Total births
10
Recorded 2010–2019 Boys' name Peak 2010 10 births
Waker — boys' name
10 babies named Waker in U.S. Social Security records since 2010, with the highest year being 2010. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
2010s
Peak decade
100% of everyone ever named Waker was born in this single decade.
2010
Single peak year
5 babies were named Waker in 2010 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Waker
The Social Security Administration has registered 10 babies named Waker between 2010 and 2019, spanning 10 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Waker currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 2010, when 5 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Waker performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 10 births during that ten-year window.
No etymological entry is currently available for Waker 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 10 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.
Waker at a glance
Last recorded 2019Peak year
2010
Current rank
Unranked
Active since
2010
Waker popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–2010
- Peak year (2010)
- 5
- Annual births at peak — across 10 years of records
Waker by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 10 births that decade — 100% of Waker's all-time total
Frequently Asked Questions
How popular is the name Waker? ▼
10 babies have been named Waker since 2010. It was last recorded in 2019. The peak year was 2010 with 5 births.
When was Waker most popular? ▼
Waker was most popular in the 2010s decade with 10 total births. The single peak year was 2010.
How long has the name Waker been used? ▼
Waker has been recorded in Social Security data since 2010, spanning 10 years of data through 2019.
What names are similar to Waker? ▼
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Wake, Wakinyan, Wakeem, Wakefield, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.
Keep exploring Waker
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Wakil Boy
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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, 2010–2019 (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.