Wakinyan — #13327 US boys' name
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.
More common than 6% of names given to boys today.
48% of everyone ever named Wakinyan was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Wakinyan in 2023 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Wakinyan
The Social Security Administration has registered 44 babies named Wakinyan between 2008 and 2024, spanning 17 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Wakinyan currently holds the #13327 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Wakinyan performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 21 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Wakinyan shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Wakinyan 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 44 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.
Wakinyan at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Wakinyan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2008
- Peak year (2023)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 17 years of records
Currently ranks #13327 among boys.
44 total births across 17 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2023 with 9 births in a single year.
Wakinyan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 21 births that decade — 48% of Wakinyan's all-time total
Wakinyan decade highlights
- Peak decade 21 births
- Runner-up 17 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Wakinyan's strongest decade
21 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 48% 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, 2008–2024 (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.