Boys' name · since 2008

Wakinyan

44 babies named Wakinyan in U.S. Social Security records since 2008, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#23,128 of 45,481
all-time among boys
44
born since 2008
2020s
peak decade

Wakinyan sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 44 recorded since 2008.

Wakinyan has 44 recorded births among boys since 2008, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2008 to 2024.

  • #23,128 of 45,481 all-time among boys
  • 44 born since 2008
  • 2020s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Wakinyan ranks #23,128 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 44 born since 2008, peaking in the 2020s.

#23,128 of 45,481
all-time among boys
44
born since 2008
2020s
peak decade
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Wakinyan's 44 recorded births place it above 49.13% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

Wakinyan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Wakinyan's full recorded timeline at 2019, 59% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 41% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2019, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2023 peak of 9 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Wakinyan popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–2024

Last recorded 2024
Peak year (2023)
9
Annual births at peak, across 17 years of records
45678910 2008201020122019202120232024 5

Wakinyan by decade

2020s is the heaviest window (21 births, 48% of the file).

2020s was Wakinyan's strongest decade.

21 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.

Wakinyan births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2020s at 21 births (48% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Wakinyan? ▼
Since 2008, Social Security records show 44 babies named Wakinyan. Across the full SSA archive it ranks #23,128 of 45,481 boys' names by total births. The most recent recorded year was 2024. Its busiest year on record was 2023, with 9 births.
Where does Wakinyan sit in the SSA name archive? ▼
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Wakinyan ranks #23,128 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the null SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Wakinyan most popular? ▼
Wakinyan was most popular in the 2020s decade with 21 total births. The single peak year was 2023.
How long has the name Wakinyan been used? ▼
Records for Wakinyan go back to 2008, giving 17 years of history through 2024.
What names are similar to Wakinyan? ▼
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Wake, Wakeem, Wakefield, Wakely, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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Nearby Names Like Wakinyan

Names with a similar sound, spelling, or feel to Wakinyan

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Wakeem Boy
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Wakefield Boy
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Wakely Boy
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Waker Boy
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Wakinyan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 2008–2024 (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 Wakinyan 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.