Waldean — unisex name

What the Data Says About Waldean

The Social Security Administration has registered 33 babies named Waldean between 1915 and 1940, spanning 26 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Waldean currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1940. The name reached its historical peak in 1935, when 7 babies received it in a single year. Waldean is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 10 additional births since 1926.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Waldean performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 17 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Waldean shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Waldean 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 33 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.