Wakely — #13027 US unisex name
97 babies named Wakely in U.S. Social Security records since 2011, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 26% of names given to girls today.
57% of everyone ever named Wakely was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Wakely in 2021 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Wakely
The Social Security Administration has registered 97 babies named Wakely between 2011 and 2024, spanning 14 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Wakely currently holds the #13027 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2021, when 12 babies received it in a single year. Wakely is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 10 additional births since 2016.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Wakely performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 55 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Wakely shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Wakely 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 97 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.
Wakely at a glance
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Current rank
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Wakely popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2011
- Peak year (2021)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 14 years of records
Currently ranks #13027 among girls.
97 total births across 14 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2021 with 12 births in a single year.
Wakely popularity over time — boys
10 total births recorded since 2016 (Wakely as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Wakely accounts for 9% of total recorded use across both genders.
Wakely by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 55 births that decade — 57% of Wakely's all-time total
Wakely decade highlights
- Peak decade 55 births
- Runner-up 42 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Wakely's strongest decade
55 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 57% 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, 2011–2024 (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.