Waive — girls' name
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.
81% of everyone ever named Waive was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Waive in 1915 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Waive
The Social Security Administration has registered 26 babies named Waive between 1915 and 1921, spanning 7 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Waive currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1921. The name reached its historical peak in 1915, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Waive performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 21 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Waive shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Waive 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 26 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.
Waive at a glance
Last recorded 1921Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Waive popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1921–1915
- Peak year (1915)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 7 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1921.
26 total births across 7 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1915 with 8 births in a single year.
Waive by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1910s
- 21 births that decade — 81% of Waive's all-time total
Waive decade highlights
- Peak decade 21 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1910s was Waive's strongest decade
21 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 81% 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, 1915–1921 (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.