistent with a name more common in the past than in recent years. Its calmest year was 1918, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1915 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Waive popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1915–1921
- Peak year (1915)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 7 years of records
Waive by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (21 births, 81% of the file).
1910s was Waive's strongest decade.
21 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 81% of all-time use.
Waive births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
21 births
- 1920s 5
1920s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 21 births (81% of all-time use).
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- Waive's decade-level peak was the 1910s (21 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1920s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Waive: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 1915–1921 (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 Waive 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.