Wake — #5826 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Wake

The Social Security Administration has registered 238 babies named Wake between 2009 and 2024, spanning 16 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Wake currently holds the #5826 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 22 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Wake performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 135 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Wake shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Wake in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Wake 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 238 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.